by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

LOS ANGELES–The New York Mets star pitcher Matt Harvey said that he would stop pitching if the Mets put a pitch count on him. Team executive Sandy Alderson said he would try to reach a compromise with Harvey on Tuesday night. The goal of the Mets is to win their division and go to the World Series.

The Mets have one of the best young pitching staffs in the Majors. With Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, and old Bartolo Colon whose still winning with a record 13-11 ERA 4.18 at 42 years old. Harvey should be able to pitch and years ago pitchers used to throw in the big leagues and then they would go to Latin America and then they would pitch again in the winter leagues.

All these guys made a lot of money and they don’t need another job in the winter, the only people who play in the winter are the rookies or the people with experience and gather their knowledge and come back the following year and come back to the diamond. The way I see it the Harvey situation is ridiculous.

Harvey said on twitter that he will pitch in the playoffs and it’s hopeful that he does. Putting a pitching limit on Harvey is not going to work for him. It’s become impossible and he’s going to pitch and that’s what he’s there for. He’s getting paid to pitch, Harvey is a good pitcher, he’s number one in that rotation.

We now know the pitching coach is telling the starter to give the club just six good innings. OK what’s going to be next? “Give me six good innings but don’t make it more than 70 pitches” is baseball going to generate to a six to seven man pitching rotation. Nobody can go more than six or seven innings?

People get tired after pitching 290 innings, it’s ridiculous and it’s hopeful that he can pitch as long as he wants. I only wish Harvey the best of luck. The Mets fans have to be up in arms and asking “what’s going on, were in first place and we want to win but our number one pitcher says he won’t pitch” and keep in mind this is happening in the number one TV market in the country so this situation is under a microscope.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez does Spanish radio for the A’s, Spanish TV for the Angels, and News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com Listen to the podcast below