Last night, the Mets made a trade for 33-year-old right-handed starting pitcher Chris Bassitt, significantly bolstering their rotation for the 2022 season. At the moment, Bassitt is the team’s third-best starter, which is pretty incredible given how well he’s pitched in recent seasons.
Atop the Mets’ rotation are, of course, multiple-Cy Young winners Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer, both of whom are among the very best pitchers on the planet. Among starting pitchers who have thrown at least 100 innings since the beginning of the 2019 season, deGrom leads all of baseball with a 2.