Matt Harvey Elbow Update
BREAKING NEWS: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
In other breaking news, Matt Harvey‘s UCL is still partially torn.
BREAKING NEWS: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
In other breaking news, Matt Harvey‘s UCL is still partially torn.
The Mets and Harvey may yet do something stupid in the management of the tear, but I don’t think “rehab it for two months” counts just yet. If anything, pushing back surgery may help the organization resist the temptation to try to rush him back for the end of 2014.
That doesn’t mean Harvey’s UCL won’t heal on its own — it’s just that there’s little chance it will. A very small handful of pitchers diagnosed with torn UCLs have been able to successfully avoid surgery — the most famous one being Roy Halladay. Is it ironic that Harvey so similarly resembles a young Halladay, in skill set and mindset? Hey, maybe Harvey will be like Halladay and pitch another 8 years without needing Tommy John surgery.