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    BREAKING: Matt Harvey IS NOT having Tommy John surgery.

    he just tweeted.


    “Thank you everyone for the kind words and support,” Matt Harvey said Tuesday on Twitter. “I may be done this year, but I will be back next year for April 1.”

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    great news!!!

    good reporting guy

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    who gives a fuk

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    Quote Originally Posted by You mad bro View Post
    who gives a fuk
    met fans do! all 5 of us

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    Dumb move. So he goes out for spring, irritates it more. Totally blows the elbow out and finished forever instead of a year.
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    You kids are so damn stupid! A player tweeting see you next year, and now you think he's going to be there

    Let me inform you kids they cannot get a final diagnosis because of the swelling in his elbow, once that goes away they can get a clear MRI and then as always players like getting second and sometimes 3rd doctors opinion

    Has the mets sent out an official tweet or press release saying anything about his status? No!

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    Quote Originally Posted by chino08 View Post
    You kids are so damn stupid! A player tweeting see you next year, and now you think he's going to be there

    Let me inform you kids they cannot get a final diagnosis because of the swelling in his elbow, once that goes away they can get a clear MRI and then as always players like getting second and sometimes 3rd doctors opinion

    Has the mets sent out an official tweet or press release saying anything about his status? No!
    i do agree that is pretty bizaree for him to tweet this. like u said they have to wait for the swelling to go down to take another MRI and see whats up

    but maybe he knows something we don't

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    Even if he has the surgery he will be back the 1st of April. Doesn't mean he will play.

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    They need to reevaluate when the inflammation goes down in 2 weeks.

    Anything other than that, is stupid, premature and just dumb.

    People, horses, whatever.

    Only one way to do it right and I just stated it.

    Period.

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    Quote Originally Posted by str View Post
    They need to reevaluate when the inflammation goes down in 2 weeks.

    Anything other than that, is stupid, premature and just dumb.

    People, horses, whatever.

    Only one way to do it right and I just stated it.

    Period.
    Not really. Tommy John surgery is very successful and makes most guys arms stronger. There's actually some pitchers in the minors doing it even though they don't need it. Was listening to Schilling talk about it last night.

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    been following this pretty closesly. their is 0% chance he is pitching in April. He will be out a minimum 11 months if not the entire next season and might not pitch another game in the majors until 2015

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deuce View Post
    Dumb move. So he goes out for spring, irritates it more. Totally blows the elbow out and finished forever instead of a year.

    pretty much

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    sounds pretty official puker

    also lots of doctors in this fukkin thread

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    He could be damaged goods though

    Nuts to give him big money but baseball gm's are suckers and ruining baseball.

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    If he comes back without surgery he will be a great fade material after some starts because these type of injuries just don't go away once they are triggered. Just watch his games and once you notice his velocity dropping start fading. If he doesn't have surgery, he will re-injure by all star break and will eventually need tommy john.

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    remember...it is just a "partial" tear. so I have read that it can been healed without surgery if its not torn completely, which it is not.. but that also takes a ton of time, so if thats what he is referring to, I have no idea how he expects to be back April 1st.

    anyway. like every one has said, all of this is moot until the swelling goes down and he has another MRI done.

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    There is an old saying "if surgery is avoidable", always take that course of action.


    Maybe it is a dumb move, but Matt Harvey is possibly the most intense player in the MLB and he knows that he is the franchise. This is where he's better than Kershaw as his competitive fire comes out. The entire thing sucks, but I want to see him pitch; fuk the surgery.

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    Telling Matt Harvey that he can't pitch until 2015 is like telling a bettor that they can't bet until 2015; not possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by will2survive View Post
    There is an old saying "if surgery is avoidable", always take that course of action.


    Maybe it is a dumb move, but Matt Harvey is possibly the most intense player in the MLB and he knows that he is the franchise. This is where he's better than Kershaw as his competitive fire comes out. The entire thing sucks, but I want to see him pitch; fuk the surgery.
    do you want to see him pitch 3 months and destroy his career?

    or have the surgery and possibly come back better and stronger and have a fully dominant career?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wagerjunkie View Post
    do you want to see him pitch 3 months and destroy his career?

    or have the surgery and possibly come back better and stronger and have a fully dominant career?
    What if he has the surgery and loses velocity, etc?

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    Quote Originally Posted by will2survive View Post
    What if he has the surgery and loses velocity, etc?
    aren't guys coming back from Tommy John throwing even harder these days?

    dont you agree though that if the Mets knew Harvey hard forearm issues all season and had been being treated since spring training, he shouldn't have been throwing nearly as many sliders as he was?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wagerjunkie View Post
    do you want to see him pitch 3 months and destroy his career?

    or have the surgery and possibly come back better and stronger and have a fully dominant career?
    Apparently Roy Halladay had the same issue 10 years ago, no surgery and he seems to be just fine.
    http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/met...h-doc-halladay

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy117 View Post
    Apparently Roy Halladay had the same issue 10 years ago, no surgery and he seems to be just fine.
    http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/met...h-doc-halladay

    good post. crazy that Holladay has been pitching with that slight tear all his career and never completely tore it.

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