In outrighting catcher Austin Wynns to Triple-A Norfolk on Monday, the Orioles removed yet another holdover from the previous regime from their 40-man roster. Those ranks are shrinking by the day.
Just five pitchers remain on the 40-man roster from when the front office turned over in the fall of 2018 — Alex Cobb, John Means, Hunter Harvey, Tanner Scott and Paul Fry. On the position player side now that Wynns has been removed from the roster, it’s Chance Sisco, Chris Davis, Trey Mancini, Anthony Santander, Austin Hays, DJ Stewart and Cedric Mullins who remain.
There’s been plenty of roster churn for the Orioles as they try to field a major league team while focusing most of their attention on the minor leagues, but that five of the 12 holdovers are outfielders despite there being little clarity about the future at those three positions says plenty about how the last two years have gone with that position group.