Updates on Hunter Harvey

[foxfield]

It places him as the top prospect who will not pitch for over a year....

[Rene88]

This has serious suck potential.

Tony been saying for a while now. He was right.

His potential is there. No doubt. Lots of question marks, but wish him the best. Still very young.

[pwhite]

It's kind of frustrating that it sounded like Tommy John for the last year. I wish they could have just got the surgery over with a year ago.

[OFFNY]

The Batavia Muckdogs' announcer stated that Harvey left the game early with "an arm issue."

Hunter Harvey Leaves Start with Sore Forearm

(By Roch Kubatko)

http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2016/07/hunter-harvey-leaves-start-with-sore-forearm.html

[Es4M11]

Hopefully the surgery gets done sooner than later. The Orioles and Harvey have played the wait and see game long enough. Can't wait to see the kid get healthy.

[TINSTAAPP]

It's kind of frustrating that it sounded like Tommy John for the last year. I wish they could have just got the surgery over with a year ago.

They also did the same thing with Dylan Bundy as well. He had elbow pain in April 2013 but they waited until June to have him undergo Tommy John surgery. Than the Orioles rushed him back to pitch in June the following year before they had to shut him down again. Those extra two months of recovery time could have made a big difference.

[sportsfan8703]

Tony been saying for a while now. He was right.

His potential is there. No doubt. Lots of question marks, but wish him the best. Still very young.

If he has to get TJ surgery, he'll be 23 at the start of ST in 2018. Coming off TJ surgery with only 87 innings of full season ball under his belt. At this point he's a unicorn.

[Ohfan67]

Is it a given that TJ surgery is the answer? This (the flexor mass thing) has become a fairly frequent diagnosis for pitchers but is TJ a common outcome?

[weams]

They also did the same thing with Dylan Bundy as well. He had elbow pain in April 2013 but they waited until June to have him undergo Tommy John surgery. Than the Orioles rushed him back to pitch in June the following year before they had to shut him down again. Those extra two months of recovery time could have made a big difference.

None of that is true. None.

[weams]

Is it a given that TJ surgery is the answer? This (the flexor mass thing) has become a fairly frequent diagnosis for pitchers but is TJ a common outcome?

He probably needs Tommy John. So far, he has not found an actual medical doctor to state that for him.

[weams]

It's kind of frustrating that it sounded like Tommy John for the last year. I wish they could have just got the surgery over with a year ago.

You know he had abdominal hernia surgery. Right? That's why he was down. Not the arm.

[weams]

Harvey was played on the disabled list on July 31, 2014 with some kind of forearm soreness at the time. The Orioles took the cautious approach. Unfortunately, it feels like they wasted 2 years when the odds were high that he would eventually need TJ surgery. I guess surgery is a last resort and they tried to avoid it. Looks like a bad decision in hindsight but he still has age on his side.

This is pretty true. Thanks.

[Larry18]

I believe the Orioles are following Dr. Andrew's recommendations. I won't/can't blame them for that.

[Rene88]

I believe the Orioles are following Dr. Andrew's recommendations. I won't/can't blame them for that.

This. I am surprised nobody mentioned this. Isn't he doing what Andrews said???

[Ohfan67]

None of that is true. None.

Well, he did have surgery in June of that year so SOME of it was true.