It doesn’t hurt to give Ryan Mountcastle a shot at making the 2019 Opening Day Roster for the Baltimore Orioles. This is the time for Mike Elias and Brandon Hyde to see who will be part of the winning tradition in the next few years, and Mountcastle could be one of them.
The Orioles need someone to play third base and Mountcastle fits the bill. It wouldn’t be totally out of the question for them to sign a free agent third baseman until Mountcastle is ready for the big leagues, but the Orioles have nothing to lose.