The Orioles made eight picks on day two of the 2013 First Year Player Draft on Friday, completing rounds 3-10.  After two days of the draft, the Orioles have selected 11 players overall, four pitchers and seven position players, with five of the selections being college products.  The Orioles selected one right-handed pitcher, three left-handed pitchers, four catchers, two infielders and one outfielder.  The draft will conclude tomorrow with rounds 11-40.

ROUND    PLAYER            POS   SCHOOL          HOMETOWN            D.O.B.        HT    WT    B       T              Scout

1 (22)         Hunter Harvey       RHP    Bandys HS           Catawba, NC                 12/09/94     6’4    178     R         R                     Gale

CBA (37)     Joshua Hart           CF        Parkview HS         Lilburn, GA                     10/02/94     6’2    180     L          L     McConnehead

2 (61)         Chance Sisco         CA       Santiago HS        Corona, CA                     2/24/95       6’2    190     L          R                Ralston

3 (98)         Stephen Tarpley    LHP     Scottsdale CC      Gilbert, AZ                      2/17/93       6’2″   180     R         L                  Gillette

4 (129)       Jonah Heim            CA       Amherst HS          Amherst, NY                   6/27/95       6’3″   192     S          R          Fredriksson

5 (159)       Travis Seabrooke   LHP     Crestwood SS       Peterborough, CAN       9/16/95       6’4″   170     R         L                       Moe

6 (189)       Alex Murphy           CA       Calvert Hall HS    Baltimore, MD               10/5/94       5’11″210     R         R                 Albany

7 (219)       Drew Dosch            3B       Youngstown St UCanal Winchester, OH    6/24/92       6’2″   205     L          R                  Dorsey

8 (249)       Trey Mancini          1B       Notre Dame         Winter Haven, FL          3/18/92       6’4″   215     R         R          Fredriksson

9 (279)       Mitch Horacek       LHP     Dartmouth           Highlands Ranch, CO   12/3/91       6’5″   185     L          L          Fredriksson

10 (309)     Austin Wynns        CA       Fresno State        Poway, CA                      12/10/90     6’2″   210     R         R                Morales

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The Orioles announced FRIDAY that they have recalled left-handed pitcher Mike Belfiore from Triple-A Norfolk.

Belfiore, 24, is 1-0 with a 4.20 ERA (30.0IP, 14ER) and 31 strikeouts in 17 games with the Tides. He has held left-handed hitters to a .224 average, recording more strikeouts (15) than hits allowed (11) in 49 at-bats against. Belfiore, who will wear #65, was with the Orioles earlier this season, May 12-13, but did not appear in a game. His first appearance will be his major league debut.

With this move, the Orioles 25-man roster is now full.

Here’s what happened down in the Orioles’ farm system on Thursday…

* Tsuyoshi Wada allowed three earned runs in 5 1/3 innings as Triple-A Norfolk won a 9-3 final over Louisville

* Double-A Bowie’s game against Harrisburg was postponed due to rain

* Single-A Frederick’s game against Lynchburg was postponed due to rain

* Single-A Delmarva’s game against West Virginia was postponed due to rain

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The Orioles selected right-handed pitcher Hunter Harvey of Bandys (NC) High School with their first selection of the 2013 First Year Player Draft, the 22nd overall pick of the draft. The Orioles also selected outfielder Josh Hart at No. 37 overall from Parkview (GA) HS and catcher Chance Sisco at No. 61 overall from Santiago (CA) HS.

Harvey, 18, went 8-0 in 11 games (eight starts) with a 0.38 ERA this season, racking up 116 strikeouts in 54.2 innings pitched, following a 7-0 record and 1.81 ERA in 54.0 innings as a junior in 2012. The 6-foot-3, 175 pound right-hander is the son of former major leaguer Bryan Harvey, a nine-year major league veteran who collected 177 saves for the Angels and Marlins from 1987-95 and made two MLB All-Star teams (1991 and 93). Harvey is the third consecutive right-handed pitcher taken by the Orioles in the first round, following Dylan Bundy (2011, also a high school selection) and Kevin Gausman (2012, LSU).

Hart, 18, batted .449/.560/.757 (48-107) with 18 extra-base hits, 29 RBI, 39 runs scored and 34 steals in 36 attempts in 36 games this year. The 5-foot-11, 180 pound left-handed outfielder was a 3rd Team All-American in 2013 and was part of state title winning teams in 2011 and 2012.

Sisco, 18, is a 6-foot-1, 190 pound, left-handed hitting, right-handed throwing catcher. He was named a 2013 Rawlings 3rd Team All-American and a California All-Region 1st Team.

It is the first time the Orioles selected high school players with each of their first three selections since 1998.

