Another Mets-leftover, I never linked to this one last week, or the week before, but a good read about getting 1,000 innings out of your rotation.
“Sometimes the best bullpens are the ones that have had the starting staffs that went deepest into games,” said Scott Atchison, one of the several new faces in the Mets’ overhauled relief corps.
The statistics jibe with Atchison’s hunch. Since 2003, the teams with 1,000-inning rotations posted a 3.76 bullpen earned-run average, compared with a 4.05 ERA for everybody else. The Mets’ relievers compiled a 4.65 ERA last season, ranking 29th in baseball.
