The Orioles added to their loaded high-minors outfield mix by adding Mason Williams on a minor league deal, the team announced Friday, and assigning him to Triple-A Norfolk.
Williams, the son of former New England Patriot Derwin Williams, was a former fourth-round pick of the New York Yankees and has played parts of four seasons with them the Cincinnati Reds.
A career .289 major league hitter, Williams was released by the Reds in mid-March and joins the Orioles presumably as cover for the injured Austin Hays, who suffered a thumb injury in minor league camp.