NY Daily News · Mar 29, 2016
Harvey had blood clot in bladder, will start Opening Day
Matt Harvey is at Mets camp the day after he visits the doctor.PORT ST. LUCIE — What a relief.
After hours of speculation about his “mysterious” medical condition, Matt Harvey was cleared to pitch Opening Day after passing a “big” blood clot. The Mets ace said that the blood clot developed after a bladder infection, likely because he does not use the restroom often enough.
“I guess the main issue is I hold my urine in for too long instead of peeing regularly, so I guess I have to retrain my bladder to use the restroom a little bit more instead of holding it in,” a tired and pale Harvey said Tuesday morning. “I guess that’s what caused the bladder infection.