Mets Marcus Stroman, Steven Matz team up a decade after HS rivalry

Marcus Stroman will join fellow Long Island product Steven Matz on the New York Mets starting pitching staff a decade after their high school rivalry. Let’s take a look back at when they faced off in a pitching duel for the ages ten years ago.

After the New York Mets shockingly acquired Marcus Stroman from the Toronto Blue Jays, plenty of questions emerged. No matter how you look at it, Steven Matz and Stroman coming from Long Island and now being teammates on the same pitching staff in New York is pretty cool.

The Mets also happen to be a pretty popular team on Long Island for those that may not know.

But, well before Matz and Stroman became MLB pitchers, they once faced off in high school…