As a dreary season draws to a close for the Orioles, it’s a good time to look backwards and ahead with an eye to better baseball. There’s a crop of prospects banging on the door, and at the major-league level, people whose auditions for the 2022 season are worthy of attention.
Last night’s improbable, come-from-behind win over the Yankees featured big contributions from several of this season’s most valuable O’s: a 2-for-4 night from Cedric Mullins; a life-giving solo blast from Ryan Mountcastle; two scoreless, hitless innings from Cole Sulser; the game-winning walk-off single from “Action” Austin Hays.