Ryan Mountcastle

BIOGRAPHY

Ryan Mountcastle was born February 18, 1997, in Winter Springs, Florida. He is a first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles in the MLB.

MLB.com ranked Mountcastle as Baltimore's third best prospect going into the 2018 season. He spent 2018 with Bowie, slashing .297/.341/.464 with 13 home runs and 59 RBIs in 102 games. In 2019, Mountcastle spent the season with the Norfolk Tides, and switched to first base. After slashing .312/.344/.527 with 25 home runs and 83 RBIs over 127 games, he was named the International League Most Valuable Player. Following the season, he was added to the Orioles 40–man roster.

On August 21, 2020, Mountcastle was promoted to the major leagues and made his MLB debut same day. On August 23, 2020, Mountcastle had his first major league hit against the Boston Red Sox in the bottom of the 2nd inning. On August 30, he hit his first MLB home runs. On the season for Baltimore, Mountcastle slashed .333/.386/.492 with 5 home runs and 23 RBI.

Mountcastle returned to Baltimore for the 2021 season as their starting first baseman and also spent time in left field and as their designated hitter. On June 7, 2021, Mountcastle was named American League Player of the Week, after hitting safely in all six games he played in, and going 11-for-24 (.458) with four home runs, three doubles, ten RBIs and a 1.563 OPS. On June 19, Mountcastle had his first career three-home run game against the Toronto Blue Jays, launching two off of Toronto starter Alek Manoah and one off of reliever Anthony Kay. Over 144 games for the season, he slashed .255/.309/.487 with 33 home runs, 89 RBIs, and 23 doubles. His 33 home runs were the most ever by an Orioles rookie, and he led the major leagues in home runs by a rookie.

In 2022, Mountcastle batted .250/.305/.423 with 22 home runs and 85 RBIs in 145 games.

On April 11, 2023, Mountcastle tied an Orioles record with nine RBIs in a 12–8 win over the Oakland Athletics.