As a host of young outfielders who many feel are significant parts of the Orioles' future took the spotlight during spring training, a holdover who has struggled to hold down a major league spot the last two years has played himself to the cusp of recasting himself as a major league regular.
Joey Rickard, the one-time Rule 5 pick who was a spring training darling in his first year with the club in 2016 but eventually saw his playing time diminish over the ensuing three seasons, has been one of the team's best regular bats in spring training, mitigating some of the sting in the team not breaking camp with the likes of Austin Hays and Anthony Santander.