This morning, I read an article titled “Matt Harvey pitches two scoreless innings in second spring training appearance,” and a wave of sadness instantly flooded over me. This is undoubtedly the most depressing headline I have ever read in my entire life. Matt Harvey used to be so good at baseball, and now we’re celebrating him for tossing a pair of scoreless innings? It’s unreal to think about how meteoric this guy's rise and fall was.
In 2013, Matt Harvey was arguably the brightest young arm in the game. He was hucking 95+ MPH fastballs and had this really weird sink on the ball that hitters just couldn’t figure out. He had a 0.931 WHIP and an ERA that sat at 2.27--ridiculous numbers considering he was just 24 years old and in only his second season in the big leagues. Right around the halfway point of the year, Harvey tore his UCL (elbow ligament), and his season was abruptly ended. He picked up right where he left off in 2015, posting a 2.73 ERA and contributing to an impressive World Series run for the Mets that ended in five games at the hands of the Kansas City Royals. Then, Harvey’s career took a wild turn when his ERA climbed a full two points in each of the next two seasons.
How did Harvey go from hero to zero so fast? He had everything, and now we are celebrating two scoreless innings in spring training? The man was staring $200m in the face, he was dating a su-- oh wait, I think I know what happened. Julian Edelman stole his girl and it broke his brain.
Last March, Matt Harvey had the drop-dead gorgeous girlfriend. He and Adriana Lima, a 36-year-old supermodel from Brazil, were spotted at the River Yacht Club in Miami, weirdly making out in public. This wasn’t the only time they kissed excessively in public, as they were spotted several times over the next two months doing much of the same. Then, like the stuff ya read about, Julian Edelman swooped right in and literally stole Matt Harvey’s girl. The two showed up to Rihanna's Met Gala after party together and the two were all over each other.
This turn of events shook Harvey to the core. In early May, less than a week after the watching Edelman publicly steal his girl, Harvey was suspended three games for not showing up to a game. He just skipped it all together. It later came out that he was out boozing until four in the morning the night before the game.
Sad. Edelman’s an alpha, and Harvey is a beta. No way around it.
That’s why JE11’s a two time super bowl champion and Harvey lost the World Series in game five. Julian Edelman's hoisting a pair of Lombardi Trophies and Harvey’s drinking his sorrows away in a bar with a 7.00 ERA. He didn’t have the clutch gene. Lima saw that; that’s why she dumped his sorry you-know-what.
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