David Robertson inks 1-year deal to join Mets
The New York Mets introduced Friday evening that the membership has signed All-Star right-handed pitcher David Robertson to a one-year contract.
“We’re very excited to add a pitcher of David’s caliber to our bullpen,” Mets normal supervisor Billy Eppler stated. “He has been pitching in high-leverage conditions for groups with Postseason expectations since his profession began.”
Robertson, 37, spent the 2022 season between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies the place he totaled a 4-3 report with 20 saves and a 2.40 ERA (17 ER/63.2 IP) with 35 walks and 81 strikeouts. Robertson ranked tied for seventh amongst National League relievers in opponents’ batting common (.173), tied for eighth in saves and tied for ninth in strikeouts. He positioned tenth amongst relievers within the majors in anticipated batting common allowed with a .176 mark (min. 200 batters confronted). He recorded 20 or extra saves in a season for the fourth time in profession, additionally doing so in every year from 2014-16.
The Birmingham, AL native made eight appearances within the 2022 Postseason for the NL Champion Phillies, going 1-0 with a save and a 1.17 ERA (1 ER/7.2 IP) with 5 walks and 11 strikeouts. He threw 4.0 scoreless innings and recorded a save on this yr’s World Series. He ranks tied for eighth all-time with 41 profession appearances within the Postseason, pitching to a 6-0 report within the playoffs with a save and a 2.78 ERA (14 ER/45.1 IP) with 16 walks and 53 punchouts.
The 14-year main league veteran owns a profession report of 57-36 with 157 saves, a 2.89 ERA (237 ER/739.1 IP) with 305 walks and 977 strikeouts with the New York-AL (2008-14, 2017-18), White Sox (2015-17), Phillies (2019, 2022), Rays (2021) and Cubs (2022). His 731 profession appearances are the eighth-most amongst all lively pitchers, whereas his 157 profession saves are tied for eighth-most. He ranks thirteenth all-time in strikeout price by a aid pitcher, whiffing hitters at a 32.1 p.c clip.
The right-handed pitcher earned All-Star honors in 2011 as a member of the Yankees, posting a 4-0 report with a save and a 1.08 ERA (8 ER/66.2 IP) with 35 walks and 100 punchouts. He completed eleventh in Cy Young Award voting that season and twenty second within the AL MVP race.
Robertson was initially chosen by the New York Yankees within the seventeenth spherical of the 2006 First-Year Draft out of the University of Alabama.
