Steven Matz spoke out about the chaotic October juggling act he and his wife are pulling off.
The 33-year-old Rays reliever, who grew up on Long Island, told The Post that his three children have been staying up well past bedtime to catch his games, then crashing on a tour bus for three nights each week as his wife’s Christian pop group rolls through its own packed schedule. Matz, a lefty who spent parts of eight seasons with the Mets, is set to face the Brewers when the World Series opens Friday night in Milwaukee.
His wife, Taylor Cain Matz, has spent the month living what he called her dream.
“She’s been able to live out her dream of touring the country and playing in front of thousands of people,” he said of the singer, whom he married nearly a decade ago.
That dream comes with family logistics that would break most households. The couple’s kids split their time between ballparks and concert venues, operating on little sleep and a lot of adrenaline. Matz himself has been running the playoff gauntlet while his wife and her siblings, Madison and Logan, perform as the hit Christian contemporary trio CAIN.
“Our kids are staying up way too late every night to come to games – and then they’re sleeping on a tour bus for three nights a week,” Matz told The Post.
He added that the arrangement, however exhausting, has its own strange magic.
“It’s definitely a unique situation, but pretty cool nonetheless,” he said ahead of his second Fall Classic appearance.
Matz’s return to the World Series stage caps a career arc marked by significant setbacks. The hometown hero’s initial big-league trajectory with the Mets was thrown off course when he underwent Tommy John surgery, forcing a two-year recovery that tested his patience and his purpose. Around 2011, during that grueling rehabilitation period, he found faith.
The spiritual grounding he developed during those valley years has carried him through subsequent peaks and disappointments. After debuting with the Mets in 2015 and helping them reach that year’s World Series, he bounced to Toronto, then St. Louis, before landing with Tampa Bay. Each stop brought new roles, new cities, and new challenges to his body and his resolve.
The parallel careers have created an unusual dynamic for the Matz household. While he chases championships from the bullpen, his wife builds her own following in Christian music circles. CAIN has emerged as a notable act in the genre, with the sibling trio drawing thousands to their shows even as the baseball postseason commands national attention.
The couple has managed to keep their family unit intact through the October crush, even if the children’s sleep schedules have suffered. Matz’s perspective on the chaos reflects the steadiness that has defined his late-career resurgence.
The Rays acquired him expecting veteran depth, and he has delivered in high-leverage moments throughout their playoff run. Now he prepares to take the sport’s biggest stage again, this time with a wife on tour and children who have learned to nap anywhere.
Game 1 against Milwaukee opens Friday night.