JUPITER, Fla. — Mets ace Matt Harvey made his second spring training start the year on Wednesday as he works his way back from the Tommy John surgery that cost him his entire 2014 season. The results were not as impressive as in his first outing, but Harvey said after his 49 pitch, 2 2/3-inning outing that his arm felt good and the procedure was no longer on his mind when he threw. And his fastballs again registered in the high 90s on radar guns, another positive sign.

In the Marlins dugout, Jose Fernandez was watching.

“It is cool,” Fernandez said. “It’s always cool. Forget about throwing 99, forget about throwing 100, forget about throwing 110. As long as the guy’s pitching with no pain and doing what he loves to do, at the high level he’s at, it’s great. I want to be back, and go from there. But of course, it’s amazing to see a guy like that throw. He’s one of the best pitchers in the game.”

Like Harvey, Fernandez is a young right-hander working his way back from Tommy John surgery. Both pitchers made the NL All-Star Team with sensational seasons in 2013, both boast electric stuff and big personalities, and both are represented by agent Scott Boras.

“We have become good friends,” Fernandez said Wednesday morning. But though Fernandez spoke to Harvey about the recovery process a month and a half after he underwent the procedure in May, they have different doctors, trainers and rehab coordinators, so they don’t exactly share notes on the process.

And while Harvey clashed with the Mets over the timetable for his return, campaigning to pitch in 2014 in spite of the club’s conservative approach, Fernandez recognizes he will need to be patient. The 22-year-old is set to throw 30 pitches at 50% effort on Thursday and said he views his rehab as a day-to-day or week-to-week process.

“At first, when I got the surgery, I thought I was going to go a little crazy,” he said. “But when you understand the process, you’ve got to take responsibility for what you’re doing. And when you respect all the work that my therapist, the team, my doctor, my family and I have put into my rehab, it’s really important how you handle it. You have a lot of people that care about you, and are trying to help you.

“Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to pitch. But I know I’m not ready for it.”

Fernandez is now throwing all of his pitches, and said he hasn’t noticed any difference except more strength in the rest of his body, a byproduct of the extra training time afforded by not pitching. And though he said Wednesday morning that he was excited to see Harvey pitch, he did not expect to glean any more knowledge about the rehab process from watching.

“I really pay attention to the games and try to learn as much as I can from everybody,” he said. “Obviously you hear things, because we both had the same surgery, but I think at the end of the day, it’s a lonely rehab.

“But it’s fun. It teaches you a lot, and it makes you appreciate every day that you are on the mound. You do miss the game. You miss it a lot. And I love and respect the game so much, that it’s hard to be away.”