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A 10th-round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, Matthew Etzel sees the upside of landing with the Orioles. "Just knowing the history with the No. 1 prospects the last few years, how well that they've been developing players," Etzel said. "... Who wouldn't want to be a part of that?"
Later this month, when Jackson Holliday accrues a week’ s worth of Triple-A plate appearances, he’ ll join a club of some of MLB’ s biggest names. Before they became stars in the big leagues, Bryce Harper, Ronald Acuña Jr., Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Ozzie Albies did what Holliday is about to do. In late July, Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias...
Since taking over as Baltimore’ s general manager in November 2018, Elias and his front office built the sport’ s best farm system, but that was mostly because of elite position player prospects such as Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday. Grayson Rodriguez and DL Hall, pitchers selected by the Orioles in the first round of the two drafts before...
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When he does, Westburg will be the Orioles’ third top-100 prospect to graduate this year, joining Gunnar Henderson and Grayson Rodriguez. At No. 93 overall, he was ranked ahead of infielders Joey Ortiz and Coby Mayo, catcher Samuel Basallo, left-handed pitcher Cade Povich and outfielders Heston Kjerstad and Jud Fabian— a group of players who all now rank higher than...