Orioles Farm System Ranked No. 2 By Baseball America

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — While the Orioles are successful the midst of an 11-game losing streak astatine the large league level, the prospects successful the insignificant leagues are continuing to make immoderate buzz.

Baseball America ranked the Orioles workplace strategy arsenic the 2nd champion successful each of baseball–the highest placement for Baltimore since the work began ranking insignificant league players.

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It’s been a engaged greeting for the O’s workplace system, and here’s different portion of breathtaking news, the Orioles slot successful astatine No. 2 connected Baseball America’s Organization Rankings.
“This is the highest-ever ranking for an Orioles’ workplace system” https://t.co/VAAE0MP3K9

— Adam Esselman (@AdamEsselman) August 16, 2021

The strategy is headlined by catcher Adley Rutschman, the fig 1 wide draught prime successful 2019. On the year, Rutschman is hitting .278 with 18 location runs and 60 RBI. Since being promoted to the AAA Norfolk Tides connected Aug. 10, Rutschman is hitting .381 with 2 doubles and 5 RBI.

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The O’s besides person 1 of the apical pitchers successful the crippled successful hard-throwing right-hander Grayson Rodriguez. A archetypal circular prime successful 2018, Rodriguez pitched to a 1.54 ERA successful 5 starts with the High-A Aberdeen Ironbirds this twelvemonth earlier earning a promotion to AA. As a subordinate of the Bowie Baysox helium has 2.38 ERA successful 12 starts with 82 strikeouts successful 52 innings pitched.

CBS Baltimore Staff