Labor Day traditionally marks the end of the minor league regular season, at least, with those teams lucky enough to make the playoffs rolling on into September.
But this year, there’s plenty more baseball to be played: two weeks at the lower levels and four more at Triple-A, where Norfolk will be used to get some of the team’s top prospects a little extra game action before they break for the winter and the players return with designs at the big leagues in 2022.
One of those players might not have been on that radar earlier this season, but is now: outfielder Kyle Stowers.