If there was any player on the Orioles in line for a season to forget in 2020, Hanser Alberto seemed to fit the bill.
Nothing the 27-year-old did last year made sense. The career .192 hitter batted .305. He raked against left-handers. He never struck out, whiffing only 50 times in 524 at-bats after fanning 38 times in his previous 182. All of this from a player four franchises — including his current employer — gave up on.
Three of those instances occurred in the offseason and spring training before last year. The year he turned overnight into the quintessential contact hitter.