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MIAMI -- New York Mets left-hander Steven Matz has elected to undergo surgery to remove bone spurs from his pitching elbow and will not return this season, the team announced Tuesday.Matz had been pitching with the elbow issue for much of the season and had intended to have the procedure performed this winter. However, he had not appeared in a game since Aug. 14 because of a left shoulder impingement that was irritating the rotator cuff.With that discomfort persisting, Matz will be shut down and have the elbow procedure now. No surgery is planned for the shoulder issue.The Mets have estimated a three-month recovery time for the elbow procedure, so Matz should be ready for spring training.?The surgery will be next week at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan.Matz, 25, went 9-8 with a 3.40 ERA in 22 starts during what was considered his rookie season, even though he also contributed with the Mets in 2015.He becomes the latest starting pitcher to be shut down by the Mets for the remainder of 2016.Matt Harvey underwent surgery in July to remove a rib and alleviate thoracic outlet syndrome. Jacob deGrom underwent surgery Wednesday to move the ulnar nerve in his pitching elbow. Zack Wheelers intended return from Tommy John surgery has been tabled until next season because of multiple setbacks from the original March 2015 procedure.Even Jonathon Niese, who was acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates as a rotation hedge, subsequently underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.As a result, the Mets will rely on a pair of rookies in the postseason rotation if they are able to qualify. In addition to Noah Syndergaard and Bartolo Colon, right-handers Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman are expected to round out the Mets starting pitching corps in October.The Mets have acknowledged that Syndergaard also has a bone spur in his pitching elbow. However, team officials have indicated Syndergaard will not need to have the issue addressed by surgery this offseason. 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Chris Wallers first trip to Perth six years ago dented his confidence that he could plunder a West Australian Group One race.But any doubt is now a distant memory as the champion trainer prepares to chase three successive years of elite level victories at Ascot with Good Project and Mackintosh in Saturdays Railway Stakes.Wallers first foray west was in 2010 with Triple Honour, the first of his now 65 Group One winners.Triple Honour beat one runner home in the Railway before finishing sixth in the Group One Kingston Town Classic and fourth in the Group Two C B Cox Stakes.It didnt give me a lot of confidence, Waller said.While it took four years for Waller to return, Moriarty proved to the triainer he could successfully pull off a Perth heist with an unlucky third in the Railway and victory in the Kingston Town.When you get success it makes it easier to go back, Waller said.Thats why you see Golden Slippers, Melbourne Cups targeted by the same trainers every year because they have confidence in doing it.Going to Perth is no different.He believes defendding Railway winner Good Project is again the right horse to take west this year.ddddddddddddood Project ran seventh in the Group One Cantala Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on October 29, with the horse blocked for clear running on the home turn.Hes where he needs to be and Group One form where he was unlucky is as good as form youll get going to Perth, Waller said.Mackintosh was fifth in the Cantala.Waller conceded Mackintosh was soft in the last 100m but attributed that to the horse being posted three wide during the race.The winner Le Romain came off his back through having cover, Waller said.I think if he had Le Romains run, he would have been closer to the finish.Stablemate Vanbrugh is likely to join Mackintosh in the Kingston Town (1800m) on December 3, with their trainer certain of only one crucial aspect of a successful western raid.Ive worked out youve got to take a pretty good horse to be able to win, Waller said. 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