Shortly before Matt Harvey agreed to his minor league contract with the Orioles last weekend, a video from the New Jersey training facility he worked at in the offseason outlined his goals.
At his All-Star peak, Harvey used to blow hitters away with his intimidating high-90s mph fastball. But the video posted by the Baseball Performance Center of South Jersey highlighted the veteran’s data-driven work to better learn how his pitches move and spin — and opened his eyes to how much he needed to improve.
“I just didn’t really open up to the fact that my numbers kind of sucked,” Harvey said Sunday from spring training in Sarasota, Florida.