Kyle Stowers 2024

[OriolesMagic83]

4 minutes ago, Brian88 said:

Maybe he saw the thread title

Not likely.  The likelihood of a post being about the OP goes down dramatically after about the 10th page.

[sportsfan8703]

9 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Not likely.  The likelihood of a post being about the OP goes down dramatically after about the 10th page.

I do think Stowers has a greater than 0 chance of being on our OD roster next year. 

Mayo replaces Urias

Stowers replaces Santa

Holliday replaces Mateo

Basallo replaces McCann(probably another C for a bit)

[Sports Guy]

17 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Not likely.  The likelihood of a post being about the OP goes down dramatically after about the 10th page.

Between this being a Stowers thread and him talking about it how Stowers reminds him of Scott, I was able to figure it out.

[casadeozo]

I will say and it's not said enough, I feel genuinely bad for players like Stowers and Norby.

Both were drafted fairly high, and have done nothing in the minors but hit. In any other organization they would have made the major league club out of spring training, but here they spend 80% of their season toiling away at a level they've long since graduated to get a call up to site on the bench primarily only to be sent back down a few weeks later.

It has to be a true test of their psyche.

Edited Tuesday at 16:33 by casadeozo

[emmett16]

2 hours ago, casadeozo said:

I will say and it's not said enough, I feel genuinely bad for players like Stowers and Norby.

Both were drafted fairly high, and have done nothing in the minors but hit. In any other organization they would have made the major league club out of spring training, but here they spend 80% of their season toiling away at a level they've long since graduated to get a call up to site on the bench primarily only to be sent back down a few weeks later.

It has to be a true test of their psyche.

Pros and cons.   They could be on a crap team with crap development, get their MLB opportunity, and the fizzle out due to poor development.  It could be a lot worse.  I imagine they are pretty thankful for their opportunity to train with one of the best organizations in the league and will be better off for it in the long run. 

[RVAOsFan]

15 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

Pros and cons.   They could be on a crap team with crap development, get their MLB opportunity, and the fizzle out due to poor development.  It could be a lot worse.  I imagine they are pretty thankful for their opportunity to train with one of the best organizations in the league and will be better off for it in the long run. 

I was getting ready to reply with a similar comment.  Makes you wonder how all of our draft picks would be doing if they were being developed in our minor leagues 10-20 years ago. 

[OldNewGuy]

I think they envy Joey Ortiz. He was deemed not good enough for the Baltimore Orioles. He got  traded to a team where he  earned a chance to play at the big league level. Making over $700k this year. Probably will get a chance to play in the big league for a number of more years. I don't think Stowers and Norby are happier at Norfolk.