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        <title><![CDATA[How Matt Harvey is trying to fight off the baseball end he fears]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Matt Harvey headed back to the East Coast in March at the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, traveling to his sister’s house in Rhode Island.</p><p>But unlike any spring since he got drafted by the Mets in 2010, Harvey didn’t leave a spring training site. Rather, he had been throwing at his agent Scott Boras’ facility in southern California.</p><p>After working out for the Blue Jays in Connecticut in February, Harvey wasn’t offered a contract. He’s still looking for a new team — a challenge that’s been heightened by the sport being shut down by COVID-19.</p><p>Although he&#8217;s only 31 years old and is injury-free, the former ace admits he’s considered the possibility he may not get another chance.</p><p>“I have thought about it here and there,&#8221; Harvey told The Post by phone in a recent interview. “I haven’t not had a job in 10 years. It’s definitely different, but it’s exciting at the same time because I feel so good mechanically.</p><p>&#8220;I hope somebody gives me a shot. I feel like I have many more years in me.&#8221;</p><p>The last few haven’t been kind to the right-hander, who burst onto the New York scene in 2012, exploded into a superstar and <strong>started the All-Star Game at Citi Field</strong> the following season, underwent Tommy John surgery after the 2013 campaign and returned in 2015 to help the Mets to the World Series.</p><p>Along the way, there were seemingly just as many controversies as highlights.</p><p>The public battle he and Boras had with the Mets’ front office about innings limits in 2015 was ugly, but the end result was Harvey logging a combined 216 innings (regular season and postseason) en route to the team’s first World Series appearance since 2000.</p><figure id="attachment_15642672"  class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/harvey2.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/05/harvey2.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/harvey2.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Matt Harvey</span><span class="credit">Paul J. Bereswill</span></figcaption></figure><p>The following season, though, Harvey wound up needing surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome and has never been the same.</p><p>He returned in 2017, pitched poorly and found himself in the middle of another mess <strong>when he didn’t show up for a game at Citi Field in May</strong> and was suspended for three games.</p><p>A rough early part of the 2018 season led to the Mets designating Harvey for assignment in May when the right-hander declined to be sent to the minors. The Mets shipped Harvey to the Reds, where he pitched inconsistently, but still earned a one-year, $11 million deal from the Angels in the offseason.</p><p>Harvey was released by the Angels last July with a 7.09 ERA and signed with the A’s on a minor-league deal in August. He finished the season in the minors with Oakland but remains a free agent. He’s aware his career might suddenly be over.</p><p>“I’m throwing bullpens once or twice a week,&#8221; Harvey said. “I hope I get the opportunity. I feel like I’m in high school again, where I have to showcase myself and start all over. I just want to put myself in position to be ready and if it doesn’t work out, to know I put the effort in to make a comeback.”</p><p>Drafted seventh overall by the Mets in 2010, Harvey made his MLB debut July 26, 2012 and finished with a 2.73 ERA in 10 starts. By the end of May in 2013, Harvey was 5-0 with a 1.85 ERA, on his way to starting the Midsummer Classic in Queens that summer.</p><p>But the days of the Dark Knight were short-lived.</p><p>“I’ve grown up and matured on and off the field,&#8221; Harvey said. “There are a lot of things I’d do differently, but I don’t like to live with regret.&#8221;</p><p>Now, he said he’s back to basics, working with his father, Ed, who was his coach at Fitch Senior HS in Groton, Conn.