Thursday is the two-year anniversary of Matt Harvey’s Tommy John surgery, and instead of starting in Game 5 of the NLCS against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, Harvey will be celebrating the Mets’ first World Series appearance since 2000.

“Getting this done now is even better than pitching,” Harvey said after the Mets finished a four-game sweep with an 8-3 win in Game 4. “I was ready to go, but the end result is all that matters.”

Harvey said he will be available for the World Series, although the Mets’ rotation hasn’t been announced and Terry Collins will have plenty of options for Tuesday’s opener.

“It’s been a great year for all of us and this is isn’t the end,” said Harvey, who dealt with an innings-limit controversy during the season and then took a Dexter Fowler line drive off his right arm in Game 1.

He’s 2-0 with a 2.84 ERA in two playoff starts and has pitched 202 innings this season, the fifth-highest total for a pitcher in his first season following Tommy John surgery.

Despite the fact the Mets were daring on the bases in the first three games of the NLCS, Collins said the team’s philosophy has not changed.

“We were not a base-stealing team and we will not be a base-stealing team,” Collins said.

The recent aggression stems from scouting reports that indicated the Cubs were vulnerable to the stolen base. The Mets had seven stolen bases in eight attempts in this NLCS.

“We have reports on the opposition and you better know some of their weaknesses,” Collins said. “You better try to exploit what you can and one of the things they have done is give up stolen bases.

“We don’t have a lot of speed, but we’ve gotten ourselves into some counts and gotten ourselves into some situations where you can guess offspeed, so you try to send them.”

Collins had no update on Juan Uribe, who hasn’t played this postseason because of a chest injury. The Mets have until Tuesday to set their roster for the World Series, which begins in the American League city that night.