Super agent, Scott Boras believes that his client, Matt Harvey will be back to his old self entering the 2017 season. A sight many Met fans hope to see.
Boras spoke with reporters on Wednesday at the general manager meetings in Arizona regarding his client’s comeback from thoracic outlet surgery.
“I just saw him in New York,” Boras said. “He’s throwing free and easy. He’s strong. He’s had a great deal of time to work out and focus on his body and strength. We expect him to come back and be the Matt Harvey of old.” (ESPN)
Having the Dark Knight of old return to the rotation that went to the 2015 World Series would be a big key to the success of the 2017 team.
The 2016 season was a very rough year for Matt as he dealt with injury, pitching to a 4-10 record with an ERA of 4.86. Boras attributed the injury as the reason for Harvey’s down year and lack of command on the mound.
“I don’t think there’s any question,” Boras said. “I’m not sure he could identify what the issue was. But as the season went on, he complained that the command of his pitches was not nearly the same. As this got more pronounced, he started feeling a tingling in his fingers and that really gave us the clue to send him to Dr. Thompson.”
The coming season will be a very important one for Harvey as he tries to rebuild his stock. Harvey is arbitration eligible this coming season and is projected to command $5.325 million as per ESPN.
Hopefully for all we get to see a return to the Harvey of old as Boras believes we will. There is no doubt that when at full strength, Harvey is one of the best pitchers in the game.
