Last year I included Paul Sewald in projections even though he wasn’t on the 40 man roster. With the state of the Mets last year, it ended up being a good idea to project him since the Mets had to go deep in their reserves.
Only ZiPS bothered to project him last year:
| Paul Sewald | ||||||
| IP | Record | ERA | BB | K | WHIP | |
| 2016 (Minors) | 65.2 | 5-3 | 3.29 | 21 | 80 | 1.203 |
| Projections | ||||||
| ZiPS | 59 | 3.97 | 20 | 66 | 1.22 |
2017 Stats:
0-6, 57 G, 65.1 IP, 4.55 ERA, 21 BB, 69 K, 1.209 WHIP
He got more major league action last than anyone expected. Ignore his ERA as his FIP was 3.74 which was better than his ERA projection (his WHIP was better too). It’s not clear exactly what his role will be next year but hopefully he uses his better than thought 2017 (where he wasn’t even projected on most websites) as experience moving forward.
