Saturday afternoon, Matt Harvey upset and confused baseball fans when it was revealed that he would be adhering to a strict, (supposed) doctor-imposed 180 innings limit heading into the New York Mets stretch run.
A day later, the pitcher hit the interwebs and recanted. Sorta.
“You’ve heard about the 180-185 innings cap,” Harvey communicated via The Players Tribune. “That seems to be the number that will allow me to pitch into the postseason. Regardless of those numbers, I hope everyone knows: I have always wanted to play. I have always wanted to pitch every single chance I get. Especially in the playoffs.”
Optimism in the face of adversity…you’ve gotta like that in your ace, right Mets fans?
Unfortunately, dude’s clarification didn’t come before Dwight Gooden was able to hit the Twitters and unloaded on Harvey.
can’t believe what I’m hearing i couldn’t imagine me or ron darling agent would even think about taking the ball from us come crunch time i
— Dwight Gooden (@DocGooden16) September 6, 2015
Would expect Matt being the ace to come out & say he’s pitching if they make the playoffs & moving forward he wants the ball every 5th day — Dwight Gooden (@DocGooden16) September 6, 2015
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day here on out as Iong as he’s feeling good ….lets remember stressful innings r more important than innings counts not even going to
— Dwight Gooden (@DocGooden16) September 6, 2015
mention my innings as a 18yr 19yr 20yr
— Dwight Gooden (@DocGooden16) September 6, 2015
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With three weeks to go in the season, Harvey, who missed out all of 2014 with an arm injury, is sitting at 166 1/3 innings pitched, meaning…he’ll likely hit his threshold three starts from now. But when pressed Sunday, the pitcher wasn’t super concerned about addressing if (or when) he’d shut it down for the year.
“Right now, I’m focused on Tuesday,” Harvey told reporters.
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