Under is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the Baltimore Orioles. Scouting stories had been compiled with info offered by business sources in addition to our personal observations. That is the fourth yr we’re delineating between two anticipated aid roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “place” column under: MIRP for multi-inning aid pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning aid pitchers. The ETAs listed typically correspond to the yr a participant needs to be added to the 40-man roster to keep away from being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Handbook changes are made the place they appear acceptable, however we use that as a rule of thumb.
A fast overview of what FV (Future Worth) means might be discovered right here. A a lot deeper overview might be discovered right here.
All the ranked prospects under additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the positioning provides that includes sortable scouting info for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan information from varied sources) than this text and integrates each group’s listing so readers can examine prospects throughout farm methods. It may be discovered right here.
Different Prospects of Word
Grouped by kind and listed so as of desire inside every class.
Energy Tasks
Aneudis Mordán, C/1B
Thomas Sosa, OF
Jake Cunningham, OF
Mordán is a extremely entertaining catcher/first baseman whose elaborate swing is designed to get each ounce of energy out of his little 5-foot-11 body. He lacks typical catcher dimension and must have a a lot faster change so as to have the arm energy for the place. Sosa is a big-framed lefty energy bat who has posted among the finest exit velos on this system, however he’s hanging out far too usually in A-ball to have important part prospect worth. Cunningham is a bodily righty-hitting outfielder who was Baltimore’s fifth rounder out of UNC Charlotte final yr; he’s additionally hanging out an excessive amount of in A-ball.
Arm Power Fliers
Juan De Los Santos, RHP
Luis Sánchez, RHP
Miguel Mesa, RHP
Levi Wells, RHP
Fermin Magallanes, RHP
Luis Beltrán, RHP
Adrián Delgado, RHP
This technique has about 80 pitchers who’ve touched 95 mph this yr. Everybody on this group has upper-90s arm energy however uncontrolled stroll charges. De Los Santos, 22, has been as much as 98 this yr with Aberdeen, and the pitch has heavy sink. He went on the IL a couple of days in the past. Sánchez is a 6-foot 21-year-old righty at Aberdeen who has been as much as 101. Mesa is a 21-year-old Dominican sinkerballer within the FCL who has touched 98. Wells was a 2023 fourth rounder out of Texas State (which has among the higher unis in faculty baseball) with a vertical arm slot. He’s had a velo spike in professional ball and has been as much as 97, simply with out strikes. Magallanes is a 6-foot-7 22-year-old who’s in his second DSL season. In his final outing previous to listing publication, he was sitting 95-97 with a low-80s break up. Beltrán is a 6-foot-4 20-year-old righty who has been sitting 95-96 within the DSL with a mid-80s slider and mainly no strikes. A classically projectable 6-foot-3 Venezuelan righty, the 19-year-old Delgado is sitting 95-97 in DSL aid however — you prepared? — he must throw extra strikes.
Just lately or Presently Injured
Kyle Brnovich, RHP
Zach Peek, RHP
Noah Denoyer, RHP
Brnovich and Peek have been hooked up on the hip for the final half decade as a result of they had been Angels draft picks who got here to Baltimore within the Dylan Bundy commerce. Brnovich has a fantastic changeup and double knuckle curveball, however his fastball velo has been somewhat lighter than it was earlier than coming off of TJ and he appears to be like to have a spot starter ceiling. Peek sits about 90 and has a superb curveball, however he’s handled a number of long-term accidents and is at present on the 60-day IL. Denoyer signed as an undrafted free agent after the Orioles had been impressed together with his stuff within the 2019 Northwoods League. His four-pitch combine incorporates a fastball that loved a two-tick bump within the two years earlier than he obtained damage. When wholesome, he sits 93-94 mph and can contact 96. Denoyer pitches backwards off his breaking balls to get forward, then finishes hitters with a mixture of excessive fastballs and diving splitters. He had TJ late in 2023 and we gained’t see him once more till 2025.
