As Orioles manager Brandon Hyde surveys his outfield options this spring in Sarasota, Florida, he won’t exactly be looking at anyone new.
Everyone in the team’s outfield mix — and there are no bad candidates in a group featuring Anthony Santander, Ryan Mountcastle, Austin Hays, Cedric Mullins and DJ Stewart — has had some major league success, and that came after the Orioles’ front office made them spend more time in the minors than they might have liked.
In 2019, Stewart was one of the first cuts from big league camp, while Hays and Santander lit up spring training but were sent to minor league camp anyway to play at Triple-A Norfolk.