There may be nothing wrong with Matt Harvey

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So Matt Harvey is struggling with a 5.77 ERA through nine starts and one thing everyone is sort of delicately pointing out: He looks a little chunky.

Mike Vaccaro in the New York Post,

And look, while we’re at it, let’s identify one of the 800-pound elephants in the room: Harvey no longer remotely resembles the lithe, elite athlete he was in 2013. The Mets did him no favors re-broadcasting a Mets-Yankees game from ’13 on SNY on Monday night’s off-night; all you need is a glimpse of what Harvey looked like then, and what he looks like now, to see a stark difference.

“He’s 27 years old,” one member of the organization mused recently. “He’s a professional athlete, who makes his living — and wants to make $200 million — by being an athlete. Does he look like an elite professional athlete to you?”

Buster Olney on ESPN Insider:

Harvey is in good shape, but he looks like he has put on pounds that don’t help him. For some pitchers, extra weight doesn’t seem to matter, like CC Sabathia, or Harvey’s teammate …

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