The draft will continue Friday on MLB.com with rounds 3-10, beginning at 12:30 p.m., and conclude on Saturday, with rounds 11-40.

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Finding themselves in unusual territory drafting so low in the first round with the 22nd overall pick of the 2013 amateur draft, the Orioles selected high school pitcher Hunter Harvey, the son of former major league closer Bryan Harvey.

A product of Bandys High in North Carolina, the right-handed pitcher has a lively fastball that was clocked in the mid-90s this season and is projected by many as a starting pitcher one day if he can harness command issues common for a talented arm out of high school. His curveball is regarded as a plus-pitch for a high school pitcher as well, but Harvey will need to develop a third pitch, according to many talent evaluators.

“Harvey is a future front-line starter,” directot of scouting Gary Rajsich said. “He is a tall, lean projectable right-handed pitcher with a good fastball, good curve, and a change. He throws strikes, competes, and comes from a baseball family.”

His father collected 177 major league saves and posted a 2.49 earned run average in his nine-year career split between the California Angels and the Florida Marlins.

With Harvey’s selection, the Orioles have now drafted a pitcher with their first-round pick in five of the last six years with high school shortstop Manny Machado being the lone exception in 2010.

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The Orioles announced Thursday that they have recalled outfielder Xavier Avery from Triple-A Norfolk and placed right-handed pitcher Steve Johnson on the 15-day disabled list with a left oblique strain.

Avery, 23, began the season with Double-A Bowie, where he batted .300/.391/.406 with 34 runs scored and 12 stolen bases in 39 games. He has also played in 15 games with Triple-A Norfolk, batting .192 (10-52). He will wear uniform #70.

Johnson, 25, is 1-1 with an 8.49 ERA (11.2IP, 11ER) and 11.6 strikeouts per 9.0 innings in five games (one start) for the Orioles this season.

Here’s what happened down in the Orioles’ farm system on Wednesday…

* Zach Britton gave up two earned runs in seven innings as Triple-A Norfolk beat Louisville 8-7

* Eddie Gamboa allowed four earned runs in six innings as Double-A Bowie was blanked by Harrisburg 6-0

* Eduardo Rodriguez struck out six and allowed one earned run in seven innings as Single-A Frederick won 2-1 over Lynchburg on a walk-off walk

* Single-A Delmarva led 1-0 over West Virginia in the third when the game was suspended due to rain. The game resumes today.

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As if the Astros’ offensive explosion Wednesday night didn’t hurt enough, the Orioles may have lost a member of their bullpen in the process.

Speaking to reporters in Houston following Baltimore’s 11-7 loss, right-handed pitcher Steve Johnson revealed he is dealing with a left oblique issue that he first felt while warming up early in the game as starter Freddy Garcia was lit up for four home runs in three-plus innings of work at Minute Maid Park. Johnson entered in the fourth inning and gave up two homers in the inning on his way to completing 2 1/3 innings.

Johnson hopes the issue is minor and won’t warrant a trip to the disabled list, but oblique injuries are never a good sign as left-handed starter Wei-Yin Chen can attest.

Per WNST.net’s Ryan Chell, outfielder Xavier Avery was on his way to Houston Thursday morning and could be a short-term option on the 25-man roster with Markakis not scheduled to rejoin the club until Friday in St. Petersburg.

The Orioles are already playing shorthanded as right fielder Nick Markakis is away from the club for his grandmother’s funeral, but Johnson would have been unavailable to pitch in the series finale in Houston anyway after throwing 55 pitches on Wednesday.

Johnson began the season on the 15-day DL with a right lat strain suffered in the latter stages of spring training.

Here’s what happened down in the Orioles’ farm system on Tuesday…

* Adam Russell gave up three earned runs in 2 1/3 innings as Triple-A Norfolk lost to Louisville 8-2

* Henry Urrutia went 4-for-4 with two home runs and Steven Bumbry’s homer in the ninth lifts Double-A Bowie past Harrisburg 6-5

* Zane Chavez hit a two-run walk-off home run in the 10th to propel Single-A Frederick over Lynchburg 7-6

* Matt Taylor gave up one earned run in two innings as Single-A Delmarva lost to West Virginia 7-5

The Orioles announced Tuesday that they have reinstated catcher Taylor Teagarden from the 15-day disabled list and designated catcher Chris Snyder for assignment.

Teagarden, 29, was placed on the DL on April 28 with a dislocated left thumb. He has appeared in four games for the Orioles this season, going hitless in 13 at-bats. He threw out one of two attempted base stealers.

Snyder, 32, went 2-for-17 in six games with the Orioles. The club went 4-1 in his five starts.