The Baltimore Orioles made a slew of roster strikes on Tuesday as they proceed to cut back their headcount forward of Opening Day. Essentially the most notable of these transactions noticed the Orioles demote infielder Coby Mayo to Triple-A, the identical stage at which he is spent a lot of the previous two seasons. Maybe predictably, Mayo took the chance to precise his disappointment with the state of affairs.
“It undoubtedly is tough,” Mayo advised reporters, together with the Baltimore Banner. “It clearly sucks since you really feel such as you’ve confirmed every little thing you have wanted to. Generally it does not really feel prefer it’s fairly sufficient. Clearly, you return there and in case you have success, it is: ‘Oh, he is purported to have success as a result of he is already confirmed it,’ and if he does not have success, it is, ‘Oh, effectively, clearly he is fallen off.’ It is type of a lose-lose going to Norfolk.”
Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde used Mayo’s criticism to reward his remaining roster.
“That is what occurs when you’ve good groups. Good groups possibility gamers that they like,” he advised reporters, together with the Baltimore Solar. “Extra reps at Triple-A, we really feel like that is what he wants proper now.”
Not everybody will take kindly to Mayo publicizing his frustration, but it surely’s price remembering that he is a 23-year-old who’s in an uncommon predicament. In 151 Triple-A video games, he is hit .279/.376/.543 with 34 residence runs — marks that might earn him a sure spot on most big-league rosters. Sadly for him, there are a couple of forces working in opposition to him establishing the identical high quality of foothold in Baltimore.
Amongst these: the Orioles’ congested infield depth chart — they’ve extra proficient infielders than spots — and his personal current struggles. To wit, Mayo posted a .293 OPS throughout 17 video games after debuting final season in The Present. He then adopted that up this spring by hitting .190/.232/.262 in 17 exhibition contests.
That mixture means, regardless of how annoying it’s, that Mayo will now head again to his acquainted minor-league hang-out with the hopes of hitting his means again into the majors.
