Imagine this player came along now.
A 22 year old LHP wins 15. Then 14, 13, 16, and 17. You guys would be giving him a super-hero nickname and putting him in the HOF. And now imagine he’s your third best guy because you have a first ballot HOFer and Jerry Koosman. How could those Mets teams not win?
With 82 wins, Jon Matlack, Jon Matlack is 7th All Time for this franchise. The Mets gave up on him at age 27, after the 1977 season when it was time to get rid of anyone with a pulse.
Could Jon Matlack have been the best Met of the 1970s? Probably not…but maybe.