Matt Harvey believes he has corrected a flaw that should improve his pitching technique. It paid some dividends in his last start, a no-decision against the Brewers in Milwaukee, and the Mets right-hander will be mindful of it Tuesday night when he faces the Padres at Citi Field.
"Looking at video from successful starts that I've had in the past, we found out that my arm slot was like six inches higher (than in previous years)," Harvey said Sunday. "Not this past start, but the previous ones. It kind of dated back to last year when I had some issues with my rib and I couldn't throw from my normal arm slot because of the injury."
Harvey was referring to his surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome.
"So I think I probably got into a habit similar to what I did last year, thinking I still had to throw from that angle instead of my normal arm slot," Harvey said. "So we watched a lot of video and lowered the arm slot. I felt like I was throwing side-armed, but we went back and watched the video and it was exactly the same as it was in '13."
In 2013, Harvey was 9-5 with a 2.27 ERA and struck out 191 in 178 1/3 innings.
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