Several minutes before top pitching prospect Dylan Bundy was set to throw his first batting practice, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis crouched down with his bat and gestured to the 19-year-old Bundy.
After a tough 2011 season, Brian vwill make his Grapefruit League debut at Ed Smith Stadium on Monday, when the Orioles conclude a split-squad day by hosting the Pirates in a 7:05 p.m. ET game airing on MLB.TV.
Professional baseball rosters from Rookie ball to the Major Leagues are littered with high school phenoms and college standouts -- top-ranked prospects foreign to failure and players with such natural ability that the very notion of not being the best is a culture shock, to say the least.
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