With the Mets sending Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard to the mound against Boston, David Ortiz came away extremely impressed. He talked to reporters after Sunday’s game and offered a lot of high praise for the Mets’ excellent rotation.
“The Mets, with that pitching staff,” Ortiz told reporters, “they’re not too far away from walking into the money. When you’ve got a young pitching staff like that. [Jeurys] Familia, man, blowing a splitter at 95 miles per hour? Are you crazy? Nobody is going to hit that.”
“Then 100 miles per hour? They got it. They got the pitching. Syndergaard has great stuff. You go to [Matt] Harvey and the other guys. That’s the pitching you want to have in your clubhouse.” (Mike Gavin, Newsday)
It’s great to see so many people around the league speak out about how talented the staff is, especially when it’s a player of Ortiz’s caliber. Big Papi is one of the elite sluggers of this generation, and he’s in the midst of of another excellent season at the age of 39. He’s batting .264 with 28 home runs and 89 RBI in 119 games.
As long as the Mets’ starters continue to dominate, the hype surrounding them will just keep getting louder and louder. They certainly have the ability to be one of the game’s best for many years to come, and the rest of the league is quickly starting to take notice.
