Minors
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May 11, 2021 at 9:37 pm
DL Hall dominates in home opener for Bowie Baysox
BOWIE, Md. — Orioles general manager Mike Elias sat in the top tier of Prince George’s Stadium, scouting a pair of top prospects for the rebuilding major league club. The Orioles hope the battery of left-hander DL Hall and catcher Adley Rutschman will be a key part of a renaissance for the...
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3.5K49May 10, 2021 at 7:00 amMinor Monday: DL Hall hopes to deliver in Bowie on the way to Baltimore
Orioles pitching prospect DL Hall has dazzled his coaches with a fastball that approaches 100 miles per hour. Now, he is showing...
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May 4, 2021 at 1:22 pm
Updates on Oriole prospects Kjerstad, Baumann, Akin; International presence growing
Heston Kjerstad, the Orioles’ top draft pick in 2020 and the second overall selection in the draft, is making progress after being treated for mydocarditis, an inflammation of the heart, according to Orioles director of development Matt Blood. Kjerstad, a 22-year-old outfielder, couldn’t participate in last October’s Instructional League in Sarasota, Florida,...
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May 3, 2021 at 2:47 pm
Orioles’ Rutschman excited to play baseball again: ‘A big part of my life was missing’
Adley Rutschman’s long wait is over. After a season without minor league baseball because of the pandemic, the Orioles’ top prospect and one of the highest ranked in the game, is ready to return to action. Rutschman, who last played for Low-A Delmarva in September 2019, will be the starting catcher for...
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3.8K33at 7:00 amOrioles’ top minor league prospects finally return to action on Tuesday
Matt Blood can feel the excitement. The Orioles’ director of player development is counting down the days to when the team’s minor...
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February 15, 2021 at 7:00 am
Learning about the new Orioles’ minor league world
The 2021 minor league season is shrouded in mystery. No schedules have been released, and it’s been known for a few weeks, at least that Double-A, High-A and Low-A leagues won’t be starting in early April. No start date has been pinpointed. To keep the number of players in Florida lower, minor...
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February 10, 2021 at 12:30 pm
Baseball America and The Athletic differ in their ranking of Orioles’ farm system
There’s no question that the Orioles’ minor league system has improved under executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias. The question is, how much? Two widely followed monitors of the minor leagues have different opinions on the Orioles in rankings released on Wednesday. According to Baseball America, the Orioles have the seventh-best minor...
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January 18, 2021 at 10:45 am
5 Orioles make Baseball America’s Top 100 list
The Orioles’ best prospects are getting more recognition. Five Orioles are listed among Baseball America’s Top 100 prospects. Catcher Adley Rutschman, the overall No. 1 draft choice in 2019, is second. Wander Franco, a shortstop in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, is the top prospect in baseball for the second straight year....
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January 4, 2021 at 7:00 am
A look inside the Orioles’ top 30 prospects
It’s common knowledge that the Orioles’ farm system is improving. MLB Pipeline has it rated as baseball’s eighth best. Baseball America ranks it 12th. MLB Pipeline compiles a list of each team’s top 30 prospects. Let’s look at the Orioles’ list and see how many could be contributing to the team in...
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December 9, 2020 at 12:59 pm
Orioles drop Frederick as affiliate, add Aberdeen as full-season team as part of new minor league setup
The long-awaited minor league restructuring is here, and the Orioles are ending their three-decade affiliation with Frederick and replacing it with Aberdeen. Frederick, which had been the Orioles’ longest-running affiliate in the High-A Carolina League, will move to the new Major League Baseball Draft League. The Keys had been affiliated with the...