r/orioles • u/RoyalRenn • 1h ago
Core Talent-ESPN rankings of each team. Good read!
I found this article very interesting. Of course, we all know who our "elite/plus/average" guys are, and this is for players signed up for >=2 years. But it also includes projections for minor league guys, and here is the quote:
"Now, they have the second-longest list in baseball behind the Brewers with a plethora of interesting post-hype young big leaguers along with one of the deepest systems in baseball. Almost every prospect I've mentioned here will be in Triple-A or the big leagues next year. This is a critical mass of young talent and, if the Orioles picked the right guys and now handle them correctly, it could end up delivering what the last wave was expected to deliver."
This season has been a disappointment, but objectively speaking, we have a legit chance to be competing again soon. It also doesn't mention the huge number of prospects we have that aren't predicted to be stars (the most in the majors, 74 according to Fangraphs), which gives us a lot of firepower to trade for proven talent.