3 NY Mets players with a bad June whom the team desperately needs more from in July

3) Huascar Brazoban

Mets pitching struggled mightily in June. The contrasting results might not have been more devastating than those for Huascar Brazoban. In 9 appearances spanning 8.2 innings, Brazoban was 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA. His issue was command with 12 total walks versus 9 hits allowed. Still, batters managed to bat an even .300 against him. Brazoban familiarized himself with traffic on the bases, owning a 2.42 WHIP in a month that has us questioning what’s wrong and what can be done to fix him.

Brazoban stunned us all in spring training and more so in the regular season when the exhibition success carried over. Batters hit .182/.270/.288 against him in March/April and he pitched to a 1.40 ERA. In May, the slash line dropped down to .152/.216/.239. With it came an equally as impressive 1.26 ERA. He walked just 9 batters in the first two months.

Brazoban does have remaining minor league options for the Mets to consider using, but with the current state of their bullpen, it’s going to be difficult to justify swapping him for anyone. This is more of a move to make by the trade deadline when the team is able to add a roster upgrade from outside of the organization.

For now, we wait to see if it was “a June thing” which it definitely wasn’t. Brazoban’s fall is very likely, in part, due to his excessive usage. He helped carry the Mets bullpen for the first two months. Badly, the team needs him to shoulder more of the weight.