The 2020 season won’t soon be forgotten. There is something about playing a shortened schedule with altered rules and empty stadiums in the midst of a pandemic that tends to stick in people’s minds. Beyond that, however, this past summer may go down in Baltimore as the year that Ryan Mountcastle, Dean Kremer and Keegan Akin arrived on the major league scene.
Orioles fans should be excited about that trio. They each made positive first impressions and would seem set to be part of the organization’s next competitive roster. But it can’t stop there.