27
2012
Dazzling Debut: Harvey Strikes Out 11 To Set New Mets Franchise Record
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“When I was warming up, I looked around & took everything in. At that moment I really did believe I was meant to pitch in the big leagues.” ~ Matt Harvey
With a record-setting performance that won’t soon be forgotten, top prospect Matt Harvey wrote his name into the Mets history books with a brilliant 11 strikeout performance in his major league debut.
Harvey smashed the previous Mets record of eight strikeouts in a debut set in 1967 by both Tom Seaver and Bill Denehy who set the mark three days apart that season.
Harvey’s eleven strikeouts are the most in a major league debut since Stephen Strasburg had 14 for the Nationals against Pittsburgh on June 8, 2010.
Watch all eleven of them in the below video courtesy of MLB.com.
The big right-hander snapped the Mets six-game losing streak as the team edged the D-Backs 3-1 to open their 11-game West Coast trip.
Wow…. Just wow….
A Mets prospect who matched the hype at least on this magical and historical evening in the Arizona desert. I couldn’t believe how determined he looked. This kid has ice running through his veins. It’s just unbelievable. We’ll be talking about this game for a long time.
Congratulations to Matt Harvey!
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11 k’s! That’s what I like to see! Couldn’t have really asked for a better debut. Would I have traded him for Hanley or J. Upton? Yes and Yes. But that doesn’t mean I’m not excited about this kid.
Pinch me I must be dreaming! Where were they hiding this kid all this time!!! All of a sudden things don’t seem so bleak anymore. Lets Go Mets!
What a debut!
2 Hits as well to top it all off.
Congrats to Harvey on just an awesome debut and a much needed win.
This was the best Harvey has looked all season. He saved his best for the big leagues. His stuff was far better tonight than any of his minor league starts I saw this year totalling around 9 of them. Congrats to the kid and hopefully the first of many more dominant starts in a Met uniform. And I think we may have found our RH bat. The guy who pitched tonight. 2 hits to go along with a great MLB debut. And Edgin is starting to get comfortable in the big leagues. Hope we continue to see that.
Congratulations to Matt Harvey on a dominant performance in his NY Met debut. What impressed me most was his poise, pitch selection and execution and the absolute explosiveness of his fastball. His secondary pitches are well-developed. He has the make-up of an ace. He has the ability, mindset and stuff to bear down in difficult situations, which is a mentality that you really can’t teach.
A performance like this can reverberate throughout the entire organization and should provide the proper example and incentive to those toiling and plying their trade in the minors.
Very smart of Met Brass to bring up Rob Johnson along with Harvey. It has occurred to me that Johnson might’ve been held down in AAA to develop Harvey & others while the lesser Nickeas rode shotgun to Thole in the majors. Johnson did a great job tonight working with Harvey & Edgin. Very happy to see the rookies contribute substantially to this Met victory. Portends good things to come.
Finally!!!
Congrats to Harvey and Johnson for contibuting to his first win and also breaking our losing streak. I think the team will be Up again next time he pitches.
And they were scared out of their minds to bring him up because he might not be ready! Just goes to show how enlightened and aware the mgmt of this organization is. I’m glad to see this great performance and the future potential this brings to the team. But just what were they wondering about in procastrinanting to the nth degree about bringing him up?
I think they just dont like guys lobbying to get hereand they made hm wait a little longer. He has a better aproach at the plate than Jason Bay, by the way. He could be fun to watch.
Kudo’s to Harvey and Johnson nice to see Met’s Pitching attacking the Inside. The high heater was reminicent of Gooden. 2014 is arriving. LGM
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Finally, the Mets have a collection of young, live arms. I look at Harvey, Wheeler, Familia, and Mejia and figure at least one of these guys will turn into a legit top of the rotation guy. If two of them pan out, we have a good future.
Let’s just hope that they don’t end up on any Sports Illustrated cover.
Props to Matt Harvey and also to Rob Johnson who guided him to this fantastic debut. Nice site.
1st towards a really good pitching staff in the coming years with Wheeler on the horizon, Niese, pitching great, R.A. hopefully still knuckling other teams so the future looks brighter plus No Han finishing up hopefully with a flurish unless traded.
I like the way he came after the D-Back hitters especially the power guys and didn’t try to pitch on the corners, like Batista, so hopefully Niese takes a hint from the Harvey approach tonight.