Sisco, Hart honored as O’s top Minor Leaguers

BALTIMORE — The Orioles announced catcher Chance Sisco as their Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year and reliever Donnie Hart as their Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year. The players were honored on the field at Camden Yards before Saturday night’s game with the Rays.

Sisco, who played most of the season for Double-A Bowie, hit .320/.406/.422 with 28 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 44 RBI, and 53 runs scored over 112 games for the Baysox. An Eastern League midseason and postseason All-Star, Sisco’s .406 on-base percentage led the Eastern League.

“I was comparing some of his numbers, versus a guy like [Steve] Clevenger, who had a great Minor League hitting track record, and he’s doing it at a little bit younger age,” O’s manager Buck Showalter said of the 21-year-old. “All those guys who play that position, the question is going to be catch, call a game and throw. We’re excited about their progress.”

A second-round selection in the 2013 MLB Draft, Sisco is the O’s No. 2 prospect, according to MLBPipeline.com. He was promoted Sept. 1 to …

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