Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Activated off minor-league IL
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Stowers (nose) was activated from the injured list Friday at Triple-A Norfolk, Steve Melewski of MASNSports.com reports.
Stowers only wound up missing a couple of weeks because of a fractured nose. The 25-year-old outfielder has struggled in limited action this season at the major-league level but carries a .942 OPS with 18 homers and 51 RBI in 67 minor-league games.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Suffers fractured nose
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Triple-A Norfolk placed Stowers on its 7-day injured list Wednesday due to a fractured nose, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.
Stowers took a pitch to the face Tuesday in Norfolk's win over Worcester. Given the timing and severity of the injury, Stowers' season could very well be over. The 25-year-old outfielder went 2-for-30 (.067 average) between two different stints with the Orioles back in April and May, but he was sporting a respectable .849 OPS through 60 games this season with Norfolk.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Active at Triple-A
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Stowers (shoulder) was activated from the injured list at Triple-A Norfolk and went 0-for-3 with two walks and one strikeout Friday against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Stowers hit .560 with four home runs in seven rehab games, split between the Florida Complex League and High-A Aberdeen. The 25-year-old outfielder hit .067 with a 36.4 percent strikeout rate in 33 plate appearances for the big club earlier this year. He may have missed his chance to carve out a role, as the big-league outfield is pretty crowded following the recent promotion of top prospect Colton Cowser.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Begins rehab assignment
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Stowers (shoulder) will begin a rehab assignment with the Orioles' Florida Complex League affiliate on Thursday, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.
Stowers has been on the injured list at Triple-A Norfolk for more than a month with right shoulder inflammation but is finally ready to test things out in a game situation. He should return to Norfolk's active roster soon, provided he has no setbacks.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Demoted to Triple-A
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The Orioles optioned Stowers to Triple-A Norfolk on Monday.
Stowers will head back to Norfolk after he went 2-for-26 with no extra-base hits and nine strikeouts over 11 games since being recalled April 30. The outfielder is batting just .067 over 30 at-bats this season with the Orioles and will look to get right with Norfolk before potentially returning to Baltimore later this season. Reliever Logan Gillaspie was called up from Triple-A on Monday and will replace Stowers on the 26-man roster.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Riding pine Saturday
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Stowers is not in Saturday's lineup against the Pirates.
Despite a righty (Roansy Contreras) being on the hill for Pittsburgh, Stowers will head to the bench while Ryan O'Hearn picks up a start at designated hitter. Stowers is 2-for-22 (.091 AVG) with zero home runs in 10 games since getting recalled from Triple-A on April 30.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Starting in right
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Stowers is starting in right field and batting ninth for the Orioles in Friday's game versus the Pirates, Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com reports.
Stowers is just 2-for-24 on the season and hitless in his last 14 at-bats, but the O's are still rolling him out there regularly against righties of late. He'll have to show something soon for that to continue.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Sitting against southpaw
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Stowers is not in the starting lineup Wednesday against the Rays, Nathan Ruiz of The Baltimore Sun reports.
Stowers will take a seat against left-hander Jalen Beeks on Wednesday. Anthony Santander will get the start in right field while Ryan O'Hearn will operate as the designated hitter.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: On bench versus lefty
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Stowers is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rays.
The lefty-hitting Stowers will head to the bench against Tampa Bay southpaw Shane McClanahan while Austin Hays and Anthony Santander occupy the corner spots in the Baltimore outfield in the series opener. Stowers has started in each of the Orioles' last five matchups with right-handed pitchers, but he's gone just 2-for-17 at the dish since receiving a call-up from Triple-A Norfolk. The 25-year-old could soon be in danger of losing hold of a strong-side platoon role.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Sent to minors
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The Orioles optioned Stowers to Triple-A Norfolk on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Stowers started in just one of the Orioles' first eight games, and because he still has some developmental upside, the organization wants to give him the chance to play on an everyday basis. He'll get the chance to do that as he returns to Norfolk. The Orioles activated catcher James McCann (oblique) from the 10-day injured list to fill the opening on the 26-man active roster.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Receives first start
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Stowers is in left field and batting sixth for the Orioles in Monday's game in Texas.
