Matt Harvey Announces His Retirement

Kind of surprised by Harvey retiring as he’s proven that he can still pitch. I just thought his starter days were over and thus he might try to convert to being a closer. Either way Harvey will be remembered for a few things: him, DeGrom, Wheeler and Syndergaard serving as the nucleus of a new era of Mets starting pitching in the mid-2010’s, his starting the All-star game at Citi Filed back in 2013, his superhero status that was flexed when he graced the cover of Sports Illustrated as “The Dark Night of Gotham”, him talking Terry Collins into pitching the 9th inning of the 5th game of the 2015 World Series (I said it at the time that Collins should’ve refused) and of course, all the injuries and off-the-field drama that pretty cost him his career. Sad that it had to end this way, but hopefully he can find peace with his career choices and move on to live a fruitful and prosperous life.