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Nationals Claim Hunter Harvey, Place Carter Kieboom On 60-Day Injured List

By Steve Adams | March 21, 2022 at 2:42pm CDT

The Nationals have claimed right-hander Hunter Harvey off waivers from the Giants, per a club announcement. In order to open a spot on the 40-man roster, third baseman Carter Kieboom has been placed on the 60-day injured list with what the team has termed a right UCL sprain/flexor mass strain.

Harvey is a former first-round pick and top prospect who once looked as if he’d be an important part of the Orioles’ long-term plans. His professional career has been thrown off track by injuries, though, as he landed on the minor league injured list in every season between 2014-18. That included a July 2016 Tommy John procedure that kept him to 31 1/3 cumulative innings between 2016-17.

Baltimore eventually moved Harvey to the bullpen in an attempt to keep him healthy, although that hasn’t yet manifested in better results in that regard. He missed the majority of last season recovering from oblique and lat strains. Between the injuries, Harvey has only managed to log 23 2/3 innings at the big league level.

Despite the questionable health record, the North Carolina native has continued to catch teams’ attention. San Francisco nabbed him off waivers from the Orioles in November, but they’ll lose him before he ever logs an inning in their uniform. It’s easy to see why Harvey hasn’t yet passed through the wire unclaimed, as he owns a 3.42 ERA while averaging north of 97 MPH on his heater in his limited big league time. If he can stay healthy — which is clearly no small caveat — it’s still easy to envision Harvey as a productive arm in the middle or late innings. He also has a minor league option year remaining, so the Nats can shuttle him between Washington and Triple-A Rochester for the rest of the year if they carry him on the 40-man roster.

Kieboom is a former first-rounder and top prospect himself. He has struggled to a .197/.304/.285 line over his first 414 MLB plate appearances, but the 24-year-old still seemed to have a path to regular playing time on a retooling Nationals club this year. Unfortunately, he recently sustained a forearm/elbow injury when throwing, and MLB.com’s Joe Trezza tweets that he’ll need to rest for at least six weeks before he can resume baseball activities.

It’s a tough setback for both Kieboom and the Nationals, as 2022 is shaping up as something of a make-or-break year for the young infielder. The Nats don’t look like a strong playoff contender this season, but they’re not about to embark on a rebuild with Juan Soto only under club control for three more seasons. Evaluating whether Kieboom could be part of the long-term core seemed like a key objective for the Washington front office, but that’ll be on hold for at least a couple months. With Kieboom out, Luis Garcia, veteran utilityman Ehire Adrianza and non-roster invitee Maikel Franco all seem to have an easier path to playing time at the hot corner early in the year.

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23 Comments

  1. A'sfaninUK

    3 years ago

    Harvey was picked over Aaron Judge…great work Orioles!!!

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    • Poundsy24

      3 years ago

      Harvey was derailed by injuries. Just some bad luck.

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    • CubsWin108

      3 years ago

      Ya know what is even better… that very same player Aaron Judge, was selected by THE Oakland A’s in the 31st round of the 2010 draft, and somehow made his way onto the Yankees! PRetty funny.

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      • believeitornot

        3 years ago

        He was drafted by Oakland out of high school. He went to school in Fresno and he was drafted by the Yankees. No great mystery. Tom Brady was drafted by the Expos and somehow ended up playing NFL football for twenty years and counting.

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    • ln13

      3 years ago

      So were 29 other guys with a lower career WAR than Judge. Eleven of them have a lower WAR than Harvey and 6 others have never worn an MLB uniform.

      Great work…lots of other teams!

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    • believeitornot

      3 years ago

      Don’t you know they have to screw up most of the time?

      Reply
  2. SFBay314

    3 years ago

    DFA by the Giants is the new demand signal for the rest of the league I guess :p

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  3. Monkey’s Uncle

    3 years ago

    Did they also claim Harvey’s mullet, or is that epic enough to have its own separate transaction?

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  4. miltpappas

    3 years ago

    Surefire Hall of Famer Hunter Harvey. The next Walter Johnson.

    Reply
  5. terry g

    3 years ago

    Kjeboom can’t seem to stay healthy.

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    • Buzz Saw

      3 years ago

      Kieboom go kaboom

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    • believeitornot

      3 years ago

      I thought this was his first injury.

      Reply
  6. 2012orioles

    3 years ago

    Best salad in the show

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  7. stubby66

    3 years ago

    Hunter would have been a perfect fit in Brewers bullpen where he could start meeting his potential with some work

    Reply
  8. BBB

    3 years ago

    Worth noting: The UCL sprain is a new diagnosis for Kieboom based on further testing, initial reports were just the flexor mass. So sounds like there’s at least some possibility that surgery could come into play.

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    • believeitornot

      3 years ago

      I guess TJ is in his future.

      Reply
  9. Kungfooshus

    3 years ago

    (Cough cough – Bad Seed – cough…handful of painkillers in his oatmeal…hocks loogy…cough…)

    Reply
  10. gorav114

    3 years ago

    Great grab by the Nats

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  11. Armaments216

    3 years ago

    Hunter Gatherers

    Reply
  12. lethridge

    3 years ago

    Harvey has several family members that played in the mlb. His grandfather was one of the best Slow pitch softball players in the country for 25 years.

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  13. Jeffrey R. Kosnett

    3 years ago

    The Nats are a disaster area. Ok by me.

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  14. mt in baltimore

    3 years ago

    What’s missing from this article is that Harvey has shown a profound inability to overcome his physical problems. Other than TJ, his issues were relatively minor in nature. There are some who have concluded that he may just be weak- minded and soft.

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    • believeitornot

      3 years ago

      What’s also missing is that just last week on this site I read the Nationals don’t see Garcia as having any playing time at third base even with this injury.

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