If you haven’t been paying attention to what is going on down on the farm in Birdland, what exactly have you been doing? The growth of development of players up and down the farm, with the addition of new high-profile prospects, it’s been a fun year to watch minor league baseball this year. No matter how “elite” a prospect is graded out, there are always risks, slow developers, injuries, yips, or any other number of variables that can derail a once promising career, but you have to have hope and as Baltimore Orioles fans, that’s largely all we have to hang our hats on right now.