A weekly check on the minors, 2022

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Norfolk: split 6 with Charlotte to start 3-3.  Next up: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (4-1).

Bowie: went 1-2 against Richmond.  Next up: Binghamton (1-2).

Aberdeen: swept Jersey Shore to start 3-0.  Next up: Wilmington (2-1).

Delmarva: went 1-2 against Fredericksburg.   Next up: Lynchburg (0-3).

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Week ending April 17

Norfolk (8-4)  went 5-1 against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (5-6).  Next up:  Durham (4-8).

Bowie (4-4) went 3-2 against Binghamton (3-5).  Next up: Akron (5-4).

Aberdeen (6-3) went 3-3 against Wilmington (5-4).  Next up: Greensboro (4-5).

Delmarva (4-5) went 3-3 against Fredericksburg (3-6).   Next up: Myrtle Beach (5-4).  

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Week ending April 24

Norfolk (11-7) went 3-3 against Durham (7-11).  Next up: Gwinnett (6-12).

Bowie (8-6) went 4-2 against Akron (7-8).   Next up: Richmond (8-7).

Aberdeen (10-5) went 4-2 against Greensboro (6-9).  Next up: Jersey Shore (6-9).  

Delmarva (5-10) went 1-5 against Myrtle Beach (10-5).  Next up: Augusta (7-8).

It was looking like a good week until the affiliates went 0-8 on Saturday/Sunday.

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Week ending May 1

I’m a bit late with this one.

Norfolk (12-12) went 1-5 against Gwinnett (11-13).   Next up: Nashville (16-7).

Bowie (9-11) went 1-5 against Richmond (13-8).  Next up: Harrisburg (12-9).

Aberdeen (15-5) went 5-0 against Jersey Shore (6-14).   Next up: Brooklyn (11-10). 

Delmarva (6-15) went 1-5 against Augusta (12-9).  Next up: Columbia (7-14).

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Week ending May 8

Norfolk (14-16) went 2-4 against Nashville (20-9).  Next up: Memphis (15-15).

Bowie (12-13) went 3-2 against Harrisburg (14-12).  Next up: Reading (11-16).

Aberdeen (19-6) went 4-1 against Brooklyn (12-14).   Next up: Hudson Valley (14-12).

Delmarva (9-18) went 3-3 against Columbia (10-17).   Next up: Salem (12-15).   

[connja]

I thought we'd be better up and down the minors this year.  Aberdeen is great, but everyone else under 500.  Delmarva perhaps not as surprising given the youth, but Norfolk and Bowie are surprising on the down side.

[Three Run Homer]

Delmarva is the weakest team I've seen in an O's farm system in quite a while.   There are no high-priority prospects to follow and most of the team appears to be overmatched.   But there are several exciting players to follow at the higher levels!       

[RZNJ]

20 minutes ago, Three Run Homer said:

Delmarva is the weakest team I've seen in an O's farm system in quite a while.   There are no high-priority prospects to follow and most of the team appears to be overmatched.   But there are several exciting players to follow at the higher levels!       

 

I actually enjoy following Delmarva.   Darell Henaiz is not a high-priority prospect?   I could see him being a top 10 guy by opening day next season.  It's a huge jump from FCL to full season and I'm curiously watching Mishael Deson, Noelberth Romero, Luis Valdez, Creed Williams, Isaac Deleon, and Moises Ramirez to see if anyone emerges.   Remember, Hernaiz was 19 going on 20 last year and did't do much more than hold his own.   Deson is 19 going on 20 this year.   Creed Williams is 18 going on 19.   Romero and Ramierz are 20.    Hernaiz made a big jump, it apears.   Deson is definitely a guy who probably needs to get stronger.   Romero, apparently has already made strides there.   DeLeon shows some signs and also looks like a guy who could get stronger.   At that age, it's hard to know who might emerge.

In addition, we have 3 exciting pitching prospects in Moises Chace, Raul Rangel, and Delosantos.   Chace is 18 going on 19.  Rangel is 19.  Delosantos is a big boy and is 20.

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Week ending May 15

Norfolk (15-21) went 1-5 against Memphis (20-16).   Next up: Charlotte (14-21).

Bowie (13-18) went 1-5 against Reading (16-17).  Next up:  Hartford  (19-14).

Aberdeen (24-7) went 5-2 against Hudson Valley (15-17).  Next up: Rome (19-14).

Delmarva (10-23) went 1-5 against Salem (17-16).   Next up: Fredericksburg (19-13).

Putrid play by three of the four teams.  Bowie has three starting pitchers out right now, which largely explains their struggles.   

[Just Regular]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Delmarva (10-23) went 1-5 against Salem (17-16).   Next up: Fredericksburg (19-13).

This feels like the "donut hole" between neglect of 16-year-olds 3-4 years ago, and the skew towards 21-year-olds at 18-year-olds expense the last 3-4 years.    Even with the bone of Hernaiz as "Delmarva A-Rod" to anchor the lineup.

Getting chunks of our first group (loosely counting the ~17-year-olds acquired in trade in with them) to the full-season stateside leagues is one of those where it happening at all is I guess the baby step before it happening well.    Be interesting to see whether Kjerstad can get there at all quickly and how long he'll stay.  We knew those first groups we/Koby were late to the party.

I guess unveiling Willems in a depleted lineup has some parallels to if Adley joined the Orioles while Hays-Mountcastle down.   I have always kind of had the Pass/Fail if a hot HS pick could make Delmarva the next year, but position player wise do accept catcher probably the trickiest one to do that jump.   I could see this year as a qualified success if he doesn't drown.     Where is Samuel Basallo?

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Presumably Basallo will be in the FCL.

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Week ending May 22

Norfolk (20-22) went 5-1 against Charlotte (16-26).   Next up: Gwinnett (21-21).

Bowie (14-23) went 1-5 against Hartford (24-15).   Next up: Erie (21-17).

Aberdeen (26-11) went 2-4 against Rome (23-16).   Next up: Wilmington (20-16).

Delmarva (15-24) went 5-1 against Fredericksburg (20-18).   Next up: Charleston (26-12).   

 

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

I like how we have younger managers, strongly applaud that. Moore is another promising manager along with Britton imo.

 

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Week ending May 29

Norfolk (23-25) went 3-3 against Gwinnett (24-24).   Next up: Jacksonville (25-23).

Bowie (16-27) went 2-4 against Erie (25-20).  Next up: Altoona (22-23).  

Aberdeen (31-12) went 5-1 against Wilmington (21-21).  Next up: Hudson Valley (20-24).

Delmarva (16-29) went 1-5 against Charleston (31-14).   Next up: Myrtle Beach (32-13).   

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Week ending June 6

Norfolk (26-28) went 3-3 against Jacksonville (28-26).   Next up: Nashville (34-19).  

Bowie (19-30) went 3-3 against Altoona (25-26).  Next up:  Harrisburg (21-29).

Aberdeen (33-16) went 2-4 against Hudson Valley (24-26).   Next up: Brooklyn (22-26).  

Delmarva (18-33) went 2-4 against Myrtle Beach (36-15).   Next up: Fayetteville (23-28).