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New York Mets: Jeurys Familia is happy with his improved splitter

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By now, every New York Mets‘ fan knows that Jeurys Familia’s 2019 season went about as bad as anyone could ever expect.

He had by far the highest walk rate of his career, at 6.30 free passes per each nine innings pitched. His final ERA, 5.70, was horrific, and when you think that the team had him throw 60.0 innings, you can imagine that the bullpen suffered a lot.

However, a slimmed-down Jeurys Familia hopes that the weight loss (he shed 30 pounds in the offseason), coupled with a new grip on his splitter will lead to better results in 2020.