The Orioles optioned Christian Walker to Triple-A Norfolk on Saturday, with mandate that the team’s International League affiliate makes the natural first baseman its everyday left fielder.
With a glut of first baseman already on the major league roster, the organization sees left field as a way to get Walker’s powerful right-handed bat in the lineup on a more regular basis, and his minor league work will help that along.
“It’s motivational,” Walker said. “I feel like any time something like this happens, it’s for an opportunity. You can’t obviously predict the future or anything like that, but I’m just going to work on picking it up as quick as I can and playing my game and hopefully the rest falls into place.