Matt Harvey’s Flawless in First Start Since Tommy John Surgery
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Norm Hall/Getty Images(PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.) — New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey was dominant in his first start on Friday at spring training against the Tigers.
Harvey threw 25 pitches and struck out three in two scoreless innings of work.
“The big thing is I was happy throwing strikes and not walking anybody. Those are the things you try to work on,” Harvey said. “Especially hearing things about guys going through this process and having tough command, for me, that was the big thing that I was focusing on today. And I was pretty happy about it.”
Harvey understands that the challenge is building up his arm for six to seven innings of work by the end of spring training, but joked about pitching another frame on Friday.
“I was joking with [Mets manager Terry Collins] a little bit because I know at some point we’re probably going to have some innings limits,” Harvey said. “I asked him if I could go out for a couple of more innings, and that was laughed about. Obviously, we both know that’s going to happen at some point. So giving him a little chuckle about wanting to go back out was my way of saying I understand the process and I know how things are going to go.”
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