</p><p>“This has kind of been a blessing,&#8221; said Harvey, who posted a video to Instagram throwing one pitch last week. “In the offseason, I still had some bad habits from last year and I might have rushed through to hash them out. Now I have time to work on things. My dad has looked at video going back to 2013 and ’15 and even Cincinnati. I’m trying to get back to that.&#8221;</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_6EdbSgWA-/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12" ><p><script src="https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" async="async"></script></p><div > <strong></p><div ><svg width="50px" height="50px" viewBox="0 0 60 60" version="1.1" xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"><g transform="translate(-511.000000, -20.000000)" fill="#000000"><g><path d="M556.869,30.41 C554.814,30.41 553.148,32.076 553.148,34.131 C553.148,36.186 554.814,37.852 556.869,37.852 C558.924,37.852 560.59,36.186 560.59,34.131 C560.59,32.076 558.924,30.41 556.869,30.41 M541,60.657 C535.114,60.657 530.342,55.887 530.342,50 C530.342,44.114 535.114,39.342 541,39.342 C546.887,39.342 551.658,44.114 551.658,50 C551.658,55.887 546.887,60.657 541,60.657 M541,33.886 C532.1,33.886 524.886,41.1 524.886,50 C524.886,58.899 532.1,66.113 541,66.113 C549.9,66.113 557.115,58.899 557.115,50 C557.115,41.1 549.9,33.886 541,33.886 M565.378,62.101 C565.244,65.022 564.756,66.606 564.346,67.663 C563.803,69.06 563.154,70.057 562.106,71.106 C561.058,72.155 560.06,72.803 558.662,73.347 C557.607,73.757 556.021,74.244 553.102,74.378 C549.944,74.521 548.997,74.552 541,74.552 C533.003,74.552 532.056,74.521 528.898,74.378 C525.979,74.244 524.393,73.757 523.338,73.347 C521.94,72.803 520.942,72.155 519.894,71.106 C518.846,70.057 518.197,69.06 517.654,67.663 C517.244,66.606 516.755,65.022 516.623,62.101 C516.479,58.943 516.448,57.996 516.448,50 C516.448,42.003 516.479,41.056 516.623,37.899 C516.755,34.978 517.244,33.391 517.654,32.338 C518.197,30.938 518.846,29.942 519.894,28.894 C520.942,27.846 521.94,27.196 523.338,26.654 C524.393,26.244 525.979,25.756 528.898,25.623 C532.057,25.479 533.004,25.448 541,25.448 C548.997,25.448 549.943,25.479 553.102,25.623 C556.021,25.756 557.607,26.244 558.662,26.654 C560.06,27.196 561.058,27.846 562.106,28.894 C563.154,29.942 563.803,30.938 564.346,32.338 C564.756,33.391 565.244,34.978 565.378,37.899 C565.522,41.056 565.552,42.003 565.552,50 C565.552,57.996 565.522,58.943 565.378,62.101 M570.82,37.631 C570.674,34.438 570.167,32.258 569.425,30.349 C568.659,28.377 567.633,26.702 565.965,25.035 C564.297,23.368 562.623,22.342 560.652,21.575 C558.743,20.834 556.562,20.326 553.369,20.18 C550.169,20.033 549.148,20 541,20 C532.853,20 531.831,20.033 528.631,20.18 C525.438,20.326 523.257,20.834 521.349,21.575 C519.376,22.342 517.703,23.368 516.035,25.035 C514.368,26.702 513.342,28.377 512.574,30.349 C511.834,32.258 511.326,34.438 511.181,37.631 C511.035,40.831 511,41.851 511,50 C511,58.147 511.035,59.17 511.181,62.369 C511.326,65.562 511.834,67.743 512.574,69.651 C513.342,71.625 514.368,73.296 516.035,74.965 C517.703,76.634 519.376,77.658 521.349,78.425 C523.257,79.167 525.438,79.673 528.631,79.82 C531.831,79.965 532.853,80.001 541,80.001 C549.148,80.001 550.169,79.965 553.369,79.82 C556.562,79.673 558.743,79.167 560.652,78.425 C562.623,77.658 564.297,76.634 565.965,74.965 C567.633,73.296 568.659,71.625 569.425,69.651 C570.167,67.743 570.674,65.562 570.82,62.369 C570.966,59.17 571,58.147 571,50 C571,41.851 570.966,40.831 570.82,37.631"></path></g></g></g></svg></div><div ><div > View this post on Instagram</div></div><p></strong></p><p ><strong>A post shared by Matt Harvey (@mattharvey33)</strong> on <time  datetime="2020-05-08T00:49:43+00:00">May 7, 2020 at 5:49pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p>And if he doesn’t, he won’t look back on that 2015 run with anything but satisfaction &#8212; other than with the way it ended in World Series Game 5 against the Royals, when Harvey and the Mets surrendered a ninth-inning lead after Harvey controversially talked his way into letting Terry Collins allow him to return to the mound for the ninth.</p><p>“I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything,&#8221; Harvey said. “I just wish I could have finished the job. We’ll see what happens to see where I end up.”</p>]]></content:encoded>
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