Mets draft workhorse with their first pick

Posted Jun 8, 2010
In the game that everyone still talks about, Matt Harvey took the mound feeling ill. "Playing on the road at Clemson is a very tough place to play," he said weeks later. Being sick makes it no easier. But Harvey is a big, strong right-hander, 6-foot-4 with a freight train for a fastball, possessing all the attributes that led the Mets to select him seventh overall in Monday's First-Year Player Draft. (MLB.com)

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