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Just gonna be blunt, I just can't stand Harvey's antics. I can't. The guy is selfish and really only cares about marketing himself and being a celebrity. He doesn't give a shit about the Mets or their fans.
He's battled with the organization from the beginning from things like not doing his rehab in Florida like everyone else does, to insisting on coming back early from surgery and pitching meaningless September games in 2014, to creating innings drama right when the team turned the corner last year after argying all season that he didn't want to skip starts, to not showing up to the postseason workout. And now he's showed up to camp out of shape and sporting a double chin and a beer gut.
And I wouldn't care about any of this if he's pitching well, because that's all that matters. But right now he's not. And moreover he's made excuses for every single one of his starts this year. Every one. He blamed the blood clot for his first start, blamed a long time between starts in his second game, and has claimed to be under the weather/blamed the actual weather two times each. I've not heard any of the other pitchers make excuses when they've had a bad day at the office. But Matt has one every time he goes out.
David Wright had to come back from a debilitating back condition that only a few guys have ever played with. Did we hear a peep from David when he was away from the team? Nope. He quietly rehabbed and busted his ass to get back to the team. Does David make excuses when the fans get on him for every little thing he does? Nope. He just says he needs to play better. And this is a guy who has done far, FAR more for the organization than Matt Harvey.
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