The New York Mets spent the first half of last season looking like a team built on pitching. For a while, that staff carried them—until everything unraveled by mid-June. Kodai Senga’s hamstring strain was the first domino to fall. Tylor Megill soon followed with an elbow injury. The rookies weren’t ready, and suddenly, what had been a strength turned into a glaring weakness.

By the trade deadline, the Mets still hadn’t found reinforcements. The rotation stumbled down the stretch, with David Peterson and Sean Manaea struggling to find consistency and the bullpen left to pick up the slack. For a team that entered the year with October dreams, it was a harsh reminder that depth matters as much as star power.

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