It’s hard to believe after what we’ve seen in recent weeks, but the New York Mets are an organization rooted in top-notch starting pitching.
Names like Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Jon Matlack, Dwight Gooden, Ron Darling, David Cone, and Al Leiter are just a few of the names littered throughout the franchise record books. None of them accomplished what Johan Santana did against the St. Louis Cardinals on June 1, 2012, however.
It took 50 years as a franchise and a $137.5 million investment in a single player, but the Mets finally saw one of their pitchers toss a no-hitter.