Adam Rubin, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

Harvey may be held out until home opener

NEW YORK -- One way to conserve innings for Matt Harvey may be to hold him out during


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the season-opening road trip and let him make his return from Tommy John surgery on April 13, in the home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies, Terry Collins told the Post.

Even with an off-day after Opening Day, though, that would require some creativity from the Mets. After the April 6 season opener at Washington and then an off-day, the Mets play five straight road games at D.C. and Atlanta. So they would need an extra starting pitcher, and could not simply rely on the other four members of the rotation without assistance.

Harvey presumably could open the season on the DL in that scenario, since those stints can be backdated into spring training as long as the player does not appear in Grapefruit League games.

Collins also told the newspaper he's considering batting Curtis Granderson second and Daniel Murphy sixth.

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