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Matt Harvey absent from Mets workout with no explanation

New York Mets starter Matt Harvey (33) pitches against the Washington Nationals in the first inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek) New York Mets starter Matt Harvey (33) pitches against the Washington Nationals in the first inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

By Associated Press October 6, 2015 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – Matt Harvey is absent from the New York Mets workout at Citi Field and the team does not know why.

General manager Sandy Alderson says he believes the workout was mandatory for all players and he has no explanation for why the star pitcher did not show Tuesday. Alderson says he’s sure there will be one, and declined to comment further until then.

Harvey’s agent, Scott Boras, did not immediately return a text message from The Associated Press.

New York opens its NL playoff series against the Dodgers on Friday night in Los Angeles. Harvey is to start Game 3 at Citi Field next Monday. The right-hander went 13-8 with a 2.71 ERA this year in his first season back from Tommy John surgery.

Alderson says as far as he knows, Harvey is the only player expected at the workout who missed it.