FORT MYERS, Fla. — Baseball is a brotherhood. The Twins’ Phil Hughes wanted to help the Mets’ Matt Harvey any way he could regarding the right-hander’s thoracic outlet syndrome surgery.
The Dark Knight is fearless on the mound, but this was uncharted waters. He was facing a surgery last July he knew little about, so Harvey reached out to the ex-Yankee and Hughes helped put Harvey at ease.
After all, getting a rib removed is a big deal.
“I had the surgery maybe 10 days before Matt did, so he reached out and texted me on what to expect,’’ Hughes told The Post Wednesday at Hammond Stadium.