On Thursday, MLB Pipeline published their Top 30 prospects lists for the American League East, with reporter Jonathan Mayo having plenty of encouraging things to say about a vastly improved Baltimore Orioles farm system. With four players in the Top 100 overall and a majority of the Top 30 set to debut in the next two seasons, Mayo says that “the rebuilding effort is moving very much in a positive direction”.
Those top four players are no surprise to fans who pay attention to prospect lists, with generational catching talent Adley Rutschman fourth overall, followed by right-hander Grayson Rodriguez at #36, lefty DL Hall at #69, and first baseball Ryan Mountcastle squeezing in at #94.