Mets’ Harvey to have season-ending surgery for TOS

New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey’s season is over.

The right-hander, who made a successful return from Tommy John surgery on his elbow past year, was knocked around Monday by Miami for six runs – five earned – and 11 hits over 3 2/3 innings.

New York Mets right-hander Matt Harvey is out for the rest of the season to undergo surgery, the team announced Friday.

Boras told ESPN the thoracic outlet syndrome is the reason Harvey has underperformed this season. A decision on surgery for the 27-year-old Harvey, who missed the 2014 season following Tommy John surgery, is likely to come in the next few days. The time table for Harvey’s return following the corrective surgery, to be performed by Dr. Thompson, is not immediately known, though he will not pitch again in 2016. Harvey’s issues with thoracic outlet syndrome have had more to do with his nerve endings than anything, having had issues gripping the baseball in recent starts and experiencing numbness in his throwing shoulder.

“He’s optimistic. He’s disappointed”.

Harvey is now among a number of pitchers that have undergone the procedure. Boras said that Harvey could have a nerve blocking injection, but they decided that was not the right course of action. With the outlook of TOS surgery if there’s a potential silver lining, it’s that Harvey is younger than most who have elected for surgery. “He just said, you know, ‘I’m disappointed the way I pitched and I hope this cures me and we get back on track'”. Harvey threw 189 1/3 innings in 2015 during the regular season and another 26 2/3 in the playoffs.

Unlike the Tommy John surgery Harvey had in October 2013, this surgery is not almost as common or as consistently successful.

“We’ll take a look at what’s there”, Alderson said about the possibility of a trade. After not being able to get out of the fourth inning, allowing six runs on 11 hits, Harvey told Collins his arm felt “dead”, his shoulder felt “dead”, and he had lost feeling in the tips of his right hand. “We just don’t know”.

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Matt Harvey’s season is over and he’s “relieved” to have a reason for why it was so frightful.

Logan Verrett will make Harvey’s scheduled start on Saturday. He had a career 25-18 record before his 4-10 start to 2016.