The Mets have announced that top pitching prospect Matt Harvey will be on the mound in
Arizona on Thursday to begin the club’s three-game set against the D-backs.
After losing Johan Santana to the 15-day disabled list, that left the Mets
looking to fill a second spot in their starting rotation, having also lost Dillon Gee to injury.
40-year-old long reliever Miguel Batista started this past Saturday fairing rather awfully; he
needed 81 pitches to get through 3 innings. The straw that broke the camel’s
back, that start earned Batista a trip back down to the minor leagues,
potentially his last.
Harvey’s call-up has been long awaited by Mets fans eager to
see the highly-regarded youngster in action. Matt was drafted out of the University of North Carolina in the
first round of the 2010 draft by the Mets, and has since been called one of the
best pitching prospects in the game. Baseball
America deemed him the #34 prospect in all of baseball this past midseason.
Harvey will take the hill on Thursday sporting his 98mph fastball
and wicked breaking stuff. He will undoubtedly be under the watchful eye of many
fans anxiously awaiting his future with the Mets.
