Back when spring training was happening, before the pandemic shut baseball down for several months, it was reasonable to expect the Mets to have a good starting rotation. Even with the team having decided to let Zack Wheeler walk and only having signed Rick Porcello and Michael Wacha, a healthy version of that rotation figured to fare well enough.
Several months later, though, with Major League Baseball starting a 60-game season with the Mets’ opener having taken placed on July 24, the reality is much worse. Despite having Jacob deGrom at the top of the rotation, Mets starting pitchers have a collective 4.