BA Cover Boy: AR #1 in a pitching rich system

[LookinUp]

Pretty Cool.

 

[scOtt]

I'm not downloading an app... I don't do apps.

Is this saying AR is going to be their #1 prospect?

[LookinUp]

Sure looks like it. AR #1 prospect in baseball per BA.

[scOtt]

1 hour ago, LookinUp said:

Sure looks like it. AR #1 prospect in baseball per BA.

Switch-hitting Jesus!

[O's84]

3 hours ago, scOtt said:

Switch-hitting Jesus!

I vaguely remember someone composing verses of praise of Wieters, in an almost humorous manner.

[Moose Milligan]

Funny that they describe it as a pitching rich system.  I'd say it's more like "Two arms and everyone else."

Might go try to find this issue somewhere, would be curious to see why they picked him #1 and not Wander Franco or someone else.

[Jagwar]

Is it possible BA might have different covers for different regions?

[Sports Guy]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

Funny that they describe it as a pitching rich system.  I'd say it's more like "Two arms and everyone else."

Might go try to find this issue somewhere, would be curious to see why they picked him #1 and not Wander Franco or someone else.

It says at the top that they are looking at the top 10 prospects for the 10 East teams.

I would guess they are saying Adley is #1 in our organization.  I highly doubt he’s ahead of Franco.

[Moose Milligan]

6 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

It says at the top that they are looking at the top 10 prospects for the 10 East teams.

I would guess they are saying Adley is #1 in our organization.  I highly doubt he’s ahead of Franco.

Yeah, I think your interpretation is most likely correct.  I didn't read it that way initially.  

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

Funny that they describe it as a pitching rich system.  I'd say it's more like "Two arms and everyone else."

Might go try to find this issue somewhere, would be curious to see why they picked him #1 and not Wander Franco or someone else.

I do not read this headline as saying Rutschman is the no. 1 prospect in MLB.   It’s saying he’s no. 1 on the Orioles.   

As to our system being “pitching rich,” of the Orioles’ top 10, 5 are pitchers; of our top 20, 10 are pitchers.   So it’s a 50/50 system and if you look around baseball, that’s the norm.   I’d say our system has slightly above average hitting and pitching right now, and it’s a slightly above average system.   I’d say we might have a little more depth once you get beyond the top 10 pitchers in the system than most teams, but we’re not overflowing with top-end pitching talent.   

 

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

I do not read this headline as saying Rutschman is the no. 1 prospect in MLB.   It’s saying he’s no. 1 on the Orioles.   

As to our system being “pitching rich,” of the Orioles’ top 10, 5 are pitchers; of our top 20, 10 are pitchers.   So it’s a 50/50 system and if you look around baseball, that’s the norm.   I’d say our system has slightly above average hitting and pitching right now, and it’s a slightly above average system.   I’d say we might have a little more depth once you get beyond the top 10 pitchers in the system than most teams, but we’re not overflowing with top-end pitching talent.   

 

I'm also blaming @LookinUp as I read his interpretation, too, before looking at the cover.

 

[Aristotelian]

8 hours ago, LookinUp said:

Sure looks like it. AR #1 prospect in baseball per BA.

Would that just be due to attrition from players that have graduated? 

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Would that just be due to attrition from players that have graduated? 

Franco hasn't graduated.  It would be a surprise if AR jumped him in the rankings.

[LookinUp]

Yeah. Looks like #1 for our org.

[wildcard]

29 minutes ago, LookinUp said:

Yeah. Looks like #1 for our org.

Since when does the #1 prospect in the O's organization make the cover of BA.    My guess is its a regional cover.