Mets bring back Fernando Salas for 2017, pending physical

According to Ken Rosenthal, the Mets and reliever Fernando Salas may soon be reunited. Salas spent the final month of the 2016 season with the Mets after pitching in 58 games with the Angles. The deal is currently pending a physical and would be for just the 2017 season.

While Salas held a 3.91 ERA throughout the season, his time with the Mets had been quite remarkable. He posted a WHIP of just .635 with a .208 ERA over the course of 17 games. As a Met he has gone two separate stretches of six games without giving up a Run and has 19 Strikeouts over 17.1 Innings.

As a met, Salas had incredible control. Before arriving in Queens he issued one Walk every three innings, 19 in 56.1. He hasn’t…