By: Michael Ganci

Pedro Martinez: Harvey Should Model Himself After Clemens

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While we all watched the season debut of Matt Harvey yesterday, it was a near flawless performance that saw him go six innings, strike out nine, walk one and allow zero runs.

More importantly, he escaped unharmed and looks to have his full repertoire ready to go for 2015. But not everyone thought his performance was flawless.

Pedro Martinez, who pitched for the Mets and now works for MLB Network, leant his thoughts on Twitter about The Dark Knight, and he said Roger Clemens might be a good guy to look at for Harvey to improve his game even more.

While I appreciate Pedro’s critique and opinion, I’m hard-pressed to take it seriously. Matt Harvey has always been a bull, and as Mike Francesa pointed out on Thursday, he has the third lowest WHIP in Major League history for a guy through his first 36 major league starts. In terms of mechanics, I think he’s doing just fine.

If you ask Harvey, I am sure he’d appreciate Pedro’s comments. He’s a perfectionist who’s always looking to improve, and he is not happy unless he’s flawless. Case in point, he was pissed off at how the game began yesterday, but that could be chalked up to pitching his first game since undergoing Tommy John Surgery, which is something a lot of pitchers in MLB could understand.

I don’t expect Harvey to be the CY Young this year, but Thursday’s start was very encouraging. We’ll all be counting down the hours until he returns to Citi Field for his first home start of the year on Tuesday (weather permitting).

Has the Dark Knight risen? Only time will tell.

About Michael Ganci

Michael Ganci is the Co-Founder of the Daily Stache, along with Matthew Falkenbury. Since 2008, Ganci has eat, drank and dreamt all things Mets, and he'd have it no other way. Feel free to follow him on Twitter at @DailyStache.

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