K - Rod was brilliant the first three months of the season , but started to slow down in July and had several spectacular blown saves .
Rodriguez was signed by the Mets following his record - breaking 2008 campaign and billed as the panacea for their struggling bullpen .
Rodriguez     was brilliant the first three months of the season , but started to slow down in July and had several spectacular blown saves .
Rodriguez was signed by the Mets following his record - breaking 2008 campaign and billed as the panacea for their struggling bullpen .