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Would’ve been a homer in NY
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Can confirm, along with Hudson Haskin returning to the Norfolk lineup
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Samuel Basallo since April 28th
.319/.386/.555 (.941)
.235 ISO
163 wRC+
9% BB rate
17.3% K rate
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5 - Grayson Rodriguez
7 - Jackson Holliday
34 - Colton Cowser
67 - DL Hall
68 - Jordan Westburg
81 - Connor Norby
88 - Joey Ortiz
98 - Heston Kjerstad
The first massive in-season Top 100 Prospects update is here:
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That last paragraph tho…
Get excited Orioles fans!
The organization has a high concentration of talent ready to impact the major leagues soon.
I studied the 34-year history of the
@BaseballAmerica
Top 100 Prospects to see what this means for the future outlook in Baltimore.
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A hard fought loss against one of the best teams in baseball with plenty of positives followed by an insane display of talent at the minor league level… Patience
#Birdland
, we’re closer than it seems
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This is one of the worst paragraphs I’ve ever read. Kendall Roy-level babble.
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@JonHeyman
Pretty embarrassing for Ray, I agree. Getting lit up by the worst team in the AL will be hard to rebound from.
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New ESPN+ Top 50 includes 5
#orioles
2. Gunnar Henderson
7. Grayson Rodriguez
30. Jackson Holliday
43. Colton Cowser
45. Coby Mayo
Jordan Westburg listed as next best, Cade Povich also mentioned
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Unprovoked O’s love in the offseason? The rebuild is officially over
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Between this, the Means no-hitter, and Trey’s comeback + homerun derby performance it’s been a season full of feels no matter how bad our record is. Results will come soon but the 2021 Orioles can still give us moments like this. Baseball man…
The first player in Orioles history to reach 30/30, and the first player in baseball to do it this year.
@cedmull30
has put together one of the greatest seasons we've ever seen in Birdland.
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Adley Rutschman - 1
Grayson Rodriguez - 3
Gunnar Henderson - 37
DL Hall - 52
We have a fully updated Baseball America Top 100 Prospects list for June. We consulted scouts, scouting directors, analysts, front office officials and coaches to fully revamp the list. Eight new players joined the 100.
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Adley smoked a ball that had to be 100+ mph. He’s ready.
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New member of the
@BSLOnTheVerge
family joined us yesterday! Quinn is gonna help me study for the draft so I’m ready to talk about it on the podcast next Sunday!
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And the Orioles made the playoffs in 2016 and had one of the best records in baseball from 2012-2016 so…
@JP3crypto26
They had arguably the best team in the NL at the end of the regular season in 2014 and 2015. So no, they haven't been rebuilding for 10+ years.
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With all the excitement going on in AAA don’t forget about Coby Mayo
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Woke up so grateful to be an
#Orioles
fan, which is so weird to say. For those of us who have believed in the front office and the player development system put into place last night was a little bit of vindication. The best thing is they’re not going to stop trying to improve.
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After starting his time at high A Aberdeen going 2-26 Samuel Basallo has since hit .396 with a 1.292 OPS, 5 doubles, a triple, 4 HR, 4 SB, and a 235 (🤯) wRC+ over 58 PA. 17.2% BB rate and 15.5% K rate in that time.
He just turned 19.
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Imagine this in a home playoff game
Felix Bautista walking out to Omar’s Whistle is the most exhilarating thing I’ve ever witness, I will tell my kids about this moment
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DL Hall over his last two starts - 10 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 22 K
😯
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This is my favorite thing ever
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Latest notes:
*Angels at deadline
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*Brett Gardner update
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*Orioles getting more interesting
*Cole on Verlander
*Brewers’ Yelich, Hader
*Fear the bunt!
*More
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Mike Baumann since June 8th - 1.50 ERA, 12 IP, 8 H, 2 BB, 16 K
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Good quick load, nice hip rotation, tremendous bat speed 🤩
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Can he get to Baltimore by 6:35?
Three straight games with a home run and now 20 on the year for Coby Mayo.
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9 swings, 7 whiffs. Stud.
Vespi strikes out the side in the 8th and has dudes ready to give up already
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I love this team
Cedric Mullins said he waited until February to make his Crohn’s disease diagnosis public because he didn’t want anything to distract from Trey Mancini’s comeback from colon cancer: “All the support needed to go to him.”
#Orioles
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A+ bat flip for A+ Aberdeen
To the 🌙! Coby Mayo destroyed that baseball! 2 run HR in +A Greensboro.
