Terry Collins had to just about shackle Matt Harvey to a wall to keep him from testing out his Tommy John surgery at the end of last season.
He’s put up with Harvey’s sour faces whenever he’s pulled him this year, doing so recently after the former All-Star threw six shutout innings. He has resurrected plans for a six-man rotation. He has skipped starts, all to preserve that valuable right arm for an October that once seemed impossible but now approaches reality.
About the only other precaution Collins could have taken would have involved a roll of duct tape and many yards of bubble wrap.