It’s a pledge Orioles manager Buck Showalter often makes, but when he made it Wednesday at the winter meetings, there was one key thing missing.
Showalter said he intended to use his bench more and get players off their feet, but as it turns out, he doesn’t have much of a bench to be used.
The eventual signing of an everyday right fielder would make either Hyun Soo Kim or Joey Rickard the bench outfielder, and there will be a second catcher to join Caleb Joseph. But outside of utility infielder Ryan Flaherty, the bench isn’t returning intact.