NEW YORK METS 2016 SEASON THREAD

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 bartolo done it all 
 
I know its TOO early to talk, but if we dont win a dam chip i swear....

We got pitchers hitting homers man, wtf lol
 
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Much needed W in the opener of this series. First game of the year in attendance tomorrow. Let's go Mets!!!!
 
Whew. Thor to the rescue. Seeing Oliver Perez pitching again made my blood boil. Might go to Saturday's game, not sure yet. #LGM
 
What do u guys is wrong with Harvey ? Is it mental or mechanics ?

He should take some relief work for a bit.
 
Hopefully Harvey just figures it out, even Strasburg had a rough first half of the season (was pitching even worse)

It may take some time however, maybe he needs some time off :smh:
 
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Matt Harvey still has the weapons to succeed, but he needs to find them

Buster Olney
ESPN Senior Writer
Insider

Bryce Harper watched Matt Harvey crash into a wall of boos as the pitcher walked back to the dugout Thursday night and felt moved to say later that he felt bad for him.

Among the feelings in hitters that Harvey has generated -- anger, frustration, despair -- pity is not something he aims for. But there it is, after Harvey failed to get through the third inning, and today Harvey begins the search for solutions.

There is a reason that most coaches will wait until the day after a start to have a conversation with a pitcher who is struggling, so that some of the raw emotion of a terrible start has ebbed. When Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen and manager Terry Collins sit down Friday with Harvey, what they presumably will discuss is that he has a lot of weapons.

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Harvey's fastball velocity is down early this season, for sure, by a little more than a mile per hour. But his fastball was clocked as high as 96 mph early in his start against the Nationals, and his average velocity of 94 mph this season is among the best 13 in the majors. His average velocity is better than that of Jake Arrieta or Clayton Kershaw. So it's not as if he is unarmed.

The execution of his secondary pitches might be the root of the problem, such as in the first inning, when Harvey intended to bounce a breaking ball to Daniel Murphy on an 0-2 pitch and instead hung a curve over the middle. A cement mixer, Roger Clemens used to call it. Murphy teed off for a two-run homer.

Some of the pitch selection was odd, such as when he reached a 3-2 count to the second batter he faced, Jayson Werth, and spun a slider rather than challenge Werth with a fastball on the outer edge. He walked Werth, the first domino to fall in this game.

And maybe Warthen and Collins can reassure Harvey with this, as well: The Mets' defense, which has been awful this season, absolutely crushed the right-hander in this game. Asdrubal Cabrera had a chance to turn a double play in the ugly third inning and fumbled the ball. Yoenis Cespedes was unable to reach a fly ball that almost all center fielders would reach. Left fielder Michael Conforto had a chance to make a play with a high degree of difficulty, when Anthony Rendon laced a missile to left, and he mistimed his jump. After Harvey left the game, third baseman David Wright bypassed chances to make aggressive, difference-making throws, instead opting for easier throws. If Harvey is suffering from a crisis of confidence on this team, he probably isn't alone.

The Mets rank 26th overall rank in defensive runs saved this season.

One of the questions that Harvey and the Mets must answer in this period of self-examination: Is Harvey doing everything he can to prepare himself physically between starts?

If you are around the Dodgers on a day that Kershaw does not pitch, he is constantly on the move going through his routine of weights and sprints; he is a beast. The same is true with Arrieta, and the Nationals' Max Scherzer, the Giants' Madison Bumgarner. They are squared off, blocks of muscle, and seemingly giving themselves every chance physically to pitch well. Kershaw talks about this, about wanting to check every box in helping himself between starts, so that moment that he takes the mound is a culmination of a five-day process that builds to each of his outings.

This is what Harvey looked like four years ago, on the day of his major league debut. This is what he looked like in the third inning last night. Harvey is in good shape, but he looks like he has put on pounds that don't help him. For some pitchers, extra weight doesn't seem to matter, like CC Sabathia, or Harvey's teammate Bartolo Colon. But perhaps Harvey would be better served by veering onto the same path of preparation as Kershaw, Arrieta and Scherzer -- a place that probably isn't as far removed as it might have seemed last night, as he was jeered off the mound.

• From ESPN Stats & Information: The Nationals were 6-for-12 off Harvey's fastball on Thursday. Opponents are hitting .336 off his fastball this season, compared to .231 in his first three seasons.

Matt Harvey With Fastball
2012-15 2016
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Opp BA .231 .336
Miss pct 23% 17%
Avg FB vel 95.6 94.0

Harvey induced four whiffs on 27 swings (14.8 percent) Thursday, his lowest miss percentage in a start since 2013 and the third lowest in his career. Harvey allowed a career-high nine runs in 2 2/3 IP, the first time in his career he didn't finish the fourth inning.

• After allowing six earned runs Thursday, Harvey is now sporting a 5.77 ERA this season. He had a 2.71 ERA last season. His 3.06 run increase in his ERA from last year is the fourth highest in the majors.

Largest increase in ERA from last season: Zack Greinke (3.42), Sonny Gray (3.11), David Price (3.08) and Harvey (3.06).

• Harvey had little to say after his rough outing, writes Tyler Kepner. The Mets need to rebuild his confidence, writes John Harper. Harvey has lived the life of a star, writes Mike Vaccaro.
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