The move could give Baltimore a potential spark after a difficult sweep suffered in Houston against the Astros, in which the Orioles were outscored by 14 runs in three games.
The Orioles have six players spread between the big club and Norfolk capable of playing in an MLB outfield. Two prospects are on the cusp of joining that group.
If this is going to be the only year of Corbin Burnes in an Orioles uniform, Mike Elias has no choice. It's time to give up prospects and chase a World Series.
Tell Povich what he must do, and he’ll go do it. He’s a man who thrives on instruction, and it carried him through Nebraska and the minor leagues and now to the Orioles.
The Brewers’ Bryse Wilson suggested that the Orioles didn’t make the right call to trade Joey Ortiz, referring to him as a “generational player.” Fortunately for Baltimore, there’s a lot of those lying around.