Here’s the honest truth about the 2018 Orioles season — tracking the prospects might just be a bit more fun than in recent years past. That isn’t necessarily because the prospects are that much more skilled either (as a whole, they probably aren’t). Unfortunately, the big-league team just isn’t at the contending level that we’ve been used to seeing in the Buck Showalter era.
With that, keeping tabs on the prospects offers somewhat of an oasis. With minor-league analysis, the “ideal world” always exists. Everyone can be a superstar in the minors, even pitchers — yes, even in the Orioles organization.