Matt Harvey expected to miss several weeks with shoulder injury

New York Mets starting pitcher Matt Harvey is expected to miss several weeks with a shoulder injury.

The New York Mets starting rotation has dealt with numerous injuries this season. Add Matt Harvey to the list of ailing hurlers as he is expected to miss several weeks with a stress injury to the scapula bone in his right shoulder.

The team said Harvey received a platelet-rich plasma injection and he will rest and rehab until he is free of pain.

Harvey started Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs and only lasted four innings. He was hit hard, allowing three home runs and four runs overall.

“My arm was just not working at all,” said Harvey after his poor outing. “I think the last time I threw 87 [mph] with a fastball was probably freshman year of high school.”

After bursting onto the scene in 2012 and making his first All-Star team in 2013, injuries have derailed Harvey’s career. He missed the entire 2014 season due to Tommy John surgery, but he did return in 2015 to compile a 2.71 ERA and 1.02 WHIP in 189.1 innings.

However, he threw only 92.2 innings in 2016 and finished with a bloated 4.86 ERA and 1.47 WHIP. His season was cut short due to a surgery to address thoracic outlet syndrome.

Harvey has been even worse this season, posting a 5.25 ERA and 1.45 WHIP. He has already allowed 16 home runs in only 70.1 innings, which is only two short of his career high for a season.

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The Mets are already without Noah Syndergaard, who is on the disabled list with a partial-tear of his right lat. They did get Steven Matz back last Saturday after he had missed the entire start of the season with an elbow injury.

The Mets future looked extremely bright with all of their young stud starting pitchers. Harvey was right in the thick of that, but his latest injury further illustrates that they can’t count on him to be an anchor for their rotation anymore.