After sitting out the first couple days of the winter meetings, the Mets struck twice in a 24-hour span, adding Michael Wacha and Rick Porcello on one-year deals. Both figure to slot into the rotation, addressing what was a thin part of the deth chart, but neither are particularly appealing at first glance.
Wacha’s 2019 was somewhere between bad and horrible. In 126.2 innings, he posted a 4.76 ERA and a 128.1 DRA-, accumulating -0.7 BWARP mostly as a starter. He also missed significant time with a shoulder injury, something that never bodes well for a pitcher. There’s some reason for optimism, however.