As most everyone knows by now, Matt Harvey’s days with the Mets have come to an unceremonious end. Given his 7.00 ERA, his antics, and his attitude, this really should come as little surprise. But one can’t help but feel a bit blindsided by the sudden, steep fall from grace the man once known as “The Dark Knight” experienced over the last three seasons. It only took 30...
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Michael Conforto’s slump has lasted longer than hoped and he continues to struggle, as evidenced by his 0-for-5 performance against the Colorado Rockies in which he struck out four times to earn himself the “dreaded” Golden Sombrero for the night. While Conforto has been getting on base thanks to his 18 walks, he has a .187/.347/.267 batting line on the season with only one...
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I never saw it coming. When we posted our staff predictions for the 2018 season back in March, I wrote that Matt Harvey would become the first player in MLB history to win the Comeback Player Award twice. Maybe it was just wishful thinking on my part, but I envisioned a return to greatness for the one-time phenom. Perhaps not the sort of greatness we saw in 2013, when Matt Harvey started the All...
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It wasn’t a pretty one for Zack Wheeler on Friday, as the right-hander surrendered five runs in the first inning to put the Mets in a hole they couldn’t pull themselves out of. Wheeler actually pitched into the seventh inning, but scattered three more runs to raise his ERA to an ugly 5.79 on the season. He looked better as the game progressed, but was not the antidote the Mets needed...
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The Mets cut ties with former ace Matt Harvey on Friday, ending a roller coaster ride of a tenure with the team. New York wanted to send Harvey down to the minors to figure things out, but the artist formerly known as the Dark Knight thinks he has some more Batman left in the tank and would rather take his talents elsewhere. His agent, Scott Boras, talked to Joel Sherman of the New York Post in...
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On a day that the Mets parted ways with a moody Matt Harvey, another surgically repaired pitcher couldn’t find his rhythm on the mound. Zack Wheeler struggled right out of the gate, gifting the Rockies five runs in the first on four base hits by Charlie Blackmon, Gerardo Parra, Nolan Arenado, and Daniel Castro. This was followed up by a sac fly from Carlos Gonzalez and a pair of doubles off the...
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