Mets’ Matt Harvey Apologizes For Missing Game After Partying Until 4am On Cinco De Mayo

The New York Mets suspended their once ace pitcher Matt Harvey for three games over the weekend after he pulled a no-show, no-call on Saturday, the day after Cinco De Mayo.

UPDATE: Matt Harvey reportedly didn’t make it to Citi Field yesterday due to a migraine https://t.co/Jd7RsETvhs

— NY Daily News Sports (@NYDNSports) May 7, 2017

Harvey initially claimed to have had a debilitating migraine that prevented him from showing up, and was said to be prepared to file a grievance against the Mets for the salary losses the suspension rendered.

Report: Matt Harvey will file grievance against Mets for unpaid suspension https://t.co/Y7PTlVzBDF pic.twitter.com/FzK16T3JKj

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) May 7, 2017

However, on Tuesday, rumors swirled that Harvey might have had a migraine of his own doing thanks to the fact he was partying at a famous NYC nightclub until 4am.

Matt Harvey was partying until 4 a.m. before suspension, per @nypost https://t.co/H7FYJGbwZC pic.twitter.com/frX0w9zL7Z

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On Tuesday, Harvey finally took responsibilty and apologized for his actions,

Matt Harvey apologizes to teammates, fans and the @Mets for his actions over the weekend. pic.twitter.com/VZlVZf8PC6

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From YahooSports:

Matt Harvey failed to report to the ballpark for a game on Saturday after being out late the night before, and he apologised.

New York Mets starter Matt Harvey admitted being out late over the weekend, the reason for not showing up to a game the following day.

The Mets suspended 2013 All-Star Harvey three days without pay for not reporting for Saturday’s MLB game against the Miami Marlins.

He was not the scheduled starter but he missed his turn Sunday because of the suspension.

“All I can do is apologise for that, move forward, do everything I can to make sure it doesn’t happen again — and that’s exactly what I’m going to do,” Harvey said in a news conference on Tuesday.

“Obviously I’ve been embarrassed for my actions. I’ve been not very happy the last couple of days because of my actions, and I understand everybody’s anger. The organization doing what they did, I completely understand. It’s me who takes full blame for that and it’s me who needs to fix it and move forward and make sure it never happens again.”

He continued: “I understand in every way that [fans] can look at this situation, and it’s completely my fault.

“I think people make mistakes. I think I’ve made another mistake. There are things that I have realised in the last couple days that I need to be doing … and one of those is putting myself in a better place to perform physically, and be accountable for my work. That’s something that I’m committing to.”

Mets manager Terry Collins spoke to reporters after Harvey.