Injured Prospects and their upside for 2023

[Jagwar]

59 minutes ago, CharmCityHokie said:

Also, and I'm going to copy and paste my comments from another post regarding Johnson, but he is going to be an interesting case study in roster management. He's got to go on the 40-man this offseason or be exposed to the Rule 5, he won't be back until 2024, when he'll be 26 years old, and he has a total of 27 innings at A+ which is the highest level he's competed at. The Orioles will have to decide to either put him on the 60-day IL to clear a spot on the active 40, but also pay him MLB money (and start his service time clock), OR they can option him for next season, and then again in the '24 season when he can actually start pitching again and then will hold a final option on him for his age-27 season which is when we can reasonably expect he may be ready for the majors. The second choice of optioning him however will be a black hole on the 40-man roster. It's a complicated risk for sure. 

I'm guessing that if Elias thought that Tommy John Surgery bound Seth Johnson was valuable enough to be included in a deadline trade, other GMs will pounce if the O's don't protect him.   

[JakeRider]

15 hours ago, btdart20 said:

@CharmCityHokie You've got a great list of rehabbing pitchers to get excited over! As thin as our MiLB SP depth is, it's like having a new draft heading into (or during) the season.

I did some searching for Young (I'm less familiar with him) and came across this article.  It's a good Meoli article recapping the 'type'.  Pretty much every player you mentioned is in this article.

How scouting, patience and ‘hop’ are helping the Orioles develop pitchers in the low minors – Baltimore Sun.

 

What a long article! The author wanted to tell us all about pitchers this season 

But I liked the way it talks about young and old pitchers. 

Edited October 28, 2022 by JakeRider

[JakeRider]

11 hours ago, Jagwar said:

I'm guessing that if Elias thought that Tommy John Surgery bound Seth Johnson was valuable enough to be included in a deadline trade, other GMs will pounce if the O's don't protect him.   

Do you suppose he will move elsewhere?

[btdart20]

4 minutes ago, JakeRider said:

Do you suppose he will move elsewhere?

I doubt Elias trades Johnson.  We've collected a list of bats over the past few years, and now it seems we're in a season of collecting arms.