There are many holes on the Baltimore Orioles current roster. One of those holes is at shortstop. Rule-Five selection Richie Martin enters play Friday with a less than impressive .195/.254/.301 slash line with just four home runs and 13 RBI’s.
As a rule-five selection, the Orioles must keep Martin on the 25-man roster for the entire season to prevent returning him to the Oakland Athletics. Though Martin has great potential as a former MLB Draft first-round pick of the A’s he has done nothing to prove this season he is the Orioles shortstop of the future.