The Baltimore Orioles have recalled outfielder Kyle Stowers from Triple-A Norfolk. They optioned outfielder Heston Kjerstad to Norfolk. Baltimore also reinstated outfielder Austin Hays from the injured list and designated outfielder Ryan McKenna for assignment. Stowers was sent down after Baltimore's Mother's Day game last year.
Kyle Stowers of the Orioles was sent down on Mother’s Day last year and then called up this year“I was optioned on Mother’s Day last year,” Stowers said Monday before Baltimore’s game against Toronto. “Being called up on Mother’s Day was just, you know, cool full-circle moment.”
Technically, the Orioles announced the move — both last year and this year — on the Monday after Mother’s Day. But Stowers said he found out Sunday he was headed back to Baltimore. The Orioles recalled him from Triple-A Norfolk and optioned outfielder Heston Kjerstad to Norfolk. Baltimore also reinstated outfielder Austin Hays from the injured list and designated outfielder Ryan McKenna for assignment.
Stowers has hit .240 with 11 home runs and 32 RBIs in 36 games at Triple-A this season. He made his big league debut in 2022, when he played 34 games for the Orioles. He played 14 in the majors last year. Stowers has batted .207 with three homers and 11 RBIs as a big leaguer. Kjerstad is one of four top-25 prospects — all position players — in Baltimore’s system, but finding room for them is a challenge for the Orioles, given the strength of their major league roster. Kjerstad, the No. 2 pick in the 2020 draft, has appeared in seven games for Baltimore this season, going 2 for 14 at the plate.
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