As Camden Chat’s player projection series comes to a close, we’ll wrap up with the one player who could make perhaps the biggest difference between the 2023 Orioles and the 2022 version. Grayson Rodriguez, the most dominant O’s pitching prospect in years, will finally — barring disaster — make his MLB debut this season, perhaps as early as the opening week, after a cruel twist of fate denied him the opportunity last year.
With all due respect to offseason O’s additions such as Kyle Gibson, Cole Irvin, and Adam Frazier, there’s no other newcomer to the 2023 roster who could swing the Orioles’ fortunes more dramatically.