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The incumbent at the hot corner could face internal competition throughout the 2020 season.

The Orioles and Rio Ruiz needed each other in 2019. The former was without a third baseman, and the latter had run out of chances with his previous club. It was a marriage of convenience. One that didn’t bear much fruit for either in their first year together.

Ruiz was manager Brandon Hyde’s preferred option at the hot corner for most of last summer. The...

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