I love this guy. I felt horrible watching him struggle so much at the beginning of the year. Hector Neris has been such an important piece in the bullpen the last three years and was an absolute force in the two seasons where he pitched 70+ innings.
On a 71-win team in 2016, Neris led the team in ERA (2.58) and strikeouts per nine innings (11.4), while primarily acting as the setup man to Jeanmar Gomez. When Gomez struggled in 2017, and Joaquin Benoit wasn’t any better, Neris was thrust into the full-time closer role for the second half of the year.