After being summoned to the manager’s office by Terry Collins, Mets right-hander Matt Harvey was told that he would make his next start against the Chicago White Sox on Monday. Also in attendance was pitching coach Dan Warthen and assistant GM John Ricco. According to Collins, optioning Harvey to the minor leagues was never discussed. Instead, Collins told reporters that the team saw some...
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During last night’s SNY broadcast, SNY showed Matt Harvey’s opposing batting average broken down by number of times through the opposing team’s lineup: First time through the lineup: .243 Second time through the lineup: .284 Third time through the lineup: .510 This pattern continued last night as the Washington Nationals hit two home runs their second time through the lineup and three...
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Though not an orphan, and named Matt as opposed to Pip, some people have some lofty, if not Great Expectations for the Dark Knight this evening in our nation’s capital. Much speculation surrounds how the resolution of Harvey pitching this game came to pass. Obviously, this evening’s game comes on the heels of the worst start of his young career just five days ago against these same...
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A review of the latest turn through the Mets starting rotation: Name InningsThe Hits Runs (Earned Runs) Strikeouts Walks ERA (Season) WHIP (Season) Quality Start? Matt Harvey (3-6) 2.2 8 9(6) 2 2 5.77 1.66 No (9/3) Steven Matz (3-1) 7.0 3 2(2) 8 1 2.81 1.06 Yes (7/6) Jacob deGrom (3-1) 5.0 5 4(4) 7 3 3.07 1.24 No (7/4) Noah Syndergaard (5-2) 7.0 6 1(0) 11 0 1.94 0.98 Yes (9/8) Bartolo Colon...
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New York Mets third-baseman, David Wright, has been able to feel like his vintage self over the last few games. Between the walk-off single in Saturday’s thrilling extra-inning win over Milwaukee to his three-run bomb against Washington last night, Wright has shown flashes of his former greatness. For a few days he has gotten to play for that feeling of pure enjoyment, and not have to...
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