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The DFAed Knight

RealityChuck Jul 19 2019 07:45 PM

Matt Harvey is available! https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-matt-harvey-dfa-20190720-rxts32jrnjfopeq24x4gh4fdkm-story.html It's pretty sad.

kcmets Jul 19 2019 07:47 PM Re: The DFAed Knight

Watch he'll end up a Yank and shine shine shine again...

whippoorwill Jul 19 2019 08:45 PM Re: The DFAed Knight

Starting to feel a little sorry for him

Edgy MD Jul 19 2019 09:03 PM Re: The DFAed Knight

=kcmets post_id=16372 time=1563587222 user_id=53] Watch he'll end up a Yank and shine shine shine again...

You mean he'll get work shine shine shining the Yankees' shoes, correct?

batmagadanleadoff Jul 20 2019 04:16 AM Re: The DFAed Knight

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41Forever Jul 20 2019 02:23 PM Re: The DFAed Knight

What a shame. A potentially great career derailed by injuries. He pitched some great games for us. Some unneeded drama, too. But he was magic. If we trade a starter, I wouldn't mind giving him some time at Syracuse to see if he can get back to a useful form. A humbler Dark Knight might be a good thing.

kcmets Jul 20 2019 02:30 PM Re: The DFAed Knight

I don't necessarily disagree, but I think his ship has mutually sailed to the point of no return Met wise.

Lefty Specialist Jul 20 2019 07:26 PM Re: The DFAed Knight

Angels eat the balance of that $11 million they foolishly gave him last winter. Someone will pick him up but it better not be the Mets.

nymr83 Jul 22 2019 09:32 PM Re: The DFAed Knight

Lefty Specialist wrote: Angels eat the balance of that $11 million they foolishly gave him last winter. Someone will pick him up but it better not be the Mets. He could be useful. As a batting practice pitcher.

Edgy MD Jul 22 2019 10:51 PM Re: The DFAed Knight

I'm tempted to say that it's been downhill for him since he blew off practice before the playoffs began, but he had a really strong start against the Cubs, and a decent one in Game Two of the World Series. Obviously, he was terrific in Game Five until he seemingly self-saboutaged. You don't want to glean any sort of causality where it doesn't really belong.I guess it would be more accurate to suggest it was downhill from that point.

whippoorwill Jul 23 2019 06:25 AM Re: The DFAed Knight

I cheered when he came back out. Anyway, every time I open this thread I expect it to say he's a Met again.

Centerfield Jul 23 2019 08:11 AM Re: The DFAed Knight

I know he wasn't the best of guys when he was here, but I still feel bad for him. Could have been a hall of famer. Say what you want, he told his agent to go to hell and put the team first in 2015. I'll cheer for him every time I see him.

seawolf17 Jul 23 2019 08:29 AM Re: The DFAed Knight

=Centerfield post_id=16504 time=1563891073 user_id=65] I know he wasn't the best of guys when he was here, but I still feel bad for him. Could have been a hall of famer. Say what you want, he told his agent to go to hell and put the team first in 2015. I'll cheer for him every time I see him.

It goes to show you how fleeting a professional sports career can be. At the end of 2015, Harvey was 26 years old with a 2.53 ERA in 65 career starts. Pitching in the greatest city in the world, appearing on late night TV and commercials, dating supermodels or whatever.



2016-17: 5.78 ERA in 36 games, 185 innings.

2018-19: 5.53 ERA in 44 games, 214 innings for three teams.

Edgy MD Jul 23 2019 08:36 AM Re: The DFAed Knight

Well, more than most roles in a professional sports career, pitching is ephemeral. Quality pitching even moreso. And with all the drastic steps the powers-that-be are currently taking with regard to manipulating workloads to sustain pitchers' health, I'm not convinced it's been particularly effective.

seawolf17 Jul 23 2019 08:42 AM Re: The DFAed Knight

Edgy MD wrote: Well, more than most roles in a professional sports career, pitching is ephemeral. Quality pitching even moreso. And with all the drastic steps the powers-that-be are currently taking with regard to manipulating workloads to sustain pitchers' health, I'm not convinced it's been particularly effective. Fully agree, because it feels like the number of pitchers who *don't* have TJS is smaller than the number who do. I don't know what the answer is, either. I appreciate that they're trying to do *something,* though.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 23 2019 08:43 AM Re: The DFAed Knight

Lefty Specialist wrote: Angels eat the balance of that $11 million they foolishly gave him last winter. Someone will pick him up but it better not be the Mets. Ironically, Harvey's $11M 2019 deal was the largest contract of his career. By far. When Harvey was baseball's best pitcher for about two, two and a half months in 2013, the Mets were paying Harvey less than half a mil for that whole season.

kcmets Jul 23 2019 08:58 AM Re: The DFAed Knight

Hopefully he won't 'blow' through that $11 million too quickly. The several fantasy blurbs I read the last day or two is that someone will take him on but no one seems in much of a hurry.