Mets starting pitcher Matt Harvey is Sporting News' 2015 National League Comeback Player of the Year, as selected by a panel of 198 NL players. SN has given out the award since 1965.

The 26-year Gerardo Parra Jersey -old right-hander edged out Rockies slugger Carlos Gonzalez by six votes.

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Harvey started the 2013 All-Star Game but mi sed the 2014 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery to replace the partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. After a lengthy recovery proce s, he returned this season to make 29 starts for the NL East-winning Mets, going 13-8 with 188 strikeouts and a 4.3 Baseball Chris Rusin Jersey Reference WAR. His 2.71 ERA was good for sixth in the Senior Circuit.

"I have a tremendous amount of respect for Matt and what he has accomplished this year, and coming back from that surgery, pitching as much as he has, as well as he has, and his determination to pitch in the postseason," Mets GM Sandy Alderson told Sporting News.

In early September, after Harvey had pitched more than 160 innings, agent Scott Boras said his client was on a strict, doctor-imposed 180-inning limit, including the playoffs. The news apparently caught the Mets off guard, but Alderson downplayed the controversy.

"There was a little tumult along the way, and I think he's learned Jonathan Lucroy Jersey a lot from the experience, and he's probably a much better pitcher and person as a result," Alderson said. "But it wasn't going to be smooth throughout the that's what seasons are Colorado Rockies Jersey about. They're long and involve ups and downs. I can understand a certain reservation on his part as he got closer to what some people felt was a large number, and he got through that, and I think he has confidence now in his physical capacity, which is important for his mental approach. So I think he's come through it really well, and I'm very Chad Bettis Jersey proud of what he's been able to accomplish this season."

Previous Mets to win the SN comeback award are Tommy Agee (1969), Ray Knight (1986), Rickey Henderson (1999) and Fernando Tatis (2008).

Je se Spector contributed to this story.

VOTING RESULTS

Voting by NL players only:

1. Matt Harvey, Mets 72

2. Carlos Gonzalez, Rockies 66

3. Joey Votto, Reds 25

4. Michael Wacha, Cardinals 13

5. Andre Ethier, Dodgers 3

6. A.J. Burnett, Pirates 2

Others 17

THIS WEEKS SN AWARD SCHEDULE

Monday: Rookies of the Year ( and ) and Comeback Players of the Year ( and )

Tuesday: AL and NL Managers German Marquez Jersey of the Year

Wednesday: AL All-Star Team | NL All-Star Team

Thursday: MLB Player of the Year