This article is part of the Know Your Orioles 40-man series, which features an article about each of the 38 players currently on the Orioles roster. There will be one every weekday until we run out of players.
Terms like ‘scrappy’ and ‘hard-nosed’ and ‘gritty’ get thrown around often when describing players. Maybe too much. These guys aren’t the biggest or the scariest, and their numbers usually don’t jump off the stat sheet. But they play with intensity and a chip on their shoulder, like today’s entry on our 40-man roster series, Ryan McKenna.
Whether that translates to a long and successful major league career is unknown.