The Triple-A Norfolk Tides have had one of many minors’ greatest lineups all season. Even because the Orioles pull from it to spice up theirs, they proceed to refill these holes with extra prime prospects.
Baltimore is selling third baseman Coby Mayo and right-hander Chayce McDermott from Double-A Bowie to Norfolk, a supply with information of the group’s plans confirmed to The Baltimore Sun.
By sending Mayo — a 21-year-old who Baseball America ranks as Baltimore’s No. 9 prospect — to Norfolk, the Orioles add to a Tides lineup that misplaced infielder Jordan Westburg and outfielder Colton Cowser after they have been promoted to the majors in latest weeks.
This 12 months at Bowie, Mayo hit .310 with 17 dwelling runs and a 1.036 OPS. He was named the Eastern League’s and the Orioles’ minor league Player of the Month for June after batting .340 with eight dwelling runs within the month. Mayo, Baltimore’s fourth-round choose within the 2020 draft, joins outfielder/first baseman Heston Kjerstad and infielder César Prieto as notable hitting prospects who’ve gone from Bowie to Norfolk this 12 months.
McDermott, 24, was one among two pitchers the Orioles acquired final August within the three-team commerce that despatched Trey Mancini to the Houston Astros. In 16 outings (14 begins) for Bowie, McDermott posted a 3.56 ERA over 68 1/3 innings, putting out 88 batters. Baseball America ranks him because the Orioles’ No. 15 prospect, fourth amongst pitchers behind Grayson Rodriguez, DL Hall and Cade Povich. Right-hander Seth Johnson, recovering from Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgical procedure after being acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays within the Mancini commerce, is the group’s No. 17 prospect.
Mayo and McDermott be part of one of many minors’ greatest groups and are actually presumably positioned to assist one of many majors’. Holding the American League’s second-best document on the All-Star break, the Orioles are chasing their first playoff berth since 2016.
MASNSports.com was first to report the promotions.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com