Quick! Think of an Orioles prospect. Did you go with Adley Rutschman? No one could blame you. But what if I prompt you for an O’s’ pitching prospect? Grayson Rodriguez? Oh, okay. Again, that’s perfectly acceptable.
How about D.L. Hall? His trip to the injured list does not discount him from whatever game we’re playing. Or maybe, just maybe, you chose the guy with his name in the title of this article. Nothing gets by you.
Mike Baumann checks in at number seven on MLB.com’s ranking of Orioles top prospects. It’s difficult for a top-10 guy to be off the radar, but Baumann has managed to evade the hype so far this season.