Shortly after noon Tuesday, Mets players began walking out of the home dugout at Citi Field to prepare for a workout ahead of their National League division series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, which begins Friday.
All of the players expected to be on the 25-man playoff roster were there, except for pitcher Matt Harvey.
In a puzzling afternoon, where first General Manager Sandy Alderson and David Wright said they did not know Harvey’s whereabouts, the answer was ultimately the most commonly used excuse by New Yorkers: stuck in traffic, according to the Manager Terry Collins, who spoke with Harvey.