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David Robertson has finally reached Queens.

Roberson has killed the Mets out of the pen for years. In 25 games against and 111 plate appearances, the Mets’ offense has responded with a .175/.270/.258 slash line with 39 strikeouts. No longer will they be tortured by Robertson’s cutter or excellent curveball. Now they’ll get a chance to see it shut down opposing teams.

Robertson and the Mets agreed to a one-year, $10 million deal last week. The signing has flown a bit under the radar with New York making splash move after splash move this winter but Robertson will play an important role as the Mets setup man next season.

Now 37 years old, the right-hander remains one of the top relievers in the game. A stellar 2022 with the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies set him up to continue his 14-year career.

Last season, Robertson pitched in 58 games for the two teams. He owned a 2.40 ERA in 63.2 innings pitched while striking out 81 batters. He also gained 20 saves.

Robertson on the Mets will fill the role left by a flurry of relievers. Seth Lugo, Adam Ottavino, and Trevor May remain on the market but reports haven’t shown the Mets have much interest in bringing them back right now, especially Lugo.

Robertson will give them a proper setup man and a closer when Edwin Diaz is unavailable. Robertson closed games for years with the Yankees and White Sox.

The righty is having a career resurgence. In 2019 he appeared in seven games, in 2020 he didn’t pitch at all, and in 2021 he appeared in 12 games. Why didn’t he pitch? Robertson underwent Tommy John surgery forcing him to miss all that time.

But now he’s back and fully healthy. The Mets have already taken a risk with an older player coming back from Tommy John surgery with Justin Verlander but he also just won the Cy Young. Robertson was excellent in his first full season back as well, although he wasn’t perfect after injuring his calf while celebrating a Bryce Harper home run in the playoffs.

Last season, Robertson was incredible according to expected stats. He was in the 97th percentile in xBA (.176), and 91st percentile in xSLG (.302).

Robertson has incredible swing-and-miss stuff, ranking in the 90th percentile in K% (30.7) and in the 90th percentile in Whiff% (20.8% cutter, 44.4% curveball, 38.2% slider).

Robertson is able to generate these misses due to top spin rates on his pitches. He’s in the 99th percentile of fastball spin and 75th percentile in curve spin. All three of his pitches recorded negative run values last season. A trend that was there prior to his injury.

Robertson’s curveball ranked 13th in baseball by run value/100 pitches (min. 25 plate appearances). It’s higher than any current Met and Lugo who was known for his devastating curveball.

Against Robertson’s best pitch, batters hit .093 with a .213 slugging percentage and struck out 49.4% of the time on it.

Robertson will be incredibly important to closing out the final innings of Mets games this year. While not the same discount Ottavino was last year, he’ll provide the same value.