Press Release - Matt Harvey

Matt Harvey Named Bisons Opening Day Starter
Herd Opens Season in Pawtucket –April 5 (7:05 p.m.)
 
April 3, 2011 – Buffalo Bisons manager Wally Backman has named RHPMATT HARVEY his starting pitcher for season’s first game, Thursday, April 5 in Pawtucket against the Red Sox (7:05 p.m.)
 
Harvey, 23, is the Met’s #2 rated prospect byBaseball America. New York’s 1st round pick (seventh overall) out of the University of North Carolina in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft is in just his second professional season.
 
Last season, Harvey combined to go 13-5 with a 3.32ERA in 26 starts between Single-A St. Lucie of the Florida State League and Double-A Binghamton of the Eastern League. They righty led all Mets minor leaguers with 13 wins and 156 strikeouts. He was a Florida State League All-Star and pitched in the Futures All-Star Game at Chase Field in Arizona where pitched 0.1 innings to earn a save in the game.
 
The Bisons open the home portion of the 2012 season on Wednesday, April 11 against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees at Coca-Cola Field (2:05 p.m.).