Here at Amazin’ Avenue, we’re marking the 10-year anniversary of Matt Harvey’s transcendent 2013 season by spending the year looking back at each of Harvey’s amazing 26 starts that season, one by one, on the anniversary day of each start. We’ll re-live one of the best pitching seasons in Mets history, start-by-start, from its zenith to its tragic end.
We continue today with his 26th and final start at home against the Tigers. You can read about his last start here.
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On April 3rd, 2013, Matt Harvey started his season as an interesting, 24-year-old pitcher with an upside most people thought was capped as a number two starter, pitching for a team in an abyss of hopelessness with no path to contention any time soon.