PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Can Matt Harvey be considerably better than he was in 2015? New York Mets manager Terry Collins is among those who believe so, now that Harvey has shed his “Tommy John hangover.”
Collins watched Friday as Harvey faced batters for the first time this spring training. And the manager took away two things: The slider that Harvey lacked for the first three-quarters of last season is back in full force. And there is late life on Harvey’s fastball that did not exist last season, when Harvey first returned from the ligament-replacement procedure.