Since the beginning of baseball’s coronavirus shutdown in March, the Orioles’ new minor league staff under director of player development Matt Blood has worked to keep players engaged with a