Mets Place Matt Harvey On 15-Day Disabled List With Right Shoulder Discomfort
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The Mets' injury woes continue.
The Mets announced Wednesday that Matt Harvey has been placed on the 15-day disabled list due to discomfort in his right shoulder.
The right-hander was seen by team doctors and he has been referred to Dr. Robert Thompson in St. Louis for further examination.
Harvey will be seen in St. Louis on Thursday.
Harvey has been struggling mightily this season, sporting a 4-10 record with a 4.86 ERA. He also has the highest WHIP (walks plus hits over innings pitched) of his career this year at 1.468.
The Mets have recalled pitcher Seth Lugo from Triple-A Las Vegas to replace Harvey on the 25-man roster.
The 27-year-old Harvey hasn't won since May 30, but he and the team had insisted all season he was healthy. The right-hander was tagged for six runs -- five earned -- and 11 hits over 3 2/3 innings Monday against Miami before the Mets rallied from a 6-0 deficit to win.
After missing the 2014 season following Tommy John surgery, Harvey went 13-8 with a 2.71 ERA last year in 29 starts covering a career-high 189 1/3 innings.
Late in the season, agent Scott Boras said doctors recommended that Harvey be limited to approximately 180 innings in his first year back from reconstructive elbow surgery. At first, the star pitcher was noncommittal about going beyond that total -- generating a firestorm in New York with the Mets in the middle of a playoff race.
Soon after, he announced he planned to pitch in October.
Harvey threw another 26 2/3 innings in the postseason, going 2-0 in four outings while helping the Mets to their first pennant in 15 years.
Harvey was working on a shutout in Game 5 of the World Series against Kansas City when he pushed to pitch the ninth inning and talked manager Terry Collins into it. Given a chance to go back out to the mound, Harvey faltered and the Royals rallied to win the championship.
Selected seventh overall by the Mets in the 2010 amateur draft out of North Carolina, Harvey blossomed into one of baseball's best pitchers three years later and started the 2013 All-Star Game on his home mound at Citi Field.
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