As recently as five years ago, a prospect as good as Coby Mayo would have been the most exciting Orioles hitting prospect there was. It is a testament to the collection of talent now in the organization that Mayo, who led the entire O’s organization in several offensive categories including home runs and slugging percentage while reaching Triple-A as a 21-year-old, is not only not the top-ranked prospect but might only be third or fourth.
The 2023 season was a breakout one for Mayo, whose results started to match the potential that prospect writers have believed him to have ever since the Orioles drafted him in the fourth round of the shortened 2020 draft.