What's next for Harvey?

[Guest d'Kong76]

soupcan wrote: Good on all counts. Get it done, fix the problem, plenty of rehab time, ready in the spring, the Dark Knight Returns in 2017.

I read mid-2017 somewhere. Who knows.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Sandy last night was clear its a 4 month recovery and that gettin 'er done today would allow for normal return next season, pending YMMV, etc et etc etc.

[Guest d'Kong76]

RotoWorld wrote: Matt Harvey has been diagnosed with "symptoms consistent with thoracic outlet syndrome" and is considering undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery. Harvey flew out to St. Louis on Thursday to meet with Dr. Robert Thompson, the nation's leading specialist in TOS. And the news obviously wasn't good. If the right-hander does go under the knife, he might not be ready to pitch again until mid-2017. Other starting pitchers have failed to return from that surgery, or had their skills greatly diminished. It's absolutely terrible news. Source: Anthony DiComo on TwitterJul 7 - 3:55 PM

[Ceetar]

4 months is the recovery time from the surgery in terms of his body, but in terms of baseball there are I guess plenty of wild cards to work through.

[TransMonk]

Yeah, I took the timeline to mean four months before he could even pick up a baseball. But the recovery time after that is a true unknown.

I'm advising Matt to have the surgery. I don't understand why he would wait.

[Ceetar]

TransMonk wrote: Yeah, I took the timeline to mean four months before he could even pick up a baseball. But the recovery time after that is a true unknown. I'm advising Matt to have the surgery. I don't understand why he would wait.

I guess he figured if he could pitch like he has the last 40 innings or so (3 ERA or whatever) than he can play and pitch and participate in the postseason. Or even better if the shots could alleviate some of the problem and he could do better. Then he'd be participating in the postseason at the expense of early next year, but who knows what next year brings.

[TransMonk]

Matt Harvey to have surgery to address thoracic outlet syndrome

[Centerfield]

It's the right move. Get healthy Harvey. Come back strong in 2017 and give a big FU to all the haters from this season.