RHP Hunter Harvey

2018 Opening Day Age: 23

2017 Team: GCL Orioles/Aberdeen/Delmarva

2017 Stats: 0-1, 0.96 ERA, 18 2/3 innings (total across all three levels)

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Harvey hasn’t spent a lot of time on the mound since the Orioles took him with the No. 22 pick in the 2013 first-year-player draft. He has only made 38 starts and thrown 144 1/3 innings in five years as a professional. That includes missing the entire 2015 season due to injuries. In his brief career, the right-hander – who won’t turn 23 until December – has suffered through several bouts of soreness in his throwing arm. He also fractured his right leg after getting hit with a comebacker during spring training in 2015 and suffered a sports hernia at the beginning of the following season. But the Orioles hope that’s all in the past. Harvey underwent Tommy John elbow-ligament reconstruction surgery in July 2016 and recovered to make eight starts in the organization at the end of 2017. The Orioles added Harvey to their 40-man roster Monday to guarantee he can’t be selected in the Rule 5 draft next month. He’ll continue his comeback in the minors – at High-A Frederick or Double-A Bowie — to start the 2018 season. If all goes well, though, Harvey could play a role later next season for the Orioles.

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