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Orioles Sign Chris Owings To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | March 15, 2022 at 10:39am CDT

The Orioles announced Tuesday that they’ve signed veteran infielder/outfielder Chris Owings to a minor league pact and invited him to Major League camp.

Owings, 30, appeared in 21 games with the Rockies last season and turned in a huge .326/.420/.628 batting line in 43 plate appearances before a broken thumb required surgery and ended his season. He hit .268/.318/.439 in a similarly small sample with the Rox during 2020.

Solid as Owings’ output in Colorado was, he’s a career .243/.288/.372 hitter in just shy of 2400 plate appearances at the MLB level. Owings is plenty versatile, having logged at least 500 innings at both middle infield slots, in center field and in right field. He’s also tallied 181 frames at the hot corner.

The Orioles’ infield situation is more or less wide open. Rougned Odor is the favorite at second base after signing a Major League contract prior to the lockout, but Jahmai Jones and non-roster invitee Shed Long Jr. will get a look as well. Utilityman Ramon Urias and former top prospect Jorge Mateo are in the mix at shortstop, while former Nationals and Royals prospect Kelvin Gutierrez could get a look at third base. Infield prospect Rylan Bannon remains on the 40-man roster but had a rough showing in the minors last season that he’ll need to put behind him if he’s to force his way into the picture at second base or third base.

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  1. oriole

    3 years ago

    That’s a funny way to spell Carlos Correa

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    • Jcool90

      3 years ago

      Lol haha

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  2. stymeedone

    3 years ago

    After this long a rebuild, to not have a single long term player developed on the IF is sad. Mancini worked out, but could be leaving as a FA before anyone joins him.

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    • just_thinkin

      3 years ago

      Mancini is not included in this rebuild really.

      Mountcastle is a decent 1B coming from this rebuild, and Westburg and Hernderson are top 100 middle infield prospects who will crack the roster by 2023. Joey Ortiz is shooting up the prospect rankings as well. Plenty of guys about to pop.

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  3. Jim Carter

    3 years ago

    Orioles sign hitter with career batting average above .200! That’s your headline.

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  4. MLB-1971

    3 years ago

    The Oriels have the misfortune of being in a division with the Red Sox, Tampa, Toronto, and the Yankees. The CBA has changed the schedule so that each team will play all the other 29 teams with few divisional games as 76 (nearly half the entire season) is too many against the same 4 teams!! This was long, long, long overdue especially as the wild card is league wide.

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  5. Jason Calvert

    3 years ago

    Great pickup by Elias!

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  6. reakin1

    3 years ago

    And the elias reruns keep coming!

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