{"id":83492,"date":"2024-08-18T23:02:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T03:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=83492"},"modified":"2024-08-18T23:02:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T03:02:54","slug":"marlins-call-up-connor-norby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/18\/marlins-call-up-connor-norby\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins Call Up Top Prospect Acquired at Trade Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Sunday night, the Miami Marlins revealed they are calling up infielder Connor Norby, per beat reporter Isaac Azout. Norby was acquired from the Baltimore Orioles at the trade deadline in exchange for starting pitcher Trevor Rogers. The Marlins also acquired outfielder Kyle Stowers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/30\/trevor-rogers-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">trade for Rogers<\/a>. Stowers made his major league debut in 2022 and has since been in and out of the majors. Stowers has already played in 16 games with the Marlins. In those games, he has had five hits and three walks.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking: The Miami Marlins are calling up INF Connor Norby.<\/p>\n<p>Norby has slashed .263\/.300\/.368 in 13 games with Triple-A Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Isaac Azout (@IsaacAzout) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsaacAzout\/status\/1825339121180586221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>Marlins Call Up Infielder Connor Norby\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connor Norby was drafted in 2021 by the Baltimore Orioles in the second round. He has spent the four past seasons in the minors, making his major league debut earlier this year before being sent back down. In 2023 while with Triple-A Norfolk, he slashed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.290\/.359\/.483 with 40 doubles, 21 homers, and 10 steals. He finished tied for fourth in all the minors in both hits and doubles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This season, the Orioles called him up <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after Jorge Mateo entered concussion protocol.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> However, he only lasted nine games in the majors, where he had a .188 average with two home runs.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> After he was sent back down, he began to rake in Norfolk.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The righty slashed .297\/.389\/.519 with 16 homers and 21 doubles in 80 games. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the time he was traded, he was\u00a0ranked as Baltimore\u2019s No. 5 prospect by MLB Pipeline. In addition,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Norby led Baltimore\u2019s farm system in combined homers over the past two seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">3-hit night for Connor Norby vs. 3 different pitchers <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/boHIEbroFZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/boHIEbroFZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fish On First (@FishOnFirst) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FishOnFirst\/status\/1821005874279669903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far in his time with the Marlins organization, he has been playing with the Triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. Here he has slashed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.263\/.300\/.368 and had 16 hits in 13 games. Norby is a young, powerful hitter who can be a cornerstone in the Marlins franchise. Hopefully, he can bring some offensive life back to Miami&#8217;s lineup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Reggie Hildred-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday night, the Miami Marlins revealed they are calling up infielder Connor Norby, per beat reporter Isaac Azout. Norby was acquired from the Baltimore Orioles at the trade deadline in exchange for starting pitcher Trevor Rogers. The Marlins also acquired outfielder Kyle Stowers in the trade for Rogers. 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