Welcome to the Show, Steven Matz

[revo]

he'll be added on Friday to the rotation, with the Mets again going to a 6-man before inevitably Jon Niese gets booted.

[Judge Jude]

well, announced Friday. I think he's pitching Sunday

[Sour Masher]

You never know what a player will do when he first comes up, but long term, I like the kid a lot. It is hard to predict the level of success. I think he ends up holding his own in that rotation right along side Harvey, DeGrom, Syndergaard, and Wheeler. I like him better than Wheeler, and he could end up better than Thor too. That is a hell of a fab 5 the Mets have.

[Sharky]

"Spahn and Sain and pray for rain" becomes "Harvey, DeGrom, Syndergaard, Matz and pray for offense."

[onejayhawk]

You used "Welcome" and "Matz" in the same sentence. 10 points and two week's detention.

Sharkey, keep working. It is not as easy as it looks.

J

[virgonomic]

he'll be added on Friday to the rotation, with the Mets again going to a 6-man before inevitably Jon Niese gets booted.

Fantastic. I dropped him today to make room for Strasburg. Then Pedroia went on the DL. FMT

I should have dropped Shark.

[Judge Jude]

for mixed leaguers, he is of the same pedigree as all of these other Mets phenoms. he's ready, and he might excel right away. of course, he's a rookie. but the Mets don't rush SPs, partly due to cheapness.

[madducks]

Bartolo Colon should probably consider leasing an RV at this point.

[joncarlos]

Bartolo Colon should probably consider leasing an RV at this point.

Then he can become the new host of Diners, Drive Ins and Dives after he retires!

[Sharky]

Then he can become the new host of Diners, Drive Ins and Dives after he retires!

I still think that reporter's quote about finding peanut butter (a reference to the Michael Pineda pine tar-on-the-neck incident) was hilarious. A little mean-spirited, but still hilarious.

[virgonomic]

Fantastic. I dropped him today to make room for Strasburg. Then Pedroia went on the DL. FMT

I should have dropped Shark.

I was able to have the drop reversed since I had room to activate Stras. Go Matz!

[madducks]

Matz goes 3-3 with 4 rbi in his debut! First Mets player ever with 4 rbi in his first game.



Oh yeah, he's a decent pitcher too: 7.2ip, 2er, 5h, 6k, 3bb and 72 strikes on 110 pitches.

And 26 of those pitches were in the first inning, so Matz was pretty efficient after that.

[Sour Masher]

It was the first time in recorded baseball history that a pitcher debuted with 3 hits and 3 rbi. The Mets would really have a team if they had more hitters like Matz .

On the pitching side, he could have unraveled after giving up a homer to his first batter, but he showed poise.

[Judge Jude]

for mixed leaguers, he is of the same pedigree as all of these other Mets phenoms. he's ready, and he might excel right away. of course, he's a rookie. but the Mets don't rush SPs, partly due to cheapness.

I told ya!

[Erik]

Harvey/DeGrom/Syndergaard/Wheeler/Matz will be a ridiculous rotation if they're ever all healthy at the same time.