Collins wants Harvey to apologize to teammates upon return

When Matt Harvey returns from his three-game suspension Tuesday, his manager Terry Collins expects him to come armed with an apology.

"We'll have a discussion and one thing he needs to do is, he needs to address some guys," Collins said, according to Abbey Mastracco of NJ.com. "He can do it in a group, which is the easiest thing, I always think, or if he wants to do it individually he can do that. I'm just going to leave it to where he's the most comfortable. As I said, we need to gets this thing behind us so however he wants to go about it, he can do that and I'll sign off on that."

Harvey was issued his suspension on the weekend for violating club rules after he failed to show up for Saturday's game. The right-hander had reportedly gone golfing earlier in the day and developed a migraine, but did not inform club officials that he would not be coming to the ballpark until after he was supposed to arrive.

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In order to send a message that his absence wouldn't be tolerated, the Mets skipped Harvey's start Sunday and sent him home.

"We have a policy here," Collins said, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. "I thought it was the right thing to do. I know it's dramatic, but I think any team in baseball would have probably reacted very similarly. And it wasn't just Matt Harvey. Anybody in that room that misses a day and nobody knows about it, we've got to do the same thing."

Harvey is scheduled to start Friday in Milwaukee against the Brewers.