Buried in the offseason ramblings of Orioles beat writers down in Sarasota yesterday was a potentially worrisome article by The Baltimore Sun’s Jon Meoli entitled “Orioles know pitcher Hunter Harvey could test their plans to be careful with him in 2018.”
Woah? What? Okay, maybe this isn’t as bad as the headline makes it sound. Beat writers don’t always have their fingers exactly on the pulse of what the O’s braintrust is thinking/doing, and it’s difficult to come up with a story at this point in the year.
Bad news if you don’t like ruining highly-touted prospects: Buck Showalter didn’t rule-out using Harvey in the MLB bullpen or even rotation when asked for a quote on this topic.