This winter's change in the Orioles' offseason rhythms meant the team's annual pitching minicamp in Sarasota, Fla., wasn't held. A trip to Florida in this cold weather would have been welcome for all involved, but one of the main drawbacks was missing out on what's been an Orioles minicamp tradition almost as long as the event itself: What can everyone expect from Hunter Harvey this year?
Each January, the event has been something of a benchmark in the offseason evaluation of the Orioles' former first-round draft pick, who was one of the top pitching prospects in baseball in his full-season debut during the summer of 2014 but dealt with elbow discomfort that July that derailed his career.