{"id":69174,"date":"2024-03-25T14:41:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=69174"},"modified":"2024-03-25T14:41:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:41:34","slug":"colton-cowser-opening-day-orioles-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/03\/25\/colton-cowser-opening-day-orioles-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles 2021 Draft Pick Cracks Opening Day Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a stellar spring, Colton Cowser<\/a>, Baltimore\u2019s No. 3 prospect<\/a> has made the Orioles Opening Day roster. Cowser found out that he made the team after the Orioles victory over the Twins on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The writing was on the wall after <\/span>the Orioles optioned outfielders<\/span><\/a> Heston Kjerstad<\/a> and Kyle Stowers<\/a> to Triple-A on Friday. He <\/span>was called up to the big leagues for the first time and debuted for the Orioles last July. But he returned to Norfolk after batting .115\/.286\/.148 with two doubles and four RBIs over 26 games. He did get called back up for two days in September but did not play and was left off the postseason roster.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 24-year-old outfielder had a strong campaign in the minors last season batting .300\/.417\/.520 in 87 games with the Norfolk Tides. Now he will get another shot at the big leagues when the season begins on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colton Cowser Makes Orioles Opening Day Roster<\/h2>\n

Cowser reported to spring training part of a crowded outfield looking to make the Opening Day roster. He batted .304\/.418\/.717 with a double, six home runs, and 13 RBI in 18 games this spring. Cowser\u2019s production at the plate and his ability to play all three outfield positions earned him a spot on the Orioles roster.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Orioles Grapefruit League finale, Cowser was asked while leaving the clubhouse how he felt about his Spring Training. \u201cI felt like the work was there, I felt like I had a really good spring,\u201d he said. \u201cWould like to cut up on some things, but overall I like the way I was aggressive, things like that. And then, yeah, I was just informed that I made the club.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

His plan to be successful in his second stint in the big leagues is to \u201cdo all the things I did in spring. Maybe not strike out as much,\u201d he said. Overall, he liked where he was at with his aggressiveness and his approach. Cowser likely will not open the season with a regular spot in the Orioles lineup. He will be the Orioles fourth outfielder behind Baltimore\u2019s trio of starters <\/span>Austin Hays<\/a>, <\/span>Cedric Mullins<\/a>, and <\/span>Anthony Santander<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cColton\u2019s really, I think, improved his standing with anyone that\u2019s watched him,\u201d Orioles general manager Mike Elias said Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colton will get to run down the orange carpet for his first career Opening Day on Thursday at Camden Yards.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be cool. I\u2019m going to soak it in,\u201d Cowser said. \u201cAnd then, I\u2019m going to do whatever it takes to stay up there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Photo: \u00a9 Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a stellar spring, Colton Cowser, Baltimore\u2019s No. 3 prospect has made the Orioles Opening Day roster. Cowser found out that he made the team after the Orioles victory over the Twins on Sunday. The writing was on the wall after the Orioles optioned outfielders Heston Kjerstad and Kyle Stowers to Triple-A on Friday. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4975,"featured_media":69180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1071],"tags":[2824,3368,5113,3640],"class_list":["post-69174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-orioles","category-mlb","tag-anthony-santander","tag-austin-hays","tag-cedric-mullins","tag-heston-kjerstad"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}