page_title: Matt Harvey
section_title: Cincinnati Reds
hierarchical_section_title: Matt Harvey / Professional career / Cincinnati Reds
caption_attribution_description: Taken at a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Arizona Diamondbacks on August 11, 2018 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio.
context_page_description: Matthew Edward Harvey, often nicknamed The Dark Knight, is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, and Los Angeles Angels.
  Harvey played at Fitch Senior High School in Groton, Connecticut, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Mets selected Harvey in the 2010 MLB draft as the seventh overall pick. In his major league debut on July 26, 2012, against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Harvey set a new club record with 11 strikeouts while earning his first career victory.
  Harvey had a breakout season in 2013, being selected to play in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Harvey then missed the entire 2014 season due to Tommy John surgery but returned to top form in 2015, helping lead the Mets to the pennant. His career, once promising during his first two seasons, has since been derailed by ineffectiveness after injuries, including Tommy John surgery, thoracic outlet syndrome, and a stress fracture in the scapula. After a disappointing start to the 2018 season, Harvey was traded to the Cincinnati Reds.
context_section_description: On May 8, 2018, the Mets traded Harvey to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for catcher Devin Mesoraco and cash considerations. The Reds put Harvey into their starting rotation. On May 11, 2018, Harvey made his first start for the Reds, in which he pitched four scoreless innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers. For the Reds in 2018, he was 7–7 with a 4.50 ERA in 24 starts, and 111 strikeouts in 128 innings.
caption: Harvey with the Reds in 2018
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