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Blog posts made for senior Public Relations classes. All posts pertaining to Steven Matz are fictitious and were used as part of a semester long class assignment.
Meet one of the young pitching studs of the New York Mets, Steven Matz. The 22-year-old lefty and New York native has taken the league by storm this season. He is one of the top pitching prospects in the Mets organization. Let me introduce you to Steven Matz
Steven Matz was a Mets fan long before the Mets called his name on draft day. It’s a well-known fact New Yorkers are passionate about their sports and growing up on Long Island in Stony Brook was no different. You have two choices, the Mets or the Yankees and in the case of Steven’s family, it’s cheering for the boys in Queens. So of course, when the phone call came in that the Mets, his family’s favorite team would be drafting him, it was a dream come true for him and his family. When Steven was asked about his favorite moment on the Mets, he responded, “it has to be when my grandfather, a long time Mets fan saw me pitch for the first time at Citi Field”. Besides for being a lefty flamethrower with fastballs hitting upwards of 97 mph, Mets fans have gravitated towards him because of his charity work, upbringing and being a fan of their favorite team long before he had his own name on his jersey. What he means to the Mets and their Future The New York Mets have a long history as an organization with great pitching. Both times the Mets won the World Series, their success was directly related to their strong pitching and the success they are experiencing now is no different. Steven Matz joins an already impressive rotation of four other young guns that may be the best in baseball. What separates Steven from his other four teammates in the rotation is that he is the only lefty. From the beginning of time, lefty pitchers have always been a hot and scarce commodity in baseball. Maybe it’s the “natural curve” they possess or that the only kryptonite of a left-handed power hitter is a powerful left handed pitcher. Whatever the reason may be, it makes Steven just as important to the rotation as any of the other starters and what he has shown in his short time leaves all Mets fan looking ahead at a bright future.
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