Dickey, who brings a 5-1 record to Tuesday’s start in Pittsburgh, has had tremendous fortune during his tenure in New York. Since he joined the Mets in 2010, only once has the bullpen blown a lead when he’s left the game in position to get the win (22 opportunities). That success rate of 95.5% is third-best in baseball in that span, trailing only Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay (31/32) and Detroit’s Rick Porcello (23/24), according to Stats LLC. That’s despite the knuckleballer averaging less than seven innings in his wins (including two complete-game victories), leaving more than two full frames of work on average to a bullpen that is 14th in the NL with 4.05 ERA since 2010.
via Dickey Should Send the Mets Bullpen a Fruit Basket – WSJ.com.