Minors
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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...
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November 19, 2020 at 7:00 am
Orioles’ prospect Gunnar Henderson impresses during his time at Bowie
For players drafted in 2019, losing the minor league experience this year was difficult. However, Gunnar Henderson tried to make the most of a challenging situation. Henderson, who’s the sixth-ranked Orioles prospect by MLB Pipeline, was the team’s second-round draft choice last year. The 19-year-old shortstop has played just 29 professional games...
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November 6, 2020 at 7:00 am
Major issues still exist for minor league baseball in 2021
Five weeks after expiration of the operating agreement between Major and Minor League Baseball, there’s still no clarity on what the minor leagues will look like in 2021 and beyond. It is clear that the minor leagues will shrink. The Appalachian League, which the Orioles haven’t had an affiliate in since 2010,...
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6.5K7October 22, 2020 at 7:00 amOrioles outfielder Zach Jarrett has the drive of his Hall of Fame father, Dale
Zach Jarrett hasn’t played competitive baseball since September 2019, and it’s been a hard year. The 25-year-old, who was the 28th-round draft...
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October 6, 2020 at 7:00 am
Next year is uncertain for Orioles’ minor league teams, too
The lost season for minor league baseball has led to questions about its future. On September 30th, the agreement between Major League Baseball and its minor leagues expired, and no one knows what’s next. For nearly a year, there’s been talk that MLB wants to downsize the minors, eliminating short season leagues...
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October 5, 2020 at 2:41 pm
Rutschman, Hall, Rodriguez report to Orioles’ Instructional League; Kjerstad not attending
Fifty-five Orioles minor leaguers, including last year’s overall No. 1 pick, catcher Adley Rutschman, are reporting to the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota, Florida on Monday for Instructional League. The Instructional League will run until the last week of October. Rutschman, who spent the summer at the Orioles’ alternate site at...
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September 4, 2020 at 7:00 am
Orioles left-hander Brian Gonzalez hopes relief role will help him move up
In spring training 2014, the Orioles signed Ubaldo Jimenez and Nelson Cruz as free agents. As a result, the team lost its first two draft picks, and its first selection didn’t come until the third round. Third-round draft picks on contending clubs don’t usually get much notice, but the Orioles decided to...
