I know the fact that J.P. Arencibia spent spring training and the first part of the 2015 season in the Baltimore Orioles’ organization slipped my mind coming into this series. Arencibia, who has spent most of his career with the Toronto Blue Jays, was at first assigned to triple-A Norfolk. He was injured in spring training, and was eventually released.
Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times wrote a very interesting article surrounding that very topic early this morning (linked here). Read for yourself and come to your own conclusion. Topkin’s a great writer and very well respected around baseball.