When the Mets traded Mookie Betts to Los Angeles they largely justified it by the fact that they were getting World Series hero Julio Urias in the haul to solidify the rotation as Jacob Degrom’s number two. But when Urias went down about a month and a half ago with an injury that would keep him out for the remainder of the year it was as deflating an injury as there could possibly be and critics were quick to pounce on the team for everything from failing to do due dilligence to simply being unprepared to fill the void. But an unlikely hero has emerged for the team in the form of Ranger Suarez, who promptly left the bullpen where he has performed so well in the season and a half in New York and joined the starting rotation. Suarez, who had been called upon for a few spot starts but hadn’t been thought of as a true starter since his time in A ball, has been a revelation. He has gone 7-2 with a 2.79 ERA since sliding into the rotation and been every bit as good as Urias was (who was an early favorite for the Cy Young award prior to the injury. It is unclear if Suarez will be able to keep this up but he has certainly done it for an extended enough period of time where it’s safe to say there is no fluke involved. It seems that the Mets have stumbled into a discovery that nobody had expected – but as their manager Terry Francona put it after Suarez’s last start (a dominant seven inning victory over the San Diego Padres) “it’s better to be lucky then good”.