Mets Season in Review: Matt Harvey

Areas to Improve Upon

It’s very hard to breakdown specific areas for a particular player to improve upon coming off of an injury shortened season. The one thing Matt Harvey always had was his command to fall back on. He could paint the corners and drop a curve ball on a dime. He always struck out a lot while walking a few, so when those two things don’t work to his advantage, it’s telling.

But for the sake of argument, I’d personally like to see him improve his durability. Be able to get to the 30 game plateau in a regular season. Hit the 200 innings mark in a regular season. Not because he can’t do it, but to show he can do it.

Injuries have plagued him multiple seasons, so naysayers have their doubts. And to be honest, you’ll probably see Terry Collins use him differently to help preserve that arm. Especially in today’s game, you don’t want to push pitchers past their comfort zone.

Another area would be the long ball, giving up 8 through 17 games started was not great, so let’s hope next year he keeps those numbers down.