This offseason, the Orioles’ free agency focuses were understandably on areas where they were inexperienced and lacking major league-ready players in the high minors. They signed Freddy Galvis to fill the shortstop hole they created by trading José Iglesias to the Los Angeles Angels. To fill the holes in a youthful rotation, they provided minor league deals to three veteran starters.
Former Cy Young Award winner Félix Hernández didn’t make it through spring. Wade LeBlanc’s stay on the major league roster was brief. Of the trio, only Matt Harvey remains, and while Galvis has trailed only Trey Mancini in offensive production since slumping through his first two weeks with Baltimore, Harvey has trended the opposite direction.