Official Site of the Orioles · Jan 14, 2016
Givens a Bird on the rise
2016 MLB Rookie Career Development Program: Orioles prospect Mychal Givens discusses his successful transition from infielder to pitcher"[It's] just a journey, just going through the Minor Leagues as a shortstop, that didn't work out. And they gave me a new, second life to be a pitcher," said Givens, speaking at the MLB/MLBPA's Rookie Career Development Program in Virginia over the weekend. "And I took that as God's gift to be able to still play baseball. So I took it and ran with it."
Even Givens, Baltimore's second-round pick in the 2009 Draft, wasn't expecting to reach the Majors so soon.