Report: Mets will pitch Harvey into playoffs, ignore Boras

Matt Harvey wants to pitch in October, and the New York Mets are going to let him. Even against the recommendation of Harvey's outspoken agent, Scott Boras.

The Mets will reportedly proceed with an innings plan for Harvey that will allow the right-hander to pitch into the postseason and beyond the recommended cap being pushed by Boras, according to ESPN's Adam Rubin.

Boras told media outlets earlier Friday that doctors are advocating a 180-inning limit for Harvey, who currently sits at 166 1/3 innings in his first season back from Tommy John surgery. Such a limit, which Boras says is endorsed by Harvey's surgeon Dr. James Andrews, would make the pitcher available for just two more starts, including the playoffs.

"This is not a club's decision. This is a doctor's decision," Boras told Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. "Any club that chooses to defy a surgeon's wishes is putting the player in peril."

General manager Sandy Alderson scoffed at Boras' assertion that the club was jeopardizing the pitcher's health, saying the Mets are comfortable with a "soft" innings cap that all parties agreed to before the season.

For Harvey's part, the 26-year-old appears poised to pitch the Mets into their first postseason since 2006.

"He said, 'Look, we're going to sit down with the doctor and figure out a way that I can pitch in the playoffs,'" Boras said of Harvey's reaction to the innings controversy.

The Mets have already indicated they'll skip Harvey at least once more before the end of the season and could move to a six-man rotation to allow their other young pitchers additional rest.