Mets' Harvey to be capped around 200 innings this season

Expect New York Mets right-hander Matt Harvey to set a new career high for innings pitched should he remain healthy this season. 

General manager Sandy Alderson issued a state-of-the-Mets address Friday and indicated there will be no special precautions taken when dealing with the 25-year-old. 

While Alderson hesitated to give an exact figure, Adam Rubin of ESPN reported that the GM said 200 innings, including playoffs, is plausible. 

Harvey noted in January that he was a little surprised with the amount of innings the team is going to allow him to pitch this season after the Mets practiced extreme caution following his Tommy John surgery in October 2013. 

Harvey reportedly had exceptional results in bullpen work earlier this month, with the one-time All-Star boasting about his arm strength. Those results reassured Alderson, who believes Harvey should undergo an ordinary spring.   

"I would say 95 percent of Matt Harvey's program from now through hopefully the end of season - the regular season - should be normal and routine," Alderson said.

Harvey posted a 9-5 record and 2.27 ERA in 2013, while logging a career-high 178 1/3 innings.