Matt Harvey Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 4" / 220 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 3/27/1989 (35)
- Experience
- 7
- College
- North Carolina
Matt Harvey Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Matt Harvey News
Right-hander Matt Harvey announced his retirement from professional baseball on his personal Instagram account on Friday. Harvey will hang up his cleats after spending nine years in the big leagues. The 34-year-old started off with heaps of promise in his right arm after being drafted seventh overall by the New York Mets out of North Carolina. He was an All-Star in his second MLB season in 2013 and spent the first five full seasons of his career in Queens. Injuries derailed his promising career, though, and he bounced around with four different teams in the last four seasons. Harvey last saw action in the big leagues in 2021 with the Baltimore Orioles, going 6-14 with a 6.27 ERA (4.60 FIP) and 1.54 WHIP in 28 starts (127 2/3 innings). He finishes his career with a 4.42 ERA (3.96 FIP), 1.29 WHIP and 21.2 percent strikeout rate in 966 1/3 innings pitched.
Baltimore Orioles right-hander Matt Harvey received a 60-game suspension from the league on Tuesday for his violation of the joint drug program between MLB and the Players Association. In Harvey's testimony during the Eric Kay trial related to the death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, Harvey admitted to something that violated the league's drug program, which doesn't allow participation in the distribution of banned substances. The 33-year-old signed a minor league deal with Baltimore on April 8 but hasn't pitched in the major leagues this season. He'll likely continue to work at the team's spring training complex in Florida. Harvey is well off the fantasy radar, especially after this news.
Free-agent right-hander Matt Harvey is close to a deal to return to the Baltimore Orioles. It will be a minor league deal, and the plan is for him to start at extended spring training in Florida and build up his arm. Not much should be expected of Harvey after he went 6-14 with a rough 6.27 ERA and a 1.54 ERA with 95 strikeouts and 37 walks in 127 2/3 innings over 28 starts last year in Baltimore. The 33-year-old could also be facing a suspension this year for what he admitted in court in the Tyler Skaggs trial. Harvey would only become an option in AL-only leagues if he returns to the O's starting rotation at any point this year.