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John McGrath: Matt Harvey may be just the headache Mariners need

New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey is expected to make his next start Friday at Milwaukee.

I’d rather it be at Toronto, where the Mariners are headed for a four-game series with a patchwork rotation requiring Pacific Coast League call-ups to overachieve.

“Overachiever” is not an adjective associated with Harvey, an enigmatic talent who apparently majored in drama at the University of North Carolina. His clashes with management have given the Mets many headaches, the most recent of which involved — literally — a headache.

Seems Harvey played a round of golf last Saturday morning, then failed to show up at Citi Field for a baseball game on Saturday night.