NEW YORK — There are not many similarities between Yankees' starter CC Sabathia and Mets' ace Matt Harvey.
Sabathia's lefty. Harvey righty.
Sabathia's 35. Harvey 26.
Sabathia's from California. Harvey grew up in Connecticut.
Sabathia's cashing $23 million this season. Harvey just ("just") $614,125.
The only commonality? Both Sabathia and Harvey are pitching in the shadow of injury, the former a knee surgery, the latter an elbow reconstruction.
That, though, leads us to another divide between the two hurlers: Sabathia has strapped an enormous metal brace to his knee and appears to be intent on taking the ball every fifth day, degenerative knees be damned.