Kansas City Royals have no need for Matt Harvey in their rotation

Any time a player is released from his current team, fans of all the other 29 teams speculate if said player would be a good fit for their squad. Matt Harvey would not be a good fit for the Kansas City Royals.

It wasn’t long ago when now former New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey was one of the rising stars in Major League Baseball. Kansas City Royals fans know Matt Harvey all too well, as he played a key role in this franchise getting its first World Series title in three decades.

After some rough years and a major attitude problem, the New York Mets finally had enough and designated Harvey for assignment last week. Harvey refused to go down to the minors and therefore the Mets didn’t have much of a choice.

With Harvey being designated for assignment, the Mets now have less than a week to trade him or else he’ll hit waivers. Harvey will get a chance somewhere, but the KC Royals don’t need to be the team that takes a gamble on him.

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They absolutely have no business trading for him, which is what will likely happen. It’d be shocking if the former seventh overall pick actually hit the waiver wire. If he does, however, the Royals need to stay far, far away from him.

For one, Harvey hasn’t worked out in New York for a reason. The biggest reason is that he hasn’t been ace-like at all over the last three seasons. His ERA hasn’t been below four and for a guy who is supposed to be the unquestioned number one starter in the rotation, that’s unacceptable.

Harvey has battled injuries a lot since the start of his major league career and that only adds to the list of reasons why to avoid him. A frequently injured pitcher with attitude problems isn’t someone that needs to join a rebuilding team.

To make matters worse, Harvey is a jerk. His attitude has been a big headline over the years and it’s not hard to see why the Mets grew tired of him. It’s one thing to be a jerk and be a good pitcher, but if you’re a jerk and posting a 7.00 ERA, then maybe you should consider an attitude adjustment or you know… Pitch better.

Another reason for not going after Harvey is that the Royals have their rotation set. Danny Duffy, Ian Kennedy, Jason Hammel, Jakob Junis, and Eric Skoglund are the current five starters at the moment, and while some might debate Skoglund deserving to be in there, the organization has made it clear they don’t plan on moving him to the bullpen or to the minors any time soon.

Bringing Harvey into a rebuilding team has disaster written all over it.

If the Royals needed a starter, they’d likely have called up Clay Buchholz to take Skoglund’s spot and that didn’t happen. Duffy hasn’t been the ace, but Junis and Kennedy have both been really good in this rotation so the need isn’t there for that reason as well.

Lastly, the Royals don’t need Harvey because they’re not contending any time soon. I don’t care what fans say about the team only being back six games in the American League Central, the Kansas City Royals aren’t making any type of run at the playoffs this year. Bringing Harvey into a rebuilding team has disaster written all over it.

Matt Harvey already has his name sketched into the Royals record books for good reasons. We don’t need him making it for bad reasons as a member of the team.