Every year we do this - checking in where the team got lucky (or not) and maybe how that factored into this season and following ones. This isn't to say a player if 'lucky' can't continue on the same path, or if 'unlucky' will bounce back.
Before 2024 Trevor Williams recently peaked as a pitcher when the Mets moved him to the pen and he put up a 3.00+ ERA pitching in relief. Yes, he did get hurt but his value for those 13 starts were well above what he had done in any full season since 2018.
When you throw three young guys with at best mild expectations into your staff the expectation would be one would flame out, if not two. But Jake Irvin, Mitchell Parker, and DJ Herz all performed well enough to hold down spots for the whole year.
Some bench players will out perform when seen in small doses but Alex Call hitting .343 / .425 / .525 was crazy even if for ~100 PA.
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