Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he plans to hand a major league debut to outfield prospect and former top pick DJ Stewart on Wednesday, another step in fulfilling the team’s vow to go young over the last few months of the season and look to the future.
Those claims were drastic when the Orioles’ brass made them in trading away five former All-Stars — Manny Machado, Zach Britton, Darren O’Day, Brad Brach and Jonathan Schoop — plus former first-round pick Kevin Gausman, and because they were made in the best interest of the club long-term, they were largely accepted.