Hello, friends.
One month and 11 days from now is the next scheduled Orioles game, which is Opening Day. Each of us probably has a different (or nonexistent) level of optimism as to whether that is able to occur in the face of the ongoing ownership lockout of MLB players. Pitchers and catchers reporting to Sarasota on time in less than a month feels, to me, increasingly unlikely with each passing day of no movement.
Orioles fans continue to aim our hopes past the 2022 season. The future hopes got a little boost yesterday with the release of Baseball America’s Top 100 prospects list, featuring five Orioles minor leaguers, including Adley Rutschman at the very top of the list.