I have been reciting this same mantra since Mike Elias, Sig Mejdal and ultimately Brandon Hyde took their respective seats in the O's hierarchy: 2019 needs to be about finding several players who can be part of the solution "beyond the rebuild." Here's a sampling of observations from the weekend in Sarasota:
1. Chance Sisco: He was drafted by the O's with a second-round pick back in 2013. Since then, all he has done is speak with his bat. Sisco hit .306/.386/.420 with 28 home runs throughout parts of six minor league seasons.
But his catching skills have been sketchy at best. Under former manager Buck Showalter and catching whisperer John Russell, that was never going to fly. So, when Sisco broke camp with the big club in 2018, they thought they had fixed one important aspect of his catching: controlling the opponents' running game.
