The New York Mets designated Matt Harvey for assignment on Friday. This announcement generated shock waves throughout baseball, and for good reason. Harvey was the next big thing several years ago, one of the headliners of a Mets rotation that reached the World Series earlier than it should have in 2015. Harvey was even better before that, a frontrunner for the 2013 NL Cy Young award before a UCL injury struck him down late in the year. Detroit Tigers fans will remember his duel with eventual AL Cy Young winner Max Scherzer that year, when Harvey came up on the losing end of a 3-0 scoreline.
Acquiring Matt Harvey wouldn’t be as exciting as you think
