Baltimore Orioles High 45 Prospects

Beneath is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the Baltimore Orioles. Scouting studies had been compiled with info offered by trade 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 may be discovered here. A a lot deeper overview may be discovered here.

The entire ranked prospects under additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the location presents that includes sortable scouting info for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan information from numerous sources) than this text and integrates each crew’s listing so readers can evaluate prospects throughout farm programs. It may be discovered here.

Different Prospects of Be aware

Grouped by sort 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 measurement and must have a a lot faster trade to be able to have the arm power for the place. Sosa is a big-framed lefty energy bat who has posted a number of the greatest exit velos on this system, however he’s placing out far too usually in A-ball to have major 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 placing 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 method has about 80 pitchers who’ve touched 95 mph this yr. Everybody on this group has upper-90s arm power 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 just a few 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 a number of 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 cut 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 At present 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 an important changeup and double knuckle curveball, however his fastball velo has been somewhat lighter than it was earlier than coming off of TJ and he seems to have a spot starter ceiling. Peek sits about 90 and has a very good 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 encompasses a fastball that loved a two-tick bump within the two years earlier than he acquired 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 mix 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), nevertheless it’s powerful 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 sort who’s peaking within the 94-95 mph vary on the complicated and throwing lots of sliders.

Younger Infielders
Elvin Garcia, SS
Aron Estrada, UTIL
Anderson De Los Santos, 3B/1B

This group might additionally embrace guys like Luis Almeyda, Braylin Tavera, or a number of the different latest Baltimore high-profile signees, however they haven’t seemed superb. Garcia is a projectable DSL infielder at a lean 6-foot-2. He can swing actually laborious 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 laborious however with out actually monitoring the baseball. De Los Santos is a righty-hitting nook infielder who performs with large motor — generally 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 superb due to coherent drafting and participant improvement, and their farm system stays sturdy and deep sufficient to foretell that they’re going to be a contender for some time. The foremost league membership is at present reaping the advantages of the org’s latest traditionally nice programs, and in some way there are nonetheless 4 prime 30 prospects and a dozen extra good position gamers on this iteration. The overwhelming majority of Orioles prospects who undertaking 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 to be able to be sustainably nice is how you can hold the pitching flowing whereas their place participant core is in place. The Orioles aren’t going to have that drawback. There are such a lot of attention-grabbing pitchers on this system that it was powerful to incorporate all of them. There’s an org we’re conscious of whose scouts want to write down a full report on a participant if he touches 95 in entrance of them. In case you’re a scout from that crew overlaying Baltimore, you’ve needed to write up greater than 80 pitchers primarily based 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 method is made up of home draftees, and although the group has elevated its presence within the worldwide market in comparison with what it as soon as was (and although 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 newbie draft lately, however they’ve executed 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 lots much less to dream on within the decrease ranges of this method than in years previous, partly as a result of a number of the latest 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 rapidly and turn into all of the sudden related.

This is among the greatest handful of farm programs in baseball and the envy of nearly all of large league organizations due to its place participant expertise. It’s protected to say they gained’t be choosing within the prime 10 within the draft once more anytime quickly and must discover a method to replenish by way of different means.