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Mets to discuss when Harvey will start next
- Updated: May 25, 2016
WASHINGTON — The ingredients for Matt Harvey’s renaissance were all in place early Tuesday evening and, for a fleeting few moments, Harvey’s nightmare narrative seemed ready to dissolve. Amid a gorgeous night at Nationals Park, Harvey was not quite Harvey. But he was better, much better, well on his way.
Then the Nationals began cracking through the aesthetics, cutting to the core of Harvey’s issues throughout this bitter start to his season. His fastball velocity, consistently 95-96 mph early in the game, dipped ever so slightly. The Nationals’ contact rate soared. And the same Washington team that nearly knocked Harvey out of the rotation last week roughed him up for five more runs in a 7-4 defeat of the Mets.
As a result, Harvey’s time in the rotation may have reached a hiatus. Manager Terry Collins said after the loss that he, general manager Sandy Alderson and pitching coach Dan Warthen will meet Wednesday to determine whether Harvey will make his next start, now tentatively scheduled for a Memorial Day matinee against the White Sox.
“We’ve got to think what’s not just best for Matt, but what’s best for us moving forward at the moment,” Collins said. “There’s a lot of things to consider. We’re not going to make any rash judgments …
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