The New York Mets never wanted Matt Harvey to be Stephen Strasburg. As far as we knew, at least until Friday, Harvey never wanted to be Strasburg, either.
"Matt said, 'I'm pitching in the playoffs,'" Terry Collins said, per Newsday's Mark Herrmann, just this week. "In all the discussions we've had, he's said, 'Listen, I'll do it [skip starts], but I'm pitching in October.'"
If he really believes that, he should pitch, no matter what any doctor told his agent Scott Boras about the risk.
Boras is Harvey's agent, and he's also Strasburg's agent.