The Mets management and players are sick of Matt Harvey partying:
A day after Page Six reported Harvey traveled to Los Angeles for a night of partying following the team’s arrival in San Diego last week, general manager Sandy Alderson acknowledged the pitcher’s nocturnal habits can be a problem.
And the reaction in the clubhouse was equally unsympathetic.
“It’s just, what are you doing?” one Mets player said.
Harvey pitched one inning in relief the night after his sighting in Los Angeles and allowed one run on a homer in the team’s victory over the Padres.
“I think it can be a problem if it affects a player’s or a pitcher’s preparation for work the following day or the next several days, and I am not sure that was the case here,” Alderson said Tuesday. “[But] I think the other thing I have tried to keep in mind is pitching out of the bullpen is different than pitching out of the rotation and part of the preparation for that role is recognizing you can pitch any day at any time and as a result you have to be a little more conscientious about what else is going on in your life in order to be prepared on a moment’s notice to pitch.”
Party on, Matt.
from baseballmusings.com https://ift.tt/2KtYov4
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