#BaseBall
#Baltimore
#orioles
@WeeklyStreamer
@Orioles
@IronBirds
@EricCross04
@RotoClegg
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The Orioles aren’t ruining baseball
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Colton Cowser has been disappointing right? Since April 26th - .273/.444/.436 (.881) with 4 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 7 SB over 72 plate appearances. That includes a 22.2% walk rate, 27.8% strikeout rate, and 149 wRC+. That covers 65% of his season to date.He'll be ok.
#risingtide
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I think Westburg and Henderson make the jump to AAA together very soon
Jordan Westburg over the last two weeks:
13 games
.314 average
.375 OBP
1.002 OPS
172 wRC+
10 XBH
7 multi-hit games
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Cowser can play center field, has a great hit tool (best batting average on pitches 97+ mph), developing power, and should move quickly through the system.
Still would’ve preferred Watson but fans who want to see commitment to a rebuilding ending around 2023 should be happy.
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The Warehouse is feeling nervous all of a sudden
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3B Gunnar Henderson
C Adley Rutschman
SS Carlos Correa
LF Joc Peterson
1B Ryan Mountcastle
DH Anthony Santander
RF Kyle Stowers
2B Jordan Westburg
CF Cedric Mullins
Vavra, Mateo, McKenna, C
Shane Bieber
Sean Manaea
Grayson Rodriguez
DL Hall
Tyler Wells
Tell me your 2023 opening day lineup and rotation.
Bullpen if you're feeling brave
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@TheAthleticBAL
@TheAthletic
@MarcCarig
The Orioles had a top 10 prospect come up and have a pitching performance in his third start that has only ever happened once before in major league history. Where’s the coverage? Instead we get clueless guesses on Adley’s debut for clicks
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2. Gunnar Henderson
3. Grayson Rodriguez
23. Jackson Holliday
24. DL Hall
53. Colton Cowser
58. Coby Mayo
67. Jordan Westburg
92. Heston Kjerstad
Prospects Live has published their midseason Top 100 Prospects in MLB.
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Who says the Orioles can’t make important signings during the lockout?
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Is three players in the top 10 and five in the top 25 good?
#orioles
#birdland
2. Gunnar Henderson
5. Grayson Rodriguez
8. Colton Cowser
23. DL Hall
25. Coby Mayo
67. Jackson Holliday
Wanted to get more into a list like this with so many draftees filling up the minors. Also wanted to see where the 22s landed.
Went through a lot of video and numbers to get to this and probably missed a few names but this was the top-100 I came up with.
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Is it too late to add a player to the AAA roster?
THE JORDAN WESTBURG SHOW DOESN'T STOP!
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F is for foresight
Bradford Doolittle’s Trade grades: Twins add All-Star closer Jorge Lopez as Orioles get another F
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This is an incredible development story. Look at his walk and strikeout numbers from just last year. And he’s 20 years old in AA!
Gunnar Henderson has drawn two walks so far tonight, giving him 21 walks in 19 games. He's struck out 15 times.
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Bring him up with Adley on Monday
Hitters are clueless when they face Nick Vespi
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Gunnar Henderson up to 22
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Over about the first two months of the season 18 year old Samuel Basallo had a 6.2% walk rate, 23.3% strikeout rate, .779 OPS, and 121 wRC+ over 195 PA. That’s good!
Since June 11: .310 BA, 1.060 OPS, 197 wRC+, 19.8% walk rate (!!), 15.1% strikeout rate (!!!) over 106 PA
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4. Grayson Rodriguez
7. Gunnar Henderson
51. DL Hall
97. Jordan Westburg
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One of these guys is integral to my enjoyment of the Orioles. And the other is Gunnar Henderson.
@afkostka
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The future is coming!
The future is coming!
Adley Rutschman and DL Hall are being promoted to Triple-A Norfolk, a source tells the Baltimore Sun
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Yesterday it was DL Hall getting love from the fine folks at Baseball America, today it’s
@G_Rodriguez16
- goosebumps for
#orioles
fans
#birdland
#risingtide
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2014 Orioles
What sports season gave you the most joy in your life?
ONE CAVEAT: It can not be a championship season.
2006 Twins for me.
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Also 7-1 in games immediately following losses of 5 runs of more, including six in a row after tonight
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Now this hurts. But he’s so far away and we have a bunch of talented arms in the low minors
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#Orioles
keep making great waiver claims. Danny Coulombe seems legit. Three above-average pitches according to Stuff+:
4S - 104
SI - 126
SL - 122
Savant page is bright red - getting chases, whiffs, and weak contact
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What a day. Christmas in July.
Per team source, the Orioles are also promoting SS Jackson Holliday from High A Aberdeen to AA Bowie. Less than a year after the 2022 draft the 19-yr Holliday is moving to AA.
