Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Tommy What? Harvey Shows Durability

After undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2014, and having an all-star season in 2013, when Matt Harvey came back in 2015, fans were unsure what to expect. With a strict 200 innings limit, Harvey was anticipating a rebuilding year. Post Tommy John surgery, Mets fans were expecting brief starts from the youngster, seeing as how they would not want a reoccurring injury. Although Harvey has not pitched with the same dominance that he did in 2013, he is exceeding expectations on another front.

Citi Field is ranked by Bleacher Report to be the second hardest stadium to hit home runs. With that being said, Mets pitchers usually thrive at home; however none like Matt Harvey has this season. Harvey has gone at least six innings, every time that he has pitched this year at Citi Field. This is outstanding considering the setbacks that he has had. Of course it is easy to give the credit to this stat to Citi Field, however, believe it or not, Harvey has done some pretty incredible stuff.

Throughout the year, the Mets have been a home based team, having a 44-23 home record, and only a 29-35 road record. However, in recent outing, Harvey has done outstanding things with his slider. Somebody like him has a lot on his fastball, in terms of velocity and movement, but if it is the only pitch that he can locate, then he is in trouble. The difference in Harvey's starts has been when he can locate that slider for a strike, and get hitters out with that pitch.

Coming off his surgery, nobody expected this type of durability from Harvey. He has proved people wrong and he has been pitching like the Dark Knight that us Mets fans remember.

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