How the Mets’ Secret Pitching Formula Is Redefining Baseball’s Future
After a slow start with New York last season, Stanek has a 3.10 ERA in 24 appearances this season and is back to being one of the most reliable relievers in baseball. Stanek has seen firsthand what the Mets have been able to do and credits it not only to the team, but players who want to be better.
“A lot of it is buy-in,” Stanek said. “When I was in Tampa, you’d have older guys come in, because Tampa has done really well at making guys better, I’m not gonna say resurrected guys, but like, making tweaks to get them back to where they had been in the past, or maybe a little bit better in some areas. And like Houston, kind of same boat. Whenever I came in last year and [Severino] and Sean [Manaea], it showed that they got better here. They made things a little bit more efficient, and just tweaked some things. And it’s like, ‘I believe that this is gonna work.’ It says, ‘I can see so much of it is, like, the ideas.’
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