The Orioles’ quest for catching depth produced some of the wackiest offseason headlines. The Birds apparently made it their mission to compile as many catchers as possible, and at one point Baltimore had six (6!) catchers on the 40-man roster.
The peak of the story came when the Orioles claimed not one, but two Cincinnati catchers on the same day. The Reds elected to move on from Aramis Garcia and Mark Kolozsvary, but Baltimore said come on down!
This all took place at the beginning of the offseason before Baltimore needed to protect players from the Rule 5 draft.