{"id":152539,"date":"2022-12-09T06:21:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mets-to-sign-david-robertson\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T06:21:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:21:04","slug":"mets-to-sign-david-robertson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mets-to-sign-david-robertson\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets To Sign David Robertson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Mets and reliever David Robertson<\/strong> are in agreement on a one-year, $10MM deal. There are no options or incentives. Robertson, who is self-represented, has already passed his physical.<\/p>\n
Robertson, 38 in April, has a lengthy track record of success as a major league reliever. In nine straight seasons from 2010 to 2018, he threw at least 60 innings while never posting an ERA higher than 3.82. Though his control was n’t always pinpoint perfect, he never had a strikeout rate lower than 26% in any of those seasons. For reference, this year’s league average for relief pitchers was 23.6%.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, that long stretch of reliability came to an abrupt halt in 2019. After signing a two-year, $23MM deal with the Phillies, he only made seven appearances due to injuries, eventually culminating in Tommy John surgery. That kept him out of action for most of that year and all of 2020. He returned to the mound in 2021, starting with that summer’s Olympics and then joining the Rays for 12 appearances after.<\/p>\n