This article is part of the Know Your Orioles 40-man series, which features an article about each of the 38 players currently on the Orioles roster. There will be one every weekday until we run out of players.
If you’d like to begin today’s Rylan Bannon discussion on a positive note, let’s give him this: for roughly two weeks last season, he was the most sensational hitter in baseball.
Bannon’s reign of destruction for Triple-A Norfolk kicked off Aug. 11 against the Memphis Redbirds, when he tagged Cardinals #15 prospect Angel Rondon for not one but two home runs en route to a Tides win.