The pitches came in at 96 MPH, but as Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen observed, “There’s 96. And then there’s 96. There’s a 96 with life at the end.”
And Matt Harvey’s pitches during a bullpen session before his last outing lacked that life. After Harvey lasted four innings and allowed a career high seven earned runs in an 8-2 walloping in Pittsburgh Saturday, manager Terry Collins speculated the righthander, who is returning from Tommy John surgery, had a “dead arm.” Hey, it happens.
“We looked at the video and thought that he was probably trying to do a little much, more than he has been,” said Warthen who labeled Tuesday’s bullpen session “exceptional.