Harvey to Have Tommy John Surgery
A decision has been made:
#Mets announce that Matt Harvey will cease rehab and undergo Tommy John surgery. He is expected to miss all of 2014. Much more coming.
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) October 4, 2013
Sounds like it must have been an obvious choice. The Mets originally said they’d give Harvey a chance to rehab until December, and even had plans to test his elbow out in the Arizona Fall League.
So now, the Mets will have a 2014 rotation of Zack Wheeler, Jon Niese, Dillon Gee, possibly Jenrry Mejia, and someone else – maybe a stopgap veteran like Aaron Harang or Daisuke Matsuzaka (or someone else). 2014 will also likely feature the debut of Rafael Montero and Noah Syndergaard, but it probably won’t happen until May or June, so the team can have an extra year of control.
More details will be coming out about Harvey as the day progresses.
Sad to have it confirmed that 2014 will suck.
http://www.metstoday.com/5937/10-11-offseason/time-to-assess-the-billy-wagner-trade/#more-5937
And followed it up with this:
http://www.metstoday.com/6266/2011-spring-training/x-factor-mets-cash-flow/
At this point, the Bleacher Report article is just annoying to Mets fans, and doesn’t really capture the reality of what was happening at the time of the deal — mainly, that the Mets were dead broke, and they couldn’t take the risk that Wagner would accept the $8M option on his contract.
Dunno how Pugliese knows the Mets’ real motives re: draft spending, but if true, that is pretty awful.
Someone should ask Omar, “Did you only draft Eddie Kunz cuz he was cheap and ownership wouldn’t pay for a real prospect?”
Considering the potential dollars at stake down the road, I’d have to think that finances played into the decision.
I can only speculate, but if Harvey comes back healthy and effective I’d guess that he would relish the big bucks that would await him with Free Agency. No way he’d be a Met for life, at least not if the Wilpons are still on the scene.
Now if you’ll excuse me, the Braves and Dodgers are beating the living crap out of each other, which is slightly more relevant at the moment, and highly entertaining.
Collins gets a two year extension……….
The Giants are 0-5………………..
Will the pain never end…………………. sigh
I hope this isn’t the case — I hope KinaTrax also has someone on staff who’s applying some prior knowledge of pitching motions to Mets pitchers. “Zack Wheeler is throwing normally for Zack Wheeler” is less useful than “Zack Wheeler is doing something that logic and history tells us is risky, even if we don’t have it digitized at 1000 frames per second.”
Hopefully we hear more details about this at some point. Maybe Joe can ask Dr. Borelli if she knows anything about KinaTrax.
Of course, if it’s Dan Warthen evaluating the results, then the technology isn’t going to help — you still need someone (i.e., trained scientist) to watch what’s happening.
But hey, the rockheads in the big boys’ club will continue to attempt to figure things out on their own. They should be caught up with modern science by the 23rd century, at the rate they’re going.
Again, though, it’s a start.
BTW, you think anyone in the baseball blogosphere is ever going to talk to someone other than the “injury expert” about pitching injuries and mechanics? Like, perhaps, someone with actual, real credentials and diplomas?
No, that wasn’t in the budget. Wait, Fred said they have no budget. Good point, though. I think they have a much better chance of adjusting a minor leaguer’s mechanics than a major leaguer’s.