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Jose Butto (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Mets are in dire need of rotational depth next season with Kodai Senga and Jose Quintana seen as the only two established starting options.
It’s a foregone conclusion that new president of baseball operations David Stearns and general manager Billy Eppler will head to the market to pick up some support, but bottom-of-the-rotation help could come internally based on the end-of-season flourish from Jose Butto and Tylor Megill.
Butto especially has been a revelation since rejoining the Mets’ rotation on Sept. 6. In three starts this month, he’s gone 17.1 innings, posted a 2.08 ERA, and struck out 19 while walking just five.
On Monday night against a playoff contender in the Miami Marlins, 25-year-old righty went six innings for the second time in the last 12 days, allowing just one run on four hits with six strikeouts.
“The confidence I have now has really raised to another level,” Butto said. “Every opportunity is an opportunity to be able to have success. That’s what I’m really grateful for, to go out there and put in a lot of work.”
It’s especially impressed manager Buck Showalter, who worked around a Luis Arraez lead-off single in his final inning of work, shrugged off what looked like a Jorge Soler home run that went just inches foul, and proceeded to strike out the slugger.
“When things get challenging, he figures out a way to stay in the game,” Showalter said. “He’s been solid. Really proud of him. He’s done some things he hasn’t been able to do in the past and limit the damage.”
Megill, who was sent down to Triple-A in June and spent six weeks struggling in the minors, has worked out a solid string of starts, posting a 3.13 ERA with 28 strikeouts in 31.2 innings of work across his previous six appearances. But it hasn’t been without its issues. He’s walked 15…
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