On June 17, 2018, Chance Sisco was in the Orioles’ starting lineup, got scratched from it with an illness and then was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk.
Sunday, a day before the anniversary of that demotion, Sisco was out of the Orioles’ starting lineup against Boston Red Sox left-hander Brian Johnson as part of a catching platoon with Pedro Severino. Sisco is hitting .273/.407/.682 in seven games since a call-up to Baltimore, recently serving as manager Brandon Hyde’s cleanup hitter against right-handed pitchers.
That’s a stark difference from where he was a year ago, when he made the Orioles’ Opening Day roster but got sent down in June hitting .