From floundering minor league shortstop to legitimate late-inning arm, the Orioles may have found a gem in Mychal Givens this season.
The emergence of Mychal Givens as a dominant force in the Orioles bullpen may prove to be one of the shining lights in a 2015 season that was largely a disappointment for Baltimore. And to think that he started his professional career as a light-hitting shortstop.
Back in 2009, Givens was a second-round selection out of Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. In his first season of professional baseball (2010) he played at four different levels, finishing up at High-A Frederick as a 20-year-old.