No Bullpen for a Playoff Contender
By Howard Megdal ~ August 25th, 2008. Filed under: Digest Contributors, Howard Megdal.
The struggles of the Mets’ bullpen in the season’s second half astounding even by comparison to the very worst teams in recent memory. Following Sunday’s 6-4 loss to Houston, in which the bullpen gave away a 4-3 seventh-inning lead, New York’s bullpen ERA since the break is 5.89. To put this in perspective, no National League team has a higher full-season ERA than Pittsburgh, at 4.44.
The bullpen is awful by the standards of the very worst teams in Mets history. Only once in New York’s existence has the team posted a half-season bullpen ERA over 5
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