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Baseball America executive editor JJ Cooper says Orioles prospect Grayson Rodriguez “has the building blocks of an ace,” and he believes both Rodriguez and DL Hall “have the stuff to be front-of-the-rotation-type guys.”
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Five Orioles cracked the MLB Pipeline’s preseason top-100 list, and Jim Callis believes shortstop Gunnar Henderson, the Orioles’ second-round pick in 2019, could join the list in 2022.
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Stan “The Fan” Charles and Ross Grimsley talk with Orioles director of player development Matt Blood about the team’s young prospects, the challenges of player development amid the pandemic and more.
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The Orioles placed five prospects in Baseball America’s top-100 prospect list, but Ben Badler, one of the writers who helped put that list together, has another prospect to keep an eye on this coming season: shortstop Jordan Westburg.
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Todd Karpovich breaks down the players the Orioles acquired in this year’s Rule 5 draft, including Mac Sceroler, the nephew of former Orioles top pick Ben McDonald.
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The Orioles protected six minor-league players from the Rule 5 draft scheduled for Dec. 10. Todd Karpovich takes a look at the recent additions to the 40-man roster, which also include two waiver claims.
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“I think it’s accurate to say we’re still in the phase of accumulating talent and trying to rise to the top of young talent,” Orioles GM Mike Elias said of the team’s decision to trade Jose Iglesias to the Angels for pitchers Garrett Stallings and Jean Pinto.
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Heston Kjerstad, the second overall pick by the Orioles in the 2020 MLB Draft, will not attend the team’s fall instructional league camp because of an undisclosed medical, non-sports reason. “It’s not great,” GM Mike Elias said. “I think the fact that he is an advanced high-level college hitter makes it a little less concerning.”
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Matt Kremnitzer says the best sign of what’s ahead for the Orioles is the progress of young players who showed real promise this season, from Ryan Mountcastle to Tanner Scott.
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The Orioles are hoping Keegan Akin, Dean Kremer and Bruce Zimmermann will be the future of the rotation. “We’re excited to give these guys the opportunity to pitch in the big leagues right now and to evaluate them,” Brandon Hyde said.
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