Joe Harvey made his MLB debut on Wednesday night in Houston without much fanfare. It was his solid two innings of work out of the bullpen, however, that kept the Yankees in the game and allowed them to stage a comeback. But who is he, and where did this 27-year-old rookie reliever come from?
Harvey, a 6-foot-2 right-hander, grew up outside of Philadelphia and stayed in Pennsylvania to play college baseball in the Big East at the University of Pittsburgh. The Yankees selected him in the 19th round of the 2014 MLB Draft, and he’s been pitching in the system ever since.