Beneath is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the Baltimore Orioles. Scouting reviews have been compiled with data offered by trade sources in addition to my very own observations. That is the fifth yr we’re delineating between two anticipated reduction roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “place” column under: MIRP for multi-inning reduction pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning reduction 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 may be discovered right here. A a lot deeper overview may be discovered right here.
All the ranked prospects under additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the positioning presents that includes sortable scouting data for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan knowledge from varied sources) than this text and integrates each workforce’s record so readers can evaluate prospects throughout farm programs. It may be discovered right here.
Different Prospects of Notice
Grouped by sort and listed so as of desire inside every class.
Fringe 40-Man Sorts
Aron Estrada, UTIL
Edgar Portes, RHP
Edwin Amparo, INF
Carter Younger, SS
Estrada, 20, is a bodily, medium-framed, switch-hitting Venezuelan prospect who posted a 133 wRC+ at Low-A in 2024 earlier than a late-season promotion to Aberdeen. Whereas I’ve doubts in regards to the sustainability of his offense given the size of his swings, Estrada’s largest situation is his protection. He doesn’t at present have the fingers or actions to play the infield in any respect, and he may quickly be restricted solely to left discipline. It is a prospect the place my visible eval is an efficient bit decrease than no matter a mannequin would possible spit out given Estrada’s TrackMan knowledge. Portes was a 40 FV on final yr’s record as a free, projectable righty with below-average stuff. His stuff has plateaued and he’s sitting about 90 mph this spring, however the best way he’s constructed and strikes provides the 22-year-old Dominican an opportunity so as to add velo as he matures. Amparo is a switch-hitting 20-year-old infielder whose construct, swing, and defensive talents evoke Abraham Toro. He’s mixing second and third base at Delmarva. Younger was a well-known excessive schooler who ended up at Vanderbilt on account of perceived hit instrument threat. He hit nicely sufficient at Vandy to signal for $1.3 million when he was drafted in 2022, however he’s struggling to copy that in professional ball.
Large and Tall
Keagan Gillies, RHP
Sebastian Gongora, LHP
Yeiber Cartaya, RHP
Jared Beck, LHP
Riley Cooper, LHP
Gillies is a 6-foot-8 righty who put up online game numbers at Tulane and has reached Double-A in a reduction capability as a professional. This man’s extension and launch top each hover round seven toes. His fastball is as steep as a runaway truck ramp and he bends above-average sliders into the highest of the zone. He could possibly be a misleading center reliever. Gongora sat 90-94 mph final yr at Louisville, and was 93-95 and touched 96 in his first outing of 2025. He has a misleading, brief arm motion and a decent mid-80s breaking ball, the look of a lefty specialist. Cartaya is a 6-foot-5, 22-year-old Venezuelan righty who’s sitting 95 out the gate. A 40 athlete who has struggled with walks, Cartaya struck out 89 in 64.2 innings final yr. His breaking ball is fairly blunt and gradual to interrupt, nevertheless it has good trying two-plane form and actually carried out in 2024. Beck is a seven-foot lefty out of Division-II Saint Leo College in Florida (you’ll be able to guess their nickname). He has amassed 173 strikeouts in 132.1 profession innings thanks largely to a very good slider, however he walked a batter per inning in 2024. Cooper, 23, is a 300-pound low-slot lefty with a very good slider and an upper-80s fastball.
Advanced Follows
Adriander Mejía, C
Luis Guevara, SS
Félix Amparo, 2B/1B
DJ Layton, SS
Jemone Nuel, SS
Alexander Rincon, CF
Hector Campusano, 2B/OF
Kevin Velasco, RHP
Mejía is a squat Venezuelan catcher who, in his second DSL season, led the Orioles down there in touch price at 84%. He’s brief to the ball, however isn’t particularly toolsy or projectable. He didn’t flip 18 till final August. Guevara, 19, is one other smaller up-the-middle DSL participant with good really feel for contact. Amparo reduce his strikeout price method down from his 2023 DSL debut and Ok’d at an 8.2% clip in 2024 whereas slashing .313/.383/.503. He’s a free rotator whose greatest rips appears to be like nice, and whose worst ones look lengthy and disconnected. His defensive match is unsettled; he has performed everywhere in the infield however isn’t technically sound and he may find yourself at 1B/OF. He’s an athletic sleeper with good bat velocity. Layton is a switch-hitting shortstop who signed out of a Charlotte highschool for $715,000 in final yr’s draft. He runs nicely and is an efficient athlete who’ll must discover ways to hit. Nuel is an 18-year-old Jamaican shortstop who can actually decide it. Look ahead to him to chop his strikeouts in a 2025 DSL repeat; he Ok’d 30.3% of the time final yr. Rincon is an 18-year-old lefty hitting outfielder with actually whippy wrists and good bat velocity. His swing usually appears to be like imbalanced; he may escape if issues turn out to be extra fluid and related. Campusano is a wispy multi-positional teenager who spent 2024 within the DSL. He’s a free, whippy athlete who must get stronger to wield the bat with nice authority, however his really feel for his age and measurement is fairly good. Velasco is a 6-foot-1 Venezuelan righty who posted a 0.88 WHIP in final yr’s DSL. He’ll throw high quality strikes with 93-94 mph fastballs and flash an above-average low-80s slider.
