When describing the Orioles' 55-player pool of prospects who will be in Sarasota, Florida, this month for their fall instructional camp, executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias noted that it’s a younger group than the one at the Bowie camp, which was full of players largely on the major league radar.
That’s certainly true, but what’s more striking is that this is a very new group. Only a small portion has much experience in the minors, with a majority of the invitees either coming from the Orioles' 2019 or 2020 draft class, their trades over the past 12 months or their burgeoning international scouting operation.