Felipe Rojas Alou Jr., the director of the Orioles’ Dominican Republic academy, recently got a look at many of the prospects the club added in its most recent international signing class, which at the time was its biggest investment in that market.
Only a couple of months later, it’s seemingly been surpassed. The Orioles announced Tuesday their plans for a 22 ½-acre development and educational complex in the Dominican Republic, which executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias called “a significant, multimillion-dollar investment.”
To Alou, the project’s completion in the next couple of years means the Orioles will have an academy to match the young talent they’re adding to the organization.