NEW YORK -- More than five weeks after getting the shocking diagnosis of a torn elbow ligament, New York Mets ace Matt Harvey gave in and agreed Friday to have surgery that will sideline him for the entire 2014 season. Ian Kennedy Jersey . The 24-year-old right-hander, the National League starter in the All-Star game at Citi Field, had stubbornly said he could rehabilitate the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow and avoid surgery. But when Harvey met Friday with Mets general manager Sandy Alderson, he agreed to be operated on this month by Dr. James Andrews. Alderson said that 15 months should be sufficient for Harvey to recover from Tommy John surgery and be ready for spring training in 2015. He estimated 85 to 90 per cent of pitchers recover from the operation. "Perhaps his initial, more emotional response to the injury and his sort of adamant desire to rehab was reconsidered over time," Alderson said. "I think after a period of time he just decided based on all the information that he had that this was a more sort of reasoned approach to the injury. As far as were concerned, at the team level I think we always assumed that at some point Matt would reach this conclusion. It wasnt an assumption but it was a presumption." Harvey was diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament on Aug. 26 by Mets medical director Dr. David Altchek and Andrews concurred when he examined Harvey on Sept. 18. At the time, Harvey said, "I believe if I can rehab, Id rather bet on myself doing the work to stay out of getting surgery than having the surgery." The Mets said he did not plan to talk about his decision publicly until after the operation. Harvey spoke with Philadelphia pitcher Roy Halladay, who had a similar injury in 2006 but avoided surgery. Instead, he will follow the path of Washington ace Stephen Strasburg, who tore his ulnar collateral ligament in August 2010 and returned to the major leagues in September 2011. Alderson said he didnt attempt to persuade Harvey to have surgery. If Harvey had tried the rehab route and found out next spring that he needed surgery, he might have been sidelined through a significant part of 2015. "At some point, Matt just decided: Look, this thing may go and in the meantime, am I going to be comfortable enough throwing that I wont change my mechanics and perhaps injure my shoulder or some other part of my body?" Alderson said. The No. 7 pick of the 2010 amateur draft, Harvey went 9-5 with a 2.27 ERA and 191 strikeouts in 178 1-3 innings this year. Since making his big league debut in July 2012, he is 12-10 with a 2.39 ERA and 261 strikeouts in 237 2-3 innings. New York had counted on Harvey and Zack Wheeler, who made his debut this June, to form a 1-2 combination that would revitalize the team, which has not reached the playoffs since 2006 and not finished with a winning record since 2008. Alderson now has two spots to fill in a rotation that includes Jonathon Niese, Dillon Gee and Wheeler. Brian Flynn Jersey . However, the intensity and physicality that has characterized the postseason so far has caught Gretzky by surprise. "Its a little bit risqué right now," Gretzky told Philadelphia radio station 97. Frank White Jersey . Seager had another triple, a home run and a double in a rare feat not seen in more than 40 years, leading Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners past the New York Yankees 10-2. 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With the victory, the Goldeyes took the final series of the year from Fargo and improved to 56-44 on the season, not good enough to make the playoffs, but good enough to have the fourth best percentage in the league and finish 2013 with a better record (56-44) that the club had in 2012 (55-45) when it won the American Association championship. “None of these guys on this team were going to quit,” said Rusch on the Shaw TV post-game show. “We knew we werent going to the playoffs, but we wanted to win the final game of the season and beat Fargo in the final series. We wanted to do it for ourselves, the organization and all those great fans.” Thanks in no small way to Ruschs effort, the Goldeyes got the job done. Fargo opened the scoring in the third with a run on a wild pitch, but Winnipeg answered with three in the bottom of the fourth. The teams leading hitter, Ryan Scoma, singled and went to third on a double by Ray Sadler. Then both Scoma and Sadler scored on a single by Luis Alen. After Alen went to second on a wild pitch, he came home on an RBI single by Fehlandt Lentini. After Fargo scored a run in the fifth and another in the eighth to tie it, the Goldeyes put up three in the bottom of the eighth, as Tyler GGraham led off with a bunt single, stole second and scored on a single by Amos Ramon. Melky Cabrera Jersey. With two out, Sadler walked and then Ramon scored from second on a single by Casey Haerther and Sadler scored on a double by Luis Alen. It got tense in the ninth as Fargo scored twice and had runners on first ad second with two out, but Chris Kissock struck out Buddy Sosnoskie to end the game and the season. Brendan Lafferty, making his league-high 53rd appearance, picked up the win (5-2, 3.49 ERA) while Kissock (2.70) notched his third save. Together, Kissock and Lafferty made 103 appearances this season, more than any other bullpen duo in the American Association. Former Goldeyes reliever Chris Bodishbaugh (3-2, 3.99 ERA) took the loss for Fargo. Forney used seven pitchers and all of his position players in the finale, which meant that Josh Mazzola played in all 100 games this season. Luis Alen was the star of the game, going three-for-four with a run scored and three driven in. He finished the season with a .315 batting average, second on the team to Ryan Scoma (.341), while playing 93 of 100 games at catcher. On Fan Appreciation Night, Forney spoke to the crowd after the game. “You guys are the best fans anywhere,” said Forney. “Some of the players on this team might not have known anything about Winnipeg when they signed here, but they know now. They know the Goldeyes have the best fans in the game. “You people might not know it, but youre a selling point for me when I go out and try to sign players. 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