Matz Mended

Steven Matz of the Mets is clear to follow a normal, off-season workout routine:

“The doctors said, ‘You’re good to go,'” he told WOR’s Pete McCarthy.

Matz had surgery in late September to remove a large bone spur from his pitching elbow. He ended his season early due to a rotator cuff impingement, which Sandy Alderson said in November did not require surgery. Instead, Matz received a platelet-rich plasma injection in his left shoulder.

“Some days were worse than others,” Matz said about pitching with the painful bone spur during most of last season. “I think that’s why it wasn’t a no-brainer to just end the season in June and go get [surgery]. That’s why I was like, I think I can fight through this, it’s not causing any damage to any other parts of my elbow.”

Matz will play 2017 as a 26-year-old, right in his peak years. He showed great control in his first two seasons, walking just 2.2 batters per nine innings with a high strikeout rate. A full season of Matz pitching like that would certainly help the Mets.

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