The biggest frustration with the New York Mets in recent weeks has been the inability of the starting pitching staff to live up to their even the lowest of standards. Well, even if they had gone about building the rotation differently this offseason, things might’ve ended up the same anyway.
After 22 starts and a 5.40 ERA, the Boston Red Sox flipped a switch on free agent addition Walker Buehler. Signed to a deal worth just over $18 million for this season with a mutual option for $25 million next year, he seemed right up the alley of what David Stearns likes to do.