The way the Orioles spoke about and treated pitching prospect Hunter Harvey back during spring training of this season, you might have gotten the idea that they were tempted to have him break camp with the team. With Harvey having thrown fewer than 35 innings the past two seasons combined, this attitude on the Orioles part seemed disconnected from reality.
Although the O’s sent Harvey to Double-A Bowie to start the season, the point had been made. Sooner rather than later, Harvey, the O’s first round pick back in the 2013 draft and a one-time top 100 prospect in baseball before all of his injury problems, would be pitching in Baltimore.