Baltimore Sun · Jul 8, 2021
Matt Harvey, Orioles battered by Blue Jays, 10-2
Matt Harvey signed with the rebuilding Orioles on the dream that their data-driven pitching program could help him regain his years-gone All-Star form. Despite all parties’ earnest efforts, it has not.
The Orioles, conversely, signed Matt Harvey with the dream that a low-cost spring pickup might pan out. If not, they’d at least have a veteran arm to run out every fifth game no matter how dire things got as they tried to protect the arms that could be part of their future.