When top Orioles pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez joined the rotation at Double-A Bowie this week and struck out eight in five innings for a successful debut, it made the most exciting collection of talent anywhere in the team’s farm system even more so.
Rodriguez joined fellow strikeout machine and former first-round draft pick DL Hall in a Bowie rotation that already had former top pick Cody Sedlock, left-hander Kevin Smith, hard-throwing right-hander Ofelky Peralta, left-hander Cameron Bishop, right-hander Gray Fenter and 2018 third-round pick Blaine Knight, who also joined this month. Earlier in the year, Kyle Bradish was so dominant for Bowie that he earned a quick promotion to Triple-A.