Rookie Degree Sleepers
Andy Fabian, LHP
Keeler Morfe, RHP
Jesús Palacios, RHP
Fabian is a statuesque, 6-foot-4 21-year-old lefty off to a dominant begin within the DSL. He makes use of an enormous open stride that appears to disorient hitters. His stuff isn’t nice on the floor (low-90s sinker, mid-70s curveball), but it surely’s robust to choose up the curveball out of hand and that’s sufficient to crush DSL guys. Morfe is somewhat man with enormous arm velocity whose fastball peaks within the mid-90s. He’s a supreme athlete repeating the DSL. Palacios is a 19-year-old righty specialist kind who’s peaking within the 94-95 mph vary on the advanced and throwing a whole lot of sliders.
Younger Infielders
Elvin Garcia, SS
Aron Estrada, UTIL
Anderson De Los Santos, 3B/1B
This group might additionally embody guys like Luis Almeyda, Braylin Tavera, or among the different current Baltimore high-profile signees, however they haven’t seemed excellent. Garcia is a projectable DSL infielder at a lean 6-foot-2. He can swing actually arduous however usually on the expense of contact. A toolsy switch-hitting utility man, there are scouts who liken Estrada to the Yankees Oswaldo Cabrera due to his switch-hitting bat velocity. Like Cabrera, Estrada is a messy infield defender. He swings arduous however with out actually monitoring the baseball. De Los Santos is a righty-hitting nook infielder who performs with large motor — typically somewhat an excessive amount of of 1, as he airmails throws he ought to pocket.
System Overview
They did it. That is actual. The Orioles are excellent because of coherent drafting and participant growth, and their farm system stays sturdy and deep sufficient to foretell that they’re going to be a contender for some time. The key league membership is at present reaping the advantages of the org’s current traditionally nice methods, and one way or the other there are nonetheless 4 prime 30 prospects and a dozen extra good function gamers on this iteration. The overwhelming majority of Orioles prospects who challenge to have on a regular basis futures (or near it) are on the place participant aspect, whereas the system’s depth is in its pitching. An issue contending groups usually have to unravel so as to be sustainably nice is how one can hold the pitching flowing whereas their place participant core is in place. The Orioles aren’t going to have that downside. There are such a lot of attention-grabbing pitchers on this system that it was robust to incorporate all of them. There’s an org we’re conscious of whose scouts want to put in writing a full report on a participant if he touches 95 in entrance of them. In the event you’re a scout from that group protecting Baltimore, you’ve needed to write up greater than 80 pitchers based mostly on their peak velo alone. The retaining wall of arms is robust within the higher ranges, giving the Orioles the pitching depth to contend amid accidents.
The majority of this technique is made up of home draftees, and despite the fact that the group has elevated its presence within the worldwide market in comparison with what it as soon as was (and despite the fact that they nabbed Samuel Basallo in 2021), they nonetheless have one of many smallest footprints in Latin America. The Orioles have favored choosing place gamers within the early rounds of the beginner draft in recent times, however they’ve achieved effectively at buying pitching prospects by way of commerce, as seen with guys like Cade Povich, Chayce McDermott, and Seth Johnson.
We’re already seeing most of the prime prospects on this listing dip their toes in large league waters to various levels of success, however there’s loads much less to dream on within the decrease ranges of this technique than in years previous, partially as a result of among the current worldwide signees have underwhelmed. Whereas the lower-level expertise is a bit lackluster at present, gamers like Jackson Baumeister, Juan Nuñez, and Leandro Arias have a number of intriguing qualities. As a result of Baltimore’s participant dev is so good, anybody with attention-grabbing traits within the decrease ranges must be monitored as a result of they could enhance shortly and change into all of the sudden related.
This is likely one of the finest handful of farm methods in baseball and the envy of nearly all of large league organizations due to its place participant expertise. It’s secure to say they gained’t be choosing within the prime 10 within the draft once more anytime quickly and must discover a technique to replenish by way of different means.