With Steven Matz having been traded to the Toronto Blue Jays, his eleven-year run in the Mets organization has come to an unceremonious end. Matz had his struggles in New York and was often frustrating, but he had many highlights in his decade-plus run that deserve to be looked back upon fondly.
Matz was the Mets’ second round draft pick in 2009 out of Ward-Melville High School on Long Island. Considered a first-round talent that fell to the Mets in the second round, the lefty received quite a bit of press at the time for being the team’s top pick in that year’s draft, while also being an endearing local kid.