Aaron Blair and Steven Matz will try to add some feathers to their rookie season caps in a Saturday night contest.
Aaron Blair and Steven Matz have had two very different career experiences to date, but both will be looking to improve on their rookie seasons as they square off in a Saturday night contest in New York.
Matz, a second-round pick in the 2009 draft, had an incredibly successful string of six starts for the Mets in 2015, allowing just nine runs in over 35 innings of work (2.27 ERA, 3.61 FIP, 3.56 xFIP). He’s picked up pretty much where he’s left off as a rotation stalwart in New York this season, improving his strikeout and walk rates to notch a 2.