A follow-up appointment on Monday in Baltimore to examine Orioles pitching prospect Hunter Harvey’s surgically-repaired right elbow revealed no structural damage or chances, leaving his recent discomfort down to tendinitis, according to multiple industry sources.
Harvey, the 2013 first-round pick who entered this season as the team’s top pitching prospect despite years of injuries that kept him off the mound, stopped throwing last week at the team complex in Sarasota, Fla. after feeling discomfort, the latest setback in what has been another lost season.
The Orioles had Harvey compete for a major league roster spot out of spring training despite a light workload as he rehabbed from Tommy John elbow reconstructions surgery in 2017, and he pitched well in the spring, but ultimately was assigned back to Double-A Bowie.