PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- New York Mets right-hander Matt Harvey's first game since undergoing Tommy John surgery has been set for March 6, the team confirmed Thursday.
Harvey will face the Detroit Tigers in a Grapefruit League game at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Harvey's last game came on Aug. 24, 2013. He then was diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow and underwent elbow surgery two months later.
Harvey actually is due to face batters on Friday at Mets camp for the first time since the surgery, although the hitters will track baseballs but not swing because it is early in camp.
"How these things usually go is guys will stand in and kind of watch, monitor and track pitches -- which guys did last year," Harvey told ESPNNewYork.com, referring to late in the 2014 regular season as he was rehabbing. "I think once they start really getting the counts and have somebody behind there [umpiring], I think that's when [the significance] will start."