KANSAS CITY, Mo. — During another lackluster season in Queens, Matt Harvey made his much-anticipated debut on July 26, 2012, in Arizona with the Mets in the midst of a six-game losing streak.
Harvey delivered 5 ¹/u2083 scoreless innings, striking out 11 in a 3-1 win.
He was the first of the Mets current crop of young starters to make the jump from the minors, a group the team hoped would one day put it in position to win a World Series.
Perhaps it’s appropriate, then, that even after all the innings-limits controversies, Harvey will start Game 1 against the Royals on Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium.