Following the Mets’ ugly loss to the Phillies on Saturday night at Citizens Bank Park, manager Luis Rojas understandably didn’t commit to keeping Steven Matz in the team’s rotation. After four good innings, things fell apart for Matz in a big way in the fifth, and the 29-year-old lefty now has a 9.00 ERA and 7.01 FIP through five starts.
While Matz has never recaptured the level of success he had in 2015 and 2016, his performance across the 2018 and 2019 seasons was pretty good.