The negative reaction has little to do with Matt Harvey having the potential to turn into a great pitcher but with the question of his being a potential Cy Young Award winner in his first full year in the majors.

There is a difference. Most all of us are psyched about Harvey but are being reasonable in the understanding that things like Cy Young take time and that even if he doesn’t turn into a Cy Young candidate down the road that does not mean he can’t be a solid starter nonetheless.

Based on his start, heck yeah you should be excited to see him pitch this year, and be excited about his potential for the future.

is it reasonable to expect a cy young this year? not logically, no. But does he have the “stuff” and upside to do it someday (and maybe even this year?) Yes he does.

so, watch him pitch and enjoy what you get. Which bottom line, is what the whole point of being a fan is!

So to the negative Mets fan out their, enjoy sulking and complaining about every move the Mets will and won’t make this winter. I’d rather think that things at Citi Field are going to be great in 2013

He has great stuff and I would be shocked if good times were not in store for him and the Mets in the future but Harvey is still a baby and getting his feet wet – even though I loved the poise and emotional maturity he demonstrated last season. Give him time to develop first before raising the stakes too high – there is still the question of how much the league catches up to him this coming season.

We also have to remember that back in 2007 after just 24 innings the Yankees already reserved a spot in Cooperstown for Joba Chamberlain, let alone the Cy Young award. Fortunately, the Mets are expressing their enthusiasm in terms of hopeful optimism instead so I don’t think Matt will fall into the trap of getting caught up in believing his own press clippings. I’m more worried about that possibly happening with Zack Wheeler because the Mets have been indeed prematurely touting him as the next Tom Seaver to convince fans of Sandy Alderson’s long-term visionary genius.

he hit .320 in 2010
he hit .318 in 2011
he hit .285 in 2012

And played good defense and threw runners out at an avg of 40%

what logic do you have for saying he sucks again?

other than his name not being Kevin Pawlecki ?

as a matter of fact…

Yadi didnt hit that well until well into his MLB career…

and yet people STILL considered him the BEST catcher in baseball…

O and folks had Lastings Milledge ranked way higher than Carlos Gomez…

which one is still a starter here…

which one is in Japan…

If Kevin Plaweki cant throw out runners, doesnt distinguish him defensively and ALSO doesnt hit for monster power, he will be Aaron Heillnan’s personal catcher in the mexican league

if its Juan Centeno or Kai G or anyone…i like em…

I liked Thole too…but in my opinion…he should’ve taken his defense more seriously in the 2010 winter…

i know the ramos kidnapping in venenzuela probably spooked him…but still…thats no excuse…he could’ve gone to Arizona, PR, DR, Mexico….

for a guy who did not start off as a catcher, i felt he was too green to take the foot off the gas pedal

There’s a reason he’s not considered a Mets top twenty prospect….because he’s at about number 52 right now. If the Mets offered him to the Yanks for A-Rod strait up, while also agreeing to pay his remaining salary, Cashman would ask for Andres Torres instead. That’s how bad he is.

So go finds some stats that showed he batted .312 in low A ball and come back to me trying to prove he’s got some worth, but just know…even Jaun Centeno thinks your crazy.