With so many of the Orioles’ top prospects coming from the last few drafts, the calendar turning from July to August this week represents a unique challenge as these players are in their first full professional season and experiencing the grind of five months of daily baseball games for the first time.
For college players, that adjustment is a little easier considering in 2019 they had a full college season then went to pro ball to continue for a month or two there. For everyone else, this is a time when physical challenges need to be managed along with everything else the game holds.