BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 17% of leagues ANALYSIS: New York Mets starting pitcher Steven Matz has always had a high ceiling. Unfortunately, bad timing of consistent injuries have derailed the southpaw from developing momentum in recent years. However, Matz still possesses ace upside that he still shows flashes of from time to time and he remains on the fantasy baseball radar because of it. The lefty has been pitching well of late, carrying a 2.57 ERA over the last 3[...]

New York Mets starting pitcher Steven Matz wasn't an advisable fantasy play on Thursday against the Milwaukee Brewers, but he came through for both his team and fantasy owners in a 5-0 victory. Matz pitched up the win by throwing a scoreless six innings, allowing four hits and three walks with three strikeouts. The outing was encouraging for Matz from an earned run perspective, but there continues to be trouble under the hood here due to his lack of strikeouts. In his last five starts, Matz has [...]

After two consecutive successful outings (which is a rarity for him), New York Mets starting pitcher Steven Matz ran into an obstacle on Saturday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. In a no-decision, Matz allowed four earned runs on six hits and a walk while striking out two across four innings pitched. The rough outing raised his ERA for the year to 4.42, but he'll look to improve upon that on Friday night against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. On paper, it's not a great matchup for Matz. [...]

After being the benefactor of some good luck over his last two starts (two earned runs allowed across 11 innings pitched), the thought seemed to be that New York Mets starting pitcher Steven Matz would be a victim of regression at some point soon. That point came on Saturday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Matz allowed four earned runs on six hits and a walk in only four innings pitched; he only struck out two on the evening. The fact here is, Matz is inducing next-to-no soft contact and[...]

For a player who has been incredibly inconsistent throughout his career, New York Mets starting pitcher Steven Matz has been surprisingly steady over his last two starts. At least, from an ERA perspective. In 11 total innings pitched against the Philadelphia Phillies and Colorado Rockies in his last two starts, Matz allowed only two earned runs. [...]

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 18% of leagues ANALYSIS: New York Mets starter Steven Matz has had an up-and-down career since debuting for the team back in 2015. He has flashed high strikeout upside at times, but injuries and inconsistencies have plagued him continually throughout his first four years. In his most complete season in 2016, Matz started 22 games, going 9-8 with a respectable 3.40 ERA and a noteworthy 129/31 K/BB ratio. He opened the 2018 season on the DL wit[...]

New York Mets starting pitcher Steven Matz had his second consecutive solid outing on Friday night against the Philadelphia Phillies, but it remains tough to trust him moving forward. Matz allowed only one earned run on five hits and four walks across five innings pitched, striking out only three. The one earned run is nice, but a 1.80 [...]

Using the words "Steven Matz" and "excellent outing" in the same sentence seems like a rarity these days, but the New York Mets pitcher has a chance string together two in a row for the first time in a long time on Friday night in Philadelphia. Against the Colorado Rockies last Saturday, Matz allowed only one earned run across six innings pitched while striking out five and walking only one, a very encouraging start for the very talented but oft-injured and inconsistent southpaw. The key word th[...]

New York Mets starting pitcher Steven Matz has struggled to start the season, and it's possible those struggles have something to do with back stiffness he's been suffering from. To try and help alleviate it, the Mets are pushing Matz's scheduled Tuesday start against the Atlanta Braves to Saturday against the Colorado Rockies instead. He'll be available out of the bullpen on Tuesday just in case. [...]

New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway stated that he isn't committing to another start for starting pitcher Steven Matz. This comes just a few days after Matt Harvey was demoted from the rotation to the bullpen. On paper, Matz's stats doesn't look terrible with a 1-1 record and a 4.42 ERA and 23/8 K/BB ratio. However, Matz lasted just 3 1/3 innings while allowing seven runs (three earned) in a loss [...]