Good morning, Camden Chatters.
After four consecutive Grapefruit League losses, and eight in their previous nine games, the Orioles busted loose yesterday with a 12-4 pounding of the Pirates in Sarasota, perhaps their best all-around performance of spring so far. Veteran Matt Harvey, one of a slew of hurlers making a bid for a rotation spot, was...well, not stupendous, but not terrible, either. He gave up two runs and five hits, but also fanned four batters and walked none in four innings, and reportedly hit 96 mph on the radar gun. Considering the uninspiring outings by other rotation candidates this spring, Harvey may have taken a step forward by being adequate.