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2. Jackson Holliday
13. Colton Cowser
22. Heston Kjerstad
32. Coby Mayo
36. Jordan Westburg
64. Samuel Basallo
74. Connor Norby
🚨 Top 100 Midseason Prospects 🚨
Our evaluating team has been hard at work ranking and debating the top names across minor league baseball.
Today, we present the list.
Led by Elly De La Cruz at No.1 and wrapped up by Ben Brown at 101.
👇👇👇
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How can anyone not love getting this much for Hays when I would’ve been happy if they DFA’d him lol
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What are they waiting for???
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Calling it now, he’s the next Orioles pitching prospect to hit a top 100 list 💯
#birdland
What a night from Jean Pinto!
6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K. Needed just 60 pitches and produced seven groundball outs.
📈🔥💪👀
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Let’s make it permanent this time shall we?
The Orioles recalled Joey Ortiz and optioned Mark Kolozsvary, they say.
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Smooth defense at the most premium position and consistently found here 👇? Joey Ortiz is, what do the kids say… him
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He wants to join his friends in AAA
Second home run of the night for Connor Norby!!
He's 3/3 with two home runs and a triple so far. 22 home runs on the year.
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To coincide with
@BSLOnTheVerge
's updated top 50 I will now tweet out my personal top 100 Orioles prospects
1. Adley Rutschman
2. Grayson Rodriguez
3. DL Hall
4. Gunnar Henderson
5. Colton Cowser
6. Jordan Westburg
7. Coby Mayo
8. Heston Kjerstad
9. Kyle Bradish
10. Kyle Stowers
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Just realized I never tweeted this last night but I caught
@zachary_peek
and some other Bowie pitchers scouting their future home field and competition. You never know who you’re going to run into at the yard!
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Our big SS acquisition this offseason is already here
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He’s unlocked another level, as soon as he can throw 5 innings he’s up
On The Verge
#BabyBird
of the day for April 12:
Norfolk Tides RHP Kyle Bradish; 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K.
Bradish reached a 3-ball count just once, the last batter he faced (Greg Bird/strikeout). A great outing against a very good Scranton lineup.
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This is legitimately huge. Elias has kept things very real with the fan base.
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How dare they not stick their fingers in their ears and make loud noises so they can’t hear what other teams would be willing to give up for him.
BREAKING: Team Willing To Hear What Other Team Has To Say
In an absolutely baffling move, the Orioles reportedly are willing to listen to offers for outfielder Cedric Mullins, who was their best player in 2021.
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1. Gunnar Henderson
4. Grayson Rodriguez
41. Jackson Holliday
61. DL Hall
97. Colton Cowser
98. Jordan Westburg
🚨 New Baseball America Top 100
Now including 2022 draft picks, another jump for Brewers CF Jackson Chourio and more updates from the second half of the season.
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And then he smoked a triple. Joey is so underrated.
The diving stop. The barehanded snare.
No. 7
@Orioles
prospect Joey Ortiz and 1B Lewin Díaz teamed up for a one-of-a-kind out for the
@NorfolkTides
:
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So make that three big signings next week! O’s officially in the thick of things internationally
Sources: The Baltimore Orioles are the favorites to sign Cuban INF Cesar Prieto (22) when a new international signing period opens January 15. Although the full amount has not yet been defined, it should be around $ 750,000.
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He’s making the rotation out of ST
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1. Adley Rutschman
7. Grayson Rodriguez
43. DL Hall
81. Gunnar Henderson
Somehow no Colton Cowser 🤷🏼♂️
New Top 100 prospects list is out today at Baseball America.
Full rankings:
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Five plus pitches, is that good?
Just take a second to admire the Grayson Rodriguez tool grades 😍
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He will be replaced by another lefty in Nick Vespi. Makes sense for Rom to get back on a starters schedule and it is more than earned by Vespi to get another shot in the bullpen.
The Orioles optioned Drew Rom back to Norfolk. The left-hander did not pitch during his first call-up.
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2.08 ERA over 8.2 innings with 20 Ks and 4 BBs since coming back
Hall had 1 IP and struck out the side. FB between 96.6 - 97.7. 4 change-ups produced 3 whiffs. Os Bullpen no later than roster expansion.
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The
@BaseballAmerica
Midseason Org Talent Rankings are out, including new teams at No. 1 and No. 2:
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I lost a bet to my son so I have to post this bottle flip on here for him lol
#NonBaseballContent
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Btw the Orioles will absolutely still get projectable talent in this draft with the money saved. The Cowser pick sets that up perfectly.
#birdland
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