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Boras expects Harvey to be ready by Spring Training
- Updated: October 11, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Though there is little precedent of pitchers returning from surgery to correct thoracic outlet syndrome, Matt Harvey took the first steps to doing so recently when he began playing catch in New York for the first time since his operation.
Harvey’s agent, Scott Boras, said Tuesday that he fully expects Harvey to be back to 100 percent by the start of Spring Training.
“You kind of rely on the doctors here, and the doctor was extremely positive about the results of what he found when he did the operation, and the relief that he gave Matt,” Boras said. “It was really just a nerve compression. He didn’t have sensation [in his fingers]. And so clearly, the procedure allowed that relief where the nerve is now free and he should have full feeling in his hand.
“This is not like a Tommy John, where you have a ligament issue. It’s really about relief of nerve compression. So you get a little bit more of a higher probability rate on those kinds of things.”
After going 4-10 with a 4.86 ERA in 17 starts this season, struggling to find his usual command, Harvey underwent surgery on July …
