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Jared Hughes could be a huge upgrade for the Mets’ bullpen

Last season, the Mets’ bullpen was less than stellar. They were downright awful, to put it bluntly. So going into 2020, one of the team’s priorities was to fortify the bullpen. On top of Seth Lugo and Justin Wilson, both coming off good seasons as the only reliable arms in the bullpen, the Mets were hoping for bounce back seasons from Edwin Diaz and Jeurys Familia, for Brad Brach to keep his ERA around where it was with the Mets the second half of last year, and for Gsellman to lower his ERA a little.