According to this artile at MiLB.com, Matt Harvey is on the verge of his long awaited promotion to Double-A:
Harvey scratched: St. Lucie Mets right-hander Matt Harvey had been penciled in by South Division manager Jim Morrison to get the All-Star start. Instead, it was Mets left-hander Darin Gorski who got the call.
Harvey, 8-2 with a 2.44 ERA, wasn’t available because he is scheduled to be promoted to Double-A Binghamton after making one more start for St. Lucie. He has won four straight decisions, recording 36 strikeouts against only five walks over 23 innings.
The Mets selected the former North Carolina pitcher with the seventh overall pick in the 2010 Draft and he made his Minor League debut with St. Lucie this season. He did not allow an earned run until his fifth start and has 88 strikeouts to 22 walks in 70 innings over 13 starts.
His final start for St. Lucie will all but certainly come tonight against Charlotte as the Mets will look to clinch their first half title and who better to start the most important game of the year than your top prospect.
It would not be shocking to see Matt Den Dekker follow him up to Double-A when the first half season ends as well. Den Dekker is hitting .301/.365/.506 with 19 doubles, 8 triples, 6 home runs, 52 runs, 36 RBIs, has been 12-for-17 in stolen base attempts, and has shown the best defense of any prospect in the system.
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