"Former New York Mets pitcher and Long Island native Steven Matz had to wait quite a long time to see the mound in a postseason game 10 years to be exact. The East Setaucket native, once a starter, now turned reliever with the Boston Red Sox, pitched an inning between the fourth and fifth frames in Game 2 of the American League Wild Card Series against the New York Yankees in the Bronx."
"It was his first appearance in a postseason game since Game 4 of the 2015 World Series as a member of the Mets at Citi Field, when a then-rookie Matz held the Kansas City Royals to two runs on seven hits with five strikeouts in five innings of work. He made three appearances in total during the Mets' run to their first World Series appearance since 2000 and still their most recent to the tune of a 3.68 ERA."
"That 2015 season was only supposed to be the start for Matz, who was a mid-season call-up and dazzled with a 2.27 ERA in six regular-season starts. But stardom was always elusive. He underwent elbow surgery in 2017 and could not rediscover his frontline-worthy stuff on a consistent basis. Over his final four seasons with the Mets, he possessed a 4.83 ERA and was demoted to the bullpen sporadically in 2019 and 2020 before undergoing another elbow surgery."
Steven Matz, a Long Island native and former New York Mets starter, made his first postseason appearance in 10 years in 2025 as a Boston Red Sox reliever. He entered Game 2 of the Wild Card Series in the Bronx and worked a scoreless inning, allowing two hits and striking out one. Matz last pitched in the postseason in Game 4 of the 2015 World Series, allowing two runs on seven hits with five strikeouts in five innings and posting a 3.68 ERA during that run. He underwent elbow surgery in 2017, struggled to regain frontline form, shifted to the bullpen in later Mets seasons, had another elbow surgery after 2020, and was later traded to Toronto.
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