Setting Pen to Paper

[Edgy MD]

Drawn from many sources, bringing little fanfare as they arrived, your 2024 New York Mets bullpen is currently fourth in all the land.



Their league-leading strikeout numbers are particularly impressive, and hopefull augur the notion that their performance to date is perhaps more sustainable than those of their peers.

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[TD] [th]Rk[/th] [th]Team[/th] [th]W[/th] [th]L[/th] [th]ERA[/th] [th]S[/th] [th]IP[/th] [th]BB[/th] [th]SO[/th] [th]WHIP[/th] 1 New York Yankees 12 5 2.31 16 132.2 50 110 1.10 2 Cleveland Guardians 12 5 2.44 13 151.1 45 167 1.02 3 Seattle Mariners 5 4 2.79 8 116.0 40 118 1.06 4 Detroit Tigers 13 9 2.81 11 128.1 49 117 1.12 5 New York Mets 12 6 2.88 10 137.1 66 178 1.19 6 Los Angeles Dodgers 7 7 3.24 13 153.0 49 136 1.05 7 Boston Red Sox 7 10 3.29 8 145.0 46 137 1.20 8 Atlanta Braves 10 6 3.32 10 114.0 35 107 1.24 9 Oakland Athletics 8 4 3.47 10 150.1 55 157 1.24 10 Baltimore Orioles 9 4 3.51 12 123.0 46 129 1.15 11 Minnesota Twins 9 5 3.51 13 133.1 52 165 1.20 12 Washington Nationals 8 6 3.65 12 135.2 55 132 1.36 13 St. Louis Cardinals 5 9 3.69 12 127.0 38 130 1.20 14 Kansas City Royals 8 7 3.87 11 121.0 56 96 1.44 15 Milwaukee Brewers 14 4 3.87 12 142.0 54 130 1.30 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 9 7 3.87 10 125.2 55 139 1.24 17 San Diego Padres 7 6 4.02 12 145.2 52 134 1.25 18 Chicago White Sox 3 11 4.22 6 143.0 73 128 1.47 19 Cincinnati Reds 6 7 4.51 6 127.2 56 136 1.32 20 Texas Rangers 10 6 4.59 9 131.1 65 131 1.32 21 Philadelphia Phillies 6 4 4.61 12 113.1 47 123 1.41 22 Chicago Cubs 10 9 4.64 11 145.1 70 147 1.41 23 Arizona Diamondbacks 5 8 4.67 8 140.2 62 114 1.41 24 Colorado Rockies 6 8 4.68 4 136.2 66 110 1.52 25 Houston Astros 5 11 4.71 3 135.2 63 128 1.42 26 Miami Marlins 4 11 4.74 5 161.1 71 154 1.42 27 Tampa Bay Rays 11 6 4.80 11 150.0 79 138 1.41 28 Los Angeles Angels 5 3 4.93 8 133.1 58 128 1.28 29 San Francisco Giants 5 7 4.99 6 144.1 56 145 1.37 30 Toronto Blue Jays 6 4 5.23 10 127.1 55 106 1.41

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[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I read somewhere today that Yohan Ramirez has suffered among the highest declines in fastball velocity they've checked this year.



What happened to Smith? And hen's he coming back?

[Edgy MD]

Smitty was DL'd with shoulder inflammation. He had a rehab appearance with Syracuse last night, and since he's starting right out at AAA, I imagine he'll get two more appearances and be a Met by next weekend at the latest.



Assuming all goes well, of course.