Ends his second tenure at 13-15 / 5.26 ERA. He made his first and only All-Star squad at 34. In retrospect, that may not typically be the best time to buy, but the Mets dove right in. I got the impression that he was explicitly signed to take the role of Bartolo Colón — to be the older, steadier, crafty pitcher on a staff otherwise filled with younger, dynamic, mercurial pitchers. In the end, he was older and mercurial. Tomy. John surgery mid-season in 2015 kept him from pitching against the Mets in the World Series. I like to think Céspedes would have personally destroyed him, but who knows? Has a reputation as a good hitting pitcher, but was something of a chump at the plate with the Mets, especially this season.