I’m presenting the following Matt Harvey timeline with no interpretation or commentary. 

1. July 16, 2013: Harvey starts the All Star Game at Citi Field
2. August 2013: Harvey makes a few starts with some elbow problems 
3. August 24, 2013: Harvey roughed up by Tigers, describes himself as “getting pretty tired.”
4. August 25, 2013: Harvey informs Mets he’s having an abnormal amount of forearm discomfort. 
5. August 26, 2013: MRI reveals Harvey has a UCL tear. Harvey reveals he wants to avoid surgery. 
6. October 4, 2013: Harvey elects to have Tommy John surgery. 
7. October 22, 2013: Dr. James Andrews performs successful Tommy John surgery on Harvey. 
8. January 23, 2014: Harvey announces he wants to pitch during the 2014 season. 
9. March 19, 2014: Harvey announces he wants to rehab with the team and not in Florida. 
10. March 25, 2014: Mets announce Harvey will split rehab between NY and FL. 
11. August 1, 2014: Harvey begins throwing from a mound (slightly ahead of schedule) and states he wants to pitch for the Mets if they make the playoffs. 
12. September 4, 2014: Mets announce they will not let Harvey go 100% until the 2015 Spring Training. 
13. September 2014: Harvey is shut down and will not appear in a game. 
14. November 2014: after taking a month off, Harvey begins throwing on flat ground and long tossing. 
15. February 9, 2015: Harvey reports early to Spring Training. 
16. February 20, 2015: Alderson announces 200 innings limit for Harvey including playoffs. 
17. March 3, 2015: Mets set rotation so Harvey starts the second home game, which the Mets admit makes good marketing sense. 
18. March 6, 2015: Harvey throws 25 pitches in his first Spring Training start. 
19. April 8, 2015: Harvey beats the Nationals in his first regular season start since 2013.
20. April 9, 2015: Collins announces Harvey will be limited to 190 innings. 
21. April 14, 2015: Harvey wins in his return to Citi Field. 
22. April 17, 2015: Mets announce they will move to a six man rotation with Rafael Montero to keep Harvey fresh. 
23. April 28, 2015: Montero starts in a loss to the Marlins. 
24. April 30, 2015: Montero placed on the DL. 
25. May 25, 2015: Harvey experiencing a dead arm. 
26. June 3, 2015: Dillon Gee comes off the DL, and the Mets announce they’re moving to a six man rotation. 
27. June 7, 2015: Gee is ineffective and is moved to the bullpen. Collins announces he’s abandoning the six man rotation. 
28. June 15, 2015: Gee is designated for assignment. 
29. June 26, 2015: Mets announce they are calling up Steven Matz and will be going back to the six man rotation. 
30. June 28, 2015: Matz makes his major league debut. 
31. June – July 2015: Matz informs Mets he has “stiffness underneath his left armpit.”
32. July – August 2015: Harvey sees a dip in velocity in all of his pitches. 
33. July 3, 2015: Dan Warthen deems Matz fine after watching a bullpen session. 
34. July 4, 2015: Harvey complains the six man rotation takes him out of his rhythm after a 4-3 loss to the Dodgers. 
35. July 5, 2015: Matz pitches six shutout innings in win over Dodgers. 
36. July 6, 2015: Terry Collins tells Harvey to get over the six man rotation. 
37. July 9. 2015: Matz has lat injury which requires him to be shut down for three weeks. 
38. July 12, 2015: Collins announces Mets are abandoning the six man rotation due to Matz injury. 
39. August 2015: Scott Boras contacts Mets with concerns over Harvey’s innings pitched. 
40. August 21, 2015: it’s reported that Harvey has no objection to the Mets skipping one or two of his starts. 
41. August 23, 2015: The Mets skip Harvey in the rotation, and Logan Verrett gets the win over the Rockies. 
42. September 2, 2015: Mets announce they will skip a second Harvey start. 
43. September 3, 2015: Harvey is forced to leave a game with dehydration and weakness in a win over the Phillies. 
44. September 4, 2015: Jon Heyman reports Scott Boras informed the Mets that Harvey has a strict 180 innings limit. 
45. September 5, 2015: Harvey attends press conference and states he always thought 180 innings was a hard cap. He refuses to answer questions regarding the playoffs. 
46. September 5, 2015: backlash from fans and media to Harvey’s press conference. 
47. September 6, 2015: Matt Harvey announces he will pitch in the postseason. 
48. September 7, 2015: Sandy Alderson announces Harvey has two regular seasons starts left and may not pitch throughout the entire postseason. 
49. September 8, 2015: Harvey scheduled to pitch against the Nationals.