Orioles Place Ryan Mountcastle On 10-Day IL, Recall Coby Mayo

The Orioles introduced 4 roster strikes Saturday, together with the information that first baseman Ryan Mountcastle has been positioned on the 10-day injured listing resulting from a proper hamstring pressure.  High infield prospect Coby Mayo has been known as up from Triple-A Norfolk, and outfielder Jordyn Adams can also be heading up from Triple-A after his contract was chosen to Baltimore’s energetic roster.  To create house on the 40-man roster, catcher Chadwick Tromp was designated for project.

Mountcastle stole residence for what ended up because the profitable run within the Orioles’ 2-1 win over the White Sox yesterday, however the first baseman left the sport a few innings later resulting from what was described simply as discomfort in his hamstring.  The severity of the pressure isn’t but recognized, as interim supervisor Tony Mansolino informed reporters (together with Matt Weyrich of the Baltimore Sun) that Mountcastle can be present process an MRI immediately.

Like a lot of the Orioles roster, Mountcastle has gotten off to a tough begin in 2025, with only a .246/.280/.348 slash line to indicate for 200 plate appearances.  It’s a enormous dropoff from the widely stable (112 wRC+) manufacturing Mountcastle posted over his first 5 seasons as a daily within the O’s lineup.  Mountcastle has historically hit with sufficient energy to beat subpar stroll and strikeout totals, however whereas his barrel and barrel charges are at his profession norms, his Remoted Energy is simply .102 (far beneath his .185 profession quantity previous to 2025).

This IL stint could possibly be considered as a possible reset for Mountcastle’s season on this context, and his absence offers Mayo one other shot at establishing himself on the MLB stage.  Mayo has been known as up for a couple of restricted stints within the majors during the last two seasons, and has hit solely .094/.186/.094 over 59 PA towards huge league pitching.  Even these excessive struggles might be written off as a small pattern measurement, although Mayo’s domination of Triple-A pitching has additionally fallen off this 12 months, as he has a modest .226/.318/.452 slash over 195 PA in Norfolk.

It’s clearly far too quickly to write down off a participant who has gone from being a fourth-round decide within the 2020 draft to a fixture on top-100 prospect lists.  Mayo hasn’t gotten a lot taking part in time with Baltimore as a result of crew’s crowded infield, but maybe in monkey’s paw vogue, some alternative has now arisen as a result of Orioles’ disastrous begin and the swath of accidents which have taken out many of the on a regular basis lineup.

Mountcastle joins Jordan Westburg, Colton Cowser, Cedric Mullins, Tyler O’Neill, Gary Sanchez, and Ramon Laureano on the lengthy listing of Orioles place gamers on the IL.  Between this group and several other pitchers additionally sidelined, the Orioles haven’t been capable of make up the depth in stumbling to a 20-36 report.

Westburg and Cowser are each on Triple-A rehab assignments and could possibly be again in comparatively quick order.  With Mullins hitting the IL yesterday, nonetheless, the Orioles will shore up their outfield by including Adams, who inked a minor league contract with the crew over the offseason.

Adams has hit solely .212/.316/.345 in 136 PA at Triple-A this season, and his huge league observe report consists of a .176/.205/.216 slash line in 78 PA with the Angels over the 2023-24 seasons.  A former first-rounder who obtained some top-100 consideration throughout his time within the Halos’ farm system, Adams can play all three outfield positions, and is an honest bench choice to have readily available till Cowser returns.

Tromp was additionally a minor league signing in April, and he was chosen to the MLB roster earlier this week resulting from considerations that Adley Rutschman may need required a stint on the seven-day concussion-related IL.  Since Rutschman ended up needing simply a few days off and Maverick Handley is readily available because the backup catcher, Tromp will now head to DFA limbo after making two in-game appearances throughout his transient time on Baltimore’s roster.

Tromp has seen a minimum of a bit of motion in every of the final six MLB seasons, showing in 63 whole video games with the Giants, Braves, and Orioles from 2020-25.  Tromp is out of minor league choices, and thus the O’s needed to designate him and expose him to the waiver wire earlier than making an attempt to ship him all the way down to Triple-A.  If Tromp clears waivers, he can reject an outright project to Triple-A as a result of he has beforehand been outrighted in his profession.  It stays to be seen if Tromp might select to maneuver on from the Orioles given the crowded depth chart of Rutschman, Handley, and Sanchez, as Tromp might want to hitch a crew that has extra of a transparent path to huge league taking part in time.