Baseball Is Ridiculous: Orioles Prospect Vance Honeycutt Has 4 Homers In His First 4 Spring Training At-Bats

Spring training stats don’t mean much.

But four home runs in four at-bats?

That’ll get people’s attention real quick.

Baltimore Orioles prospect Vance Honeycutt is doing exactly that, and suddenly one of baseball’s most toolsy young players is the talk of spring training.

Story Breakdown

Former North Carolina star Vance Honeycutt has started spring training by going 4-for-4 with four home runs in limited Grapefruit League action with the Baltimore Orioles.

Yes. Four swings. Four bombs.

One of those homers traveled 471 feet, which somehow went farther than a home run hit by Aaron Judge earlier the same day.

The crazy part is Honeycutt has only appeared in four games and had one plate appearance in each, and every single one left the yard.

As of that point in the spring, the list of players with four or more home runs looked like this:

Vance Honeycutt.

That’s it.

Which is pretty hilarious considering Honeycutt isn’t even technically part of the Orioles’ main big league camp roster.

He’s a 2024 first-round pick by Baltimore, taken 22nd overall after a monster college career at North Carolina.

And Tar Heels fans know exactly what this looks like.

Honeycutt went on these types of power tears all the time in college, finishing his UNC career as the program’s all-time home run leader with 65.

Reaction & Commentary

Now before Orioles fans start penciling him into the Opening Day lineup…

Let’s take a breath.

Honeycutt actually struggled in his first full professional season, hitting just .171 in 101 minor league games while adjusting to pro pitching.

So yes, four homers in four at-bats is electric.

But it’s also spring training.

Which means half the pitchers he’s facing are minor leaguers working on a new slider grip.

Still… you can’t ignore the raw tools.

Honeycutt has always been one of those players scouts describe the same way:

Elite defense.
Serious speed.
And massive power potential if the bat develops.

If that swing actually starts clicking consistently?

The Orioles may have a problem.

The good kind.

Final Take

No one hits four home runs in four at-bats by accident.

Even in spring training.

Is it sustainable?

Of course not.

But baseball fans love moments like this because they offer a glimpse of what a player could become.

And if Vance Honeycutt’s bat ever catches up to the rest of his tools, the Orioles might have just found their next electric center fielder.

For now though…

Four swings.

Four bombs.

That’s about as good a spring training introduction as you can have.