Harvey was not on the field as the Mets went through drills from around noon to 2 p.m. General manager Sandy Alderson initially said he didn’t know why Harvey was absent.
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New York manager Terry Collins told reporters that Harvey called and said he got stuck in traffic.
At this point it seems fairly clear that Matt Harvey will most likely start game three for the Mets, although given all the three pitchers being able to get proper rest for Friday, anything is possible. He told The Associated Press by phone he wasn’t sure why his client wasn’t there.
The New York Mets have earned a spot in the dance against the Los Angeles Dodgers this year.
Harvey, who is right at the 190-inning limit set by the team after he missed the 2014 season with Tommy John surgery, is scheduled to start Game 3 for the Mets on Monday.
All three runs scored on Kershaw’s final pitch in St. Louis past year on a Matt Adams home run. Speaking amidst the celebration of the Mets clinching on September 26, he said, “I’m trying to bottle this up…bottle this emotion and save it for as long as I can”. “If you look at everything that guys have done over the course of this season, whether it be being late or missing a meeting or doing something like that, it’s happened, and it’s not going to be the first or last time it will happen”.
‘NET RESULTS (mobile users, check the website to see the videos): From a recent Division 3 college football game, Knox College receiver Ilir Emini falls backward, has the ball bounce off his foot, then makes the catch while lying on the ground. “The guys who are here had a great workout”.
The Phillies finished as the worst team in baseball, so Philadelphians will be forced to adopt a new team this October: whoever is playing the New York Mets.
First, they get Clayton Kershaw in Game 1 of the playoffs against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Of course, there’s another story altogether about the ace of a staff not pitching until the third game of a best-of-five series, but we’ll leave that as a logical concession to putting the player’s health ahead of the team’s ultimate goal. He’ll be with us [Thursday] at the workout. He said, “Obviously today was not the greatest”.
Team captain David Wright said he was unsure where Harvey was or why he was absent. He wasn’t among the 17 position players who hit on the field or took part in defensive drills Wednesday.
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“You’ll have to ask Matt”, Wright said. He joined the Yankees after they won the World Series in 2009, and while they reached the playoffs in 2010, 2011 and 2012, Granderson never played for a championship in the Bronx. The ALCS ended hours earlier with the Oakland Athletics completing a four-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox.
