They call it informally the “Norfollk Shuttle” for a reason, because it runs so regularly between the upper levels of the Orioles minor league system and whereever the major league team is playing at the time.
It has been a thing for years, but it has been used so much lately it would make former manager Buck Showalter blush.
The day after the O’s flew in right-handed reliever Evan Phillips from Norfolk on Thursday and then dispatched both Phillips and left-hander Paul Fry back to the East Coast, the club announced the recall of left-hander Tanner Scott from Norfolk and right-hander Branden Scott from Double-A Bowie.