Arduous-Throwing Righties
Carter Rustad, RHP
Zane Barnhart, RHP
Simon Leandro, RHP
Adrián Delgado, RHP
Rustad was a 2024 senior signal (he was first on the College of San Diego, then Missouri) within the fifteenth spherical who has had a velo spike on the onset of 2025 and altered his secondary stuff. He was sitting 92-93 on the finish of the 2024 faculty season, however was 94-96 in his first professional outings. His curveball has morphed right into a low-80s slider and his fashion of changeup appears to be like prefer it’s morphed right into a splitter. The velo spike may solely be on account of Rustad’s transfer into the bullpen, and the way his arm power traits all through the season will dictate whether or not he strikes onto the principle part of the record on subsequent replace. Barnhart will contact 98 and has a reasonably good sweeper, and appears like he’s including a cutter. He could possibly be a center reliever. Simon is a thin 6-foot-3 man who’ll contact 97, whereas Delgado was touching 98 in final yr’s DSL however walked a batter per inning.
Injured
Randy Berigüete, RHP
Carter Baumler, RHP
Justin Armbruester, RHP
Berigüete is a 6-foot-4, 22-year-old Dominican righty who sits 95 and has a plus-flashing slider. A scarcity of command has result in A-ball walks and fewer Ok’s than his stuff would recommend. He started 2025 on the 60-day IL. Baumler was as soon as a high-profile highschool signee who has handled a litany of accidents as a professional, most lately shoulder irritation. Armbruester is a cool cutter man who appeared like a low-leverage reliever when wholesome, however he left a current outing in numerous ache whereas grabbing at his armpit space.
System Overview
The very prime of this method is in a type of mini disaster, as Coby Mayo has been struggling since his large league call-up, Samuel Basallo has had two consecutive seasons start with elbow soreness that has prevented him from catching, and Chayce McDermott is working his method again from a lat pressure. Of the three, I suppose I’m most involved about Mayo, as a result of the margin for error his offense has a primary base-only man is so skinny, although clearly I’m not fearful sufficient to have moved him. The gamers with the perfect probability to leap into that higher group are a revamped Austin Overn and Elvin Garcia. If you wish to undertaking somewhat extra aggressively on, say, Griff O’Ferrall’s power, or Luis De León’s command, or Vance Honeycutt’s hit instrument, then you would argue these three are additionally in that blend.
There are 23 prospects with 40+ or higher FV grades right here, which is quite a bit, and recall that Baltimore traded about 10 prospects away all through 2024, a number of of whom (Joey Ortiz, Jackson Baumeister, Moisés Chace, and extra) are large leaguers or prospects of consequence.
The largest improvement right here, as a result of it contrasts so sharply with Orioles farm programs of previous, is the sudden inflow of Latin American expertise. There have been two Orioles DSL groups final yr, and so they have been fairly deep. The workforce has a model new Dominican Academy and is investing closely on this beforehand ignored market. These aren’t the Angelos Period Orioles.
Within the home draft, pitcher improvement has been key for Baltimore, as numerous these guys find yourself with new changeups, and/or some type of breaking ball alteration, normally transferring to a firmer pitch sort. The changeup dev (numerous them are splitters) is a really constant function all through the org, as is added velocity. The Orioles have additionally been situationally extra risk-tolerant within the draft room. They nonetheless take their share of O’Ferralls and Ethan Andersons, gamers whose faculty contact efficiency provides their profile extra stability, however Honeycutt and Jud Fabian are the antithesis of that archetype. Experimentation with completely different defensive positions (take a look at the flexibility up and down the org) helps guarantee numerous these guys will have the ability to play a related complementary position within the large leagues even when they fall in need of being true on a regular basis gamers.
Extra is coming. The Orioles have 5 of the primary 69 picks (19, 30, 31, 58, 69) in a 2025 draft that I imagine to have a deeper second and third spherical than normal. It means Baltimore can add high-upside pitching to the massive league roster through commerce in the event that they’re inclined, after which reload within the draft (or vice versa). The workforce did disappointingly little on the pitching entrance through the offseason (the “We Tried” messaging round Corbin Burnes started final week) and already they’ve handled quite a few accidents rendering them skinny. If the Brewers’ commerce for Quinn Priester is any indication, desperation prices. The Orioles have grown their very own large league-ready depth within the type of Brandon Younger and Cameron Weston, however they haven’t but developed the type of high-end impression that helps you scrap by means of October.