It's the first start of the season for Stowers, who had been limited to one pinch-hitting appearance which resulted in a strikeout. It had seemed like the 25-year-old was headed for a significant role between designated hitter and some starts in the outfield, but that hasn't come to fruition yet.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Not starting Saturday
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Stowers remains on the bench Saturday against Boston, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.
Stowers featured regularly down the stretch last season and seemed to have the chance to do the same at the start of this year, with the designated hitter spot his most likely home. Instead, the Orioles have rotated other regulars through the position, with Gunnar Henderson serving as the DH on Opening Day and Anthony Santander filling the role Saturday.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Decent start to spring
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Stowers has gone 5-for-13 with a double, two RBI, one run scored and a 3:3 BB:K across five Grapefruit League games.
Stowers did alright in his first taste of the majors last season, slashing .253/.306/.418 with three home runs, one triple, four doubles, 11 RBI and 11 runs scored across 98 plate appearances. The 25-year-old enters 2023 unlikely to win an outfield spot all to himself, but the lefty hitter should have a good chance to play a strong-side platoon role between designated hitter and the corner outfield positions.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Sitting in Game 1
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Stowers is not in the starting lineup for Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Blue Jays, Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com reports.
Stowers will get a breather after he went 0-for-3 with a strikeout in the first game of the series Monday. Anthony Santander will slide into the designated hitter spot while Ryan McKenna enters the lineup in left field and bats eighth in Game 1.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Slugs third career homer
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Stowers went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs scored Thursday against the Red Sox.
Stowers took Matt Strahm yeard in the seventh inning to tie the game and tally his third career homer. He's gone deep twice in his last nine starts, and he's also chipped in a .360 batting average with six RBI and six runs scored in that span. Stowers has been fairly impressive across the first 79 plate appearances of his career by maintaining a 99 wRC+.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Sitting against lefty
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Stowers isn't in the lineup Wednesday against Boston, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.
Stowers started the last three games but will get a breather with left-hander Rich Hill on the mound for the Red Sox on Wednesday. Anthony Santander is taking over in left field and batting third.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Three-hit effort in win
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Stowers went 3-for-5 with a triple, two RBI and a run scored in Monday's 14-8 win over the Red Sox.
Stowers' RBI triple in the third inning was the first three-bagger of his major-league career. He also added an RBI single in the fifth. The rookie outfielder has hit .300 (12-for-40) in September, and he's posted a .268/.316/.408 slash line with two home runs, nine RBI, nine runs scored and a pair of doubles across 76 plate appearances in the majors this year.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: Drives in three runs
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Stowers went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored in Wednesday's 8-1 victory over Detroit.
With the Orioles already up 3-0 and a runner on base in the sixth inning, Stowers took Matt Manning deep to center for his second long ball of the season and extended the lead to five. He also singled in a run in the eighth inning to give him three RBI on the night. The productive performance helps the rookie's case for increased playing time, but it remains unlikely he plays every day to close the season.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: On outs for everyday role
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Stowers is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Guardians.
Stowers is sitting for the third time in four games, and he looks like he'll be the odd man out for a regular spot in the Baltimore lineup with the Orioles bringing up top prospect Gunnar Henderson from Triple-A Norfolk on Wednesday to make his MLB debut. With Henderson projected to see most of his opportunities at third base, Ramon Urias could end up seeing more starts at designated hitter while Anthony Santander holds down an everyday role in the outfield alongside Austin Hays and Cedric Mullins.
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Orioles' Kyle Stowers: First MLB homer
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Stowers went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Thursday's 4-3 extra-innings win over the White Sox.
The 24-year-old hit his first career major-league home run off Liam Hendriks to tie the game with two outs in the ninth inning. Since getting called up from Triple-A Norfolk on Aug. 19, Stowers has gone 3-for-17 (.176) over five games. In addition, he has struck out seven times during that span and has not yet recorded a walk in his brief big-league career.
