Looking for starter-to-reliever conversion candidates for the Mets

Chasing starting pitching on the free agent market is often a fool’s errand. The combination of injury risk and performance variance at the position removes any ability to add certainty to your rotation. Guys with top-end potential cost an absurd amount and typically come with high risk. Seemingly safe options to fill out the back of your rotation fall apart just about as frequently, and you should be able to create that sort of arm internally anyway. To the Mets’ credit, they seem able to do this. Your best move is typically not to play.

Converting relievers into starters has emerged—or re-emerged, depending on your historical perspective—as a viable alternative path to adding starting…