Surely, there are a few Mets fans out there who are hoping to see him end up back in Queens before he hangs up his cleats for good. Frankly, the Mets are in no position to add players as a favor. Next: Greatest starting pitchers in Mets history.
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That ended up costing him the season, but the timing is such that he will now be 16 months from surgery on Opening Day which puts him in line to be at least in the rotation by then if not starting that very first game. The pitching landscape mitigates some of the risk because even if he flames out, there will likely be a host of useful arms to pop up in-season. Meanwhile, the upside is an unquestioned ace, even if his innings are managed a bit throughout the season.
Harvey established himself as one of the premier starting pitchers in baseball in , while also making an All-Star Game start in his home park and getting a supermodel girlfriend, before it all came crashing down. After struggling in two of his last three starts, Harvey was diagnosed with a partially-torn UCL in his right elbow.
After considering rehab and a throwing program, Harvey opted for Tommy John surgery, which was performed on Oct. Harvey now faces a to month recovery period and will likely miss the entire season.
Speculation is that his power slider, which he throws close to 90 mph, may have contributed to the injury, so it will be interesting to see if Harvey changes his arsenal when he returns for the campaign. Whe the Mets' season went south after the All-Star break, Harvey came riding in on his white horse to give the Amazin' faithful something to look forward to every five days. Harvey lived up to his status as either the team's No. Harvey made significant strides with his fastball command in his final month in the minors to go with his major-league-ready curveball, which led to his promotion.
That fastball command was a big reason for the strikeouts and his. Harvey will open in the Mets' rotation, and the only downside of his season is that he no longer has rookie eligibility. Lucie, posting a K:BB in 76 innings with a 2. He didn't experience the same success at Double-A Binghamton, but got better as he went along, excelling over his last nine starts. Harvey's fastball sits in the low-to-mid 90s, topping out about 97 mph, along with a slider, occasional curveball and change-up he added at Double-A.
The development of that curveball may ultimately decide Harvey's ceiling, though, for now, he is projected to be a No. If he is unable to find consistency with that pitch, look for him to end up as a closer. Harvey, selected seventh overall last year out of UNC, signed too late to pitch for the Mets in Harvey's fastball sits in the low-to-mid 90s, topping out around 97 mph, along with a slider and curveball, though he is likely to develop and use that curveball as a professional as it looks to be a more dominant pitch.
Harvey needs to work on adding a third pitch, likely a changeup, as well as improve his command and find a consistent release point. Harvey figures to start at High-A St. Lucie and if he masters the areas that he needs to work on, he could move quickly through the system. Done for season. September 10, Might not return this season. After his 19th start on May 17, he held the lowest hits per nine inning rate, 5.
Through his first eight starts of the season, he led the majors with a 4. Struck out a career-high 13 on June 18 at Atlanta in the first game of a doubleheader Became the third Mets pitcher to record a strikeout game since Dickey twice and Chris Capuano also accomplished the feat Tied for the second-most strikeouts by a Mets pitcher against the Braves Sid Fernandez totaled 16 strikeouts on July 14, , while Capuano August 26, and Dick Selma September 12, also both had Became the fifth Mets pitcher to have a strikeout outing among his first 25 career games Had a franchise-record five starts with at least 10 strikeouts and three or fewer hits allowed His four such games trailed only Yu Darvish's six for the most in the majors No other NL pitcher had more than three such outings this season Is only the fourth pitcher since to record three outings of 10 or more strikeouts, three or fewer hits and no walks in a season Is only the second pitcher since to have at least five double-digit strikeout games in which he allowed three or fewer hits within his first 36 games Hideo Nomo had six such outings among his first 36 starts Worked 7.
The seven such outings tied Tom Seaver for the single-season franchise record Had eight no-decisions in a nine-start stretch from April 24 to-June 8, four of which went to extra innings It marked the 29th time in major league history that a starting pitcher received eight no-decisions in a nine-start span within one season with no relief appearances during that streak The previous low was a 3.
His 46 strikeouts tied a Mets record for the month of April Pedro Martinez also had 46 strikeouts in April, Allowed three or fewer baserunners in four starts this season, tied with Stephen Strasburg for the most such starts in the majors His 10 starts without allowing a walk are tied for the fourth most in the majors Harvey, Chris Archer and Jordan Zimmermann are the only pitchers this season with multiple outings of 9.
Faced Max Scherzer in his final start of the season That was the first time the All-Star Game starting pitchers faced each other in a regular season game in the same season It happened twice in a World Series game later that season: Dwight Gooden vs. Roger Clemens in , and Red Ruffing vs. Paul Derringer in Pinch-hit on July 1 vs. Arizona and had a sacrifice bunt Was the first Mets pitcher to pinch-hit since Jonathon Niese on May 16, vs.
Attended the University of North Carolina Signed by Marlin McPhail Dwight Gooden compiled a Kerry Wood had the best rookie rate, striking out Struck out 11 and recorded two hits in his major league debut on July 26 at Arizona Became the first player in modern history to date to strike out 10 or more batters and collect at least two hits in his major league debut His 11 strikeouts were the most in franchise history for a pitcher making his major league debut The previous record of eight strikeouts was held by Tom Seaver, April 13, vs.
Pittsburgh and Bill Denehy, April 16, at Philadelphia His 11 strikeouts were also tied for the eighth-most since for a pitcher making his major league debut The only pitchers to have more are: J. Was the fourth pitcher since to strike out 11 or more batters without allowing a run in his major league debut, joining Milwaukee's Steve Woodard July 28, , Cleveland's Luis Tiant July 19, and San Francisco's Juan Marichal July 19, Doubled in his first major league plate appearance off Wade Miley and singled in the fourth inning in his second trip to the plate The last Mets pitcher to collect two hits in his major league debut was David West on September 24, at St.
Became the 10th pitcher choosen in the first round by the Mets to make a start for the team He was the first since righthanded pitcher Mike Pelfrey made his Mets debut on July 8, Delivered his first two major league RBI with his two-run double in the fourth-inning on August 16 at Cincinnati Struck out his 50th batter in his start at St.
Louis on September 4 in his th batter faced It was the fourth-quickest in team history to reach 50 strikeouts behind Pedro Martinez , Nolan Ryan and Dwight Gooden Became the third pitcher in Mets history to strike out at least 10 hitters, but pitch no more than 5. The other two were Sid Fernandez in and Oliver Perez in The last Mets rookie to have at least two double-digit strikeout games in his first nine games was Dwight Gooden who had four in Became the first Mets pitcher to surrender a leadoff home run Jimmy Rollins as his only hit allowed over at least 7.
The last pitcher to allow only one hit in an outing of at least 7. McDowell allowed a home run to the Brewers' Paul Molitor to start the game and finished with a one-hit complete-game win Posted a 1. Went at Citi Field Held righthanded hitters to a. Lefthanders hit. View all NL Central Sites. Louis Cardinals. More NL West News ». View all NL West Sites.
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