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2016 Stats

Team G W-L HLD ERA WHIP BB K IP NYM 73 4-2 16 2.79 1.21 15 52 42.0

Player Outlook

Jerry Blevins fits exactly what the Cubs are looking for to round out the bullpen as a quality left-hander with late-inning experience.

The fact that they would be signing him away from the New York Mets is just icing on the cake.

Blevins suffered a pair of arm fractures in 2015, limiting him to just seven appearances, but that didn't stop the Mets from bringing him back on a one-year, $4 million deal last winter.

That proved to be one of the team's better moves during what was a busy offseason, as Blevins joined Addison Reed and Jeurys Familia at the back of one of the better bullpens in the National League.

The 33-year-old topped 60 appearances in three straight seasons before his injury-plagued 2015 campaign and then set a new career-high with 73 games in 2016, so durability is not a real concern despite his medical history.

Blevins scrapped his cut-fastball after the 2014 season and has become essentially a fastball-curveball pitcher during his time with the Mets while mixing in the occasional changeup.

That's helped boost his ground-ball rate, which was a healthy 45.8 percent this past season and also contributed to a career-best 11.1 K/9.

He falls in the same category as Logan, where the three-year, $19 million deal signed by Mike Dunn looks like the best comparison on this year's market.