The Orioles settled one of their remaining spring training roster questions on Thursday morning, announcing that Matt Harvey’s contract has been selected by the team. The move puts Harvey onto the 40-man roster, which is now full, and presumably sets up Harvey as one of the starting rotation members to begin the season.
The Athletic’s Dan Connolly reported on Tuesday that Harvey had an approaching opt-out clause in his contract that, if exercised, would leave the Orioles to make a decision about whether to add Harvey or grant his release. We might guess from the timing that Harvey exercised that opt-out and the Orioles chose to keep him around.