The Baltimore Orioles on Monday referred to as up superutilityman Connor Norby, the most recent standout prospect to hitch top-of-the-line groups in baseball.
Norby, 23, has performed second base and each corner-outfield spots this 12 months at Triple-A, the place he hit .286/.374/.510 with 9 dwelling runs and 36 RBIs. He’s the most recent high Orioles prospect to get referred to as up this season, becoming a member of Jackson Holliday (No. 2 on Kiley McDaniel’s up to date high 50), Heston Kjerstad (No. 47) and Kyle Stowers. Each Holliday and Kjerstad have since been despatched again to the minors.
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Ought to Norby fill in at second base for Jorge Mateo, who was hit within the head Sunday by a Cedric Mullins swing within the on-deck circle and entered concussion protocol, Norby might fill out a totally homegrown Orioles infield. It might additionally characteristic Adley Rutschman at catcher, Ryan Mountcastle at first base, Gunnar Henderson at shortstop and Jordan Westburg at third.
Mateo was positioned on the 7-day concussion injured record Monday.
The Orioles selected Norby out of East Carolina within the second spherical of the 2021 draft, and he has achieved nothing however hit within the minor leagues.
In Norby’s first full season in 2022, he hit 29 dwelling runs whereas ascending from Excessive-A to Triple-A, the place he spent all of 2023 and the primary 51 video games this season. The correct-handed-hitting Norby will have to be added to the Orioles’ 40-man roster earlier than formally becoming a member of the staff for its sequence in Toronto that begins Monday.
Baltimore, which at 37-20 owns the fourth-best report in baseball, is three video games behind the New York Yankees for first place within the American League East division.
