Pedro Martinez had some interesting things to say in regards to Matt Harvey’s inning limit.
Last night, Matt Harvey went on the mound to face off against the Mets division rivals, the Nationals. It was an awful night for Harvey as he was batted off the mound. Somehow the Mets came back to win it but it’s pretty clear that his inning limit topic has gotten to him. Harvey is approaching his 180 inning limit and if the Mets make the playoffs, his appearance will probably be ghost although the ace wants to pitch.
As many Mets fans remember, Pedro Martinez has been through this before. Pedro weighed in on Twitter on the topic but he alluded to basically not trusting management.
The Mets have to monitor how many stressful innings Harvey has been having and keep him to under 5 innings no matter what the situation is
— Pedro Martinez (@45PedroMartinez) September 8, 2015
The Mets have their way of doing things but I don't think they do a good job relaying to a player the truth about his situation.
— Pedro Martinez (@45PedroMartinez) September 8, 2015
Harvey has pitched so much already this year, that I think it will click right up if he has to be in a playoff game
— Pedro Martinez (@45PedroMartinez) September 8, 2015
Sometimes management has one way to go about the business, as I think trainers in the clubhouse report to management,but not to players
— Pedro Martinez (@45PedroMartinez) September 8, 2015
When there is confusion about information, the player feels like he can't trust the organization and goes to his agent who looks out for him
— Pedro Martinez (@45PedroMartinez) September 8, 2015
Harvey does want to pitch in the playoffs but there’s still plenty of baseball to play before the Mets make it there.