One of the key pieces of the 2015 New York Mets will be a healthy return to the mound for Matt Harvey. The young ace will play a key roll in helping turn the Mets into a winning team in the coming years and that begins on Opening Day 2015. Appearing on WFAN’s Boom and Carton on Thursday morning, Harvey assured us that he is 100% confident he’ll be ready for Opening Day.
This is obviously great news for Mets fans but is something we expected. Generally speaking, Tommy John surgery knocks you out for about a year. A little over one month from now, on October 22nd, we will reach Harvey’s one year mark. “Everything is healthy, everything is normal” Harvey told WFAN.
Earlier in the month it was reported that Harvey and the Mets front office disagreed on the speed of his rehab. While he felt he was ready to face live pitching, the Mets shut him down so that he can have some extra rest during the offseason.
“I’m completely on board with whatever the doctors and Sandy Alderson have planned.” Harvey seems to be on track and locked in on Opening Day. With Zack Wheeler, Jacob deGrom, Jon Niese and Dillon Gee falling in behind him, 2015 could be an incredible year for pitching in New York.
