Baltimore Orioles top prospects 2024: Jackson Holliday, the No. 1 prospect in baseball, leads stacked system

[Roll Tide]

Stacked!

 

 

 

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/baltimore-orioles-top-prospects-2024-jackson-holliday-the-no-1-prospect-in-baseball-leads-stacked-system/

[Roll Tide]

 

[Frobby]

10 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

Stacked!

 

 

 

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/baltimore-orioles-top-prospects-2024-jackson-holliday-the-no-1-prospect-in-baseball-leads-stacked-system/

CBS has Cowser as our no. 2 prospect, and Mayo no. 3.   

[Malike]

CWS board says we only have 3 good prospects carrying us, the rest are mediocre.

[Frobby]

5 minutes ago, Malike said:

CWS board says we only have 3 good prospects carrying us, the rest are mediocre.

Like any board, they’ve got some posters who are a bit over the top.   Can’t say it bothers me any more than the similar posters here.  

[Malike]

5 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Like any board, they’ve got some posters who are a bit over the top.   Can’t say it bothers me any more than the similar posters here.  

Definitely doesn't bother me, just found it comical. They said our window is narrowing lol. Can't make it up.

[Just Regular]

CBS RJ Anderson also had this in another piece today on players most in need of a scenery change to practice their life mastery of the game of baseball.     I had to google bletting.

1. Joey Ortiz, SS, Orioles

One front office source joked that this list could be composed of just Orioles prospects. It's true. The Orioles have an abundance of young position players climbing the organizational depth chart. They have only so many roster spots and at-bats to hand out, however, and they're nearing that gray area between bletting and wasting. We suspect that sooner or later they're going to consolidate some of that excess into an impact big-league player.

If that happens -- when that happens -- it shouldn't surprise anyone if Ortiz is part of the outgoing package. That's no knock against him. The Orioles just have more than their fair share of talented young shortstops, ranging from Gunnar Henderson to Jackson Holliday. Ortiz is expendable as a result. Given the barren state of the free-agent and trade markets for shortstops, we have to believe that whatever team lands him will be thrilled with the outcome.

Ortiz is a talented defender capable of pulling off web gems. The Orioles primarily deployed him at second base during his big-league stay, but there's no doubt he's capable of manning the six. He didn't show much offensively during that 15-game stretch, yet his performance in Triple-A suggests he has something to offer at the dish. Indeed, Ortiz hit more than 45% of his batted balls over 95 mph. Although he's never going to be a big home-run hitter -- his average launch angle was 8.5 degrees -- he should be able to collect enough hits and walks to avoid being viewed as the modern Jack Wilson. 

[Pickles]

1 minute ago, Just Regular said:

CBS RJ Anderson also had this in another piece today on players most in need of a scenery change to practice their life mastery of the game of baseball.     I had to google bletting.

1. Joey Ortiz, SS, Orioles

One front office source joked that this list could be composed of just Orioles prospects. It's true. The Orioles have an abundance of young position players climbing the organizational depth chart. They have only so many roster spots and at-bats to hand out, however, and they're nearing that gray area between bletting and wasting. We suspect that sooner or later they're going to consolidate some of that excess into an impact big-league player.

If that happens -- when that happens -- it shouldn't surprise anyone if Ortiz is part of the outgoing package. That's no knock against him. The Orioles just have more than their fair share of talented young shortstops, ranging from Gunnar Henderson to Jackson Holliday. Ortiz is expendable as a result. Given the barren state of the free-agent and trade markets for shortstops, we have to believe that whatever team lands him will be thrilled with the outcome.

Ortiz is a talented defender capable of pulling off web gems. The Orioles primarily deployed him at second base during his big-league stay, but there's no doubt he's capable of manning the six. He didn't show much offensively during that 15-game stretch, yet his performance in Triple-A suggests he has something to offer at the dish. Indeed, Ortiz hit more than 45% of his batted balls over 95 mph. Although he's never going to be a big home-run hitter -- his average launch angle was 8.5 degrees -- he should be able to collect enough hits and walks to avoid being viewed as the modern Jack Wilson. 

Sounds like a headliner for Cease to me.

[Can_of_corn]

I'll give the writer points for bletting, had to look that one up.

[NCRaven]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'll give the writer points for bletting, had to look that one up.

And by not sharing, you made me look it up too.

 

[Can_of_corn]

10 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

And by not sharing, you made me look it up too.

 

I didn't want people to think I was trying to use big words to seem smarter.

 

[NCRaven]

45 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I didn't want people to think I was trying to use big words to seem smarter.

 

Indubitably.