Mets360 - With Edwin Diaz struggling, Dellin Betances needs real opportunities

by Brian Joura 

In four games the Mets have used 10 relievers. And even in that short time frame, we’ve seen expected results for the best and the worst. Anyone being honest would look at a combination of 2019 and Spring Training/summer camp results and say that Seth Lugo was their best reliever. And he already has 3.1 scoreless innings, where he’s fanned four of the 11 batters he faced. On the opposite end, Corey Oswalt hasn’t shown us anything in the majors and he was pounded Sunday night. He’s already been replaced on the active roster and it’s possible we’ve seen his last performance as a Met.

The big question for manager Luis Rojas is how does he handle the bullpen when his best reliever won’t be able to go on back-to-back days many times during the season. The hope was that the Mets would have four guys capable of closing games in the pen. Besides Lugo, there was Dellin Betances, Edwin Diaz and Jeurys Familia. But early results for Diaz and Familia have been less than stellar. Which brings us to Betances.

He’s only been used in one game and was essentially treated as a ROOGY. He only faced three batters because after retiring his first two hitters and then allowing a single, he was removed with the lefty-hitting Matt Adams getting ready to hit. Rojas brought in his main lefty, Justin Wilson, who surrendered a hit to Adams.

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