Not all of the Baltimore Orioles' young core have lived up to expectations so far. For every Gunnar Henderson, there's a Jackson Holliday. While it's too early to write most of them off yet, one youngster is quickly arriving at a crossroads.
Things haven't gone as planned for Coby Mayo. During a short, 15-game stint in 2024, the youngster slashed an abysmal .098/.196/.098. It was not ideal, but the extremely small sample was nowhere near enough to draw any meaningful conclusions from.
But then, 2025 happened. Mayo struggled in spring training with a .501 OPS, which led to a demotion to Triple-A Norfolk, something he called a "lose-lose situation.