One of the Orioles’ trades July 31 sent All-Star second baseman Jonathan Schoop to the Milwaukee Brewers. The second, for Kevin Gausman and Darren O’Day’s contract, brought back a young right-handed hitter from the Atlanta Braves in Jean Carlos Encarnacíon, who Low-A Delmarva manager Buck Britton can’t help but see a little bit of Schoop in.
“He’s a presence,” Britton said before Tuesday’s Shorebirds washout with the Rome Braves. “He does some things we don’t have. …He hit a home run the other night that was an absolute missile of a home run.