3 Orioles players fighting for their futures ahead of 2024 season

Oct 10, 2023; Arlington, Texas, USA; Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jordan Westburg (11)
Oct 10, 2023; Arlington, Texas, USA; Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jordan Westburg (11) / Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
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Kyle Stowers

Stowers' swift and sudden fall from grace has been one of the bigger letdowns for the Orioles' system. After being ranked the organization's No. 8 prospect by MLB Pipeline in 2022 after a great 2021 season from High-A to Triple-A, he dipped his toes into major league waters and came out okay after 34 games, but he fell off Pipeline's radar entirely in 2023 and hit .067/.152/.067 in 14 major league games in April and May. He went unranked again in 2024 but still made it to Orioles spring training.

He's been hitting .263/.300/.737 in spring, with three home runs and five RBI. As an outfielder, he doesn't have Holliday to worry about fighting with, but he does have Kjerstad, Colton Cowser, Cedric Mullins, Anthony Santander, and Austin Hays potentially blocking his path to a full-time position with the Orioles. They clearly still have some amount of faith left in him, but if he can't give Baltimore some reason to give him more of a drive in the majors, he could be facing the life of an Orioles farmhand or a trade away from the organization altogether.

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