Orioles all-23 team

[now]

With the Sisco kid and Santander making the roster, and Cortes and Castro on the cusp, that's an unusual youth movement of four 23-year-olds at once. And the next cohort of the same age is not far behind: Mullins, Hays, Scott (okay, 23.6), and Harvey. Reinforcements for them are looking strong too: Akin, Sedlock, Liranzo, Rifaela.

Who says rebuilding and contending can't coexist?

Let's see how they stack up by position:

C - Sisco
DH - Santander
LF - Rifaela
CF - Mullins
RF - Hays

SP - Harvey
SP - Akin
SP - Sedlock
S/R - Castro
S/R - Cortes
S/R - Scott
S/R - Liranzo

Must be spring... Love those baby birds! 

ps. using Roster Resource for ages, 22.6 - 23.6.

[mdbdotcom]

Sisco.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, mdbdotcom said:

Sisco.

Can't we just nickname him Cisco and have everybody be right?

[mdbdotcom]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Can't we just nickname him Cisco and have everybody be right?

Wieters says, "No."

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, mdbdotcom said:

Wieters says, "No."

He already had a nickname.  So unless Buck calls Sisco "Chancey" in the next week we should be in the clear.

[El Gordo]

45 minutes ago, mdbdotcom said:

Wieters says, "No."

Call him El Cid

[now]

Sorry, sorry... in the midst of researching the early 50s, unconsciously thinking of the TV series, The Cisco Kid. So, along the same line of thought, notable 23-year-old Baby Birds I see in that era include only:

1954 Bob Turley

1956 Billy O'Dell

...okay, end of flashback. Back to admiring the current fledglings...

[MDtransplant757]

How about Crisco? 

[Daddy-O's]

11 hours ago, MDtransplant757 said:

How about Crisco? 

That will never stick.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Daddy-O's said:

That will never stick.

I don't know, a lot of nicknames involve a shortening.

[now]

In the spirit of getting this thread back on track...  here are some other notable members of the Orioles 23-club through the years. 

1954 Bob Turley
1956 Billy O'Dell
1957 Tito Francona
1960 Brooks Robinson
1961 Ron Hansen, Steve Barber, Chuck Estrada
1962 Milt Pappas, Jack Fisher
1965 Boog Powell, Darold Knowles
1966 Andy Etchebarren, Davey Johnson, Dave McNally (that championship team also featured starters Powell, 24, and Blefary and Blair, 22; plus in the rotation, Palmer, 20, and Bunker, 21)!
1967 Curt Blefary, Paul Blair, Mark Belanger, Jim Hardin, Frank Bertaina, Marcelino Lopez
1968 Wally Bunker
1969 Jim Palmer
1970 Terry Crowley
1971 Don Baylor
1973 Enos Cabell, Don Hood
1974 Rich Coggins, Doyle Alexander, Wayne Garland
1976 Rich Dauer
1977 Dennis Martinez, Scott McGregor
1979 Eddie Murray 
1980 Dave Ford
1984 Cal Ripken
1985 Storm Davis
1987 Jeff Ballard
1988 Billy Ripken, Craig Worthington, Bob Milacki (25 IP, 9 H!)
1990 David Segui, Pete Harnisch, Gregg Olson, Curt Schilling
1991 Ben McDonald
1992 Mike Mussina
1993 Arthur Rhodes
1994 Jeffrey Hammonds
1996 Armando Benitez
1999 Jerry Hairston, B.J. Ryan
2000 Sidney Ponson, Ryan Kohlmeier
2001 Brian Roberts, Larry Bigbie
2002 Jorge Julio
2004 Daniel Cabrera
2005 Chris Ray
2006 Nick Markakis, Garrett Olson, Adam Loewen, Radhames Liz
2009 Matt Wieters, Adam Jones, Brad Bergesen
2010 Brian Matusz
2011 Zach Britton, Chris Tillman
2014 Kevin Gausman
2015 Jonathan Schoop
2016 Manny Machado, Dylan Bundy

2018 candidates: Chance Sisco, Anthony Santander, Nestor Cortes, Miguel Castro, Cedric Mullins, Austin Hays, Tanner Scott, Hunter Harvey

I find it an interesting exercise, though I don't know if any value can be gained from it. Age 23 represents a fairly advanced young player as a starter or main contributor. It is inspiring to see how much the youth contributed to the 1966-67 squads that began the Orioles dynasty of the 60s-70s. The 1988/90 and 2006/09 squads, a somewhat lesser glimpse of the brighter years to come six years later, in each case.