Many questions have surrounded Baltimore Orioles prospect Ryan Mountcastle since he became a first-round pick back in 2015, but the bat hasn’t been one of them. A career .294 hitter across 509 minor league games, Mountcastle has remained steady at the plate, while switching positions numerous times as the organization tries to find a home for their fourth-ranked prospect, 68th in all of baseball.
Now wrapping up his first full season in Triple-A with the Norfolk Tides, Mountcastle is closing in on two Norfolk records and finds himself in the conversation for winning the International League’s Player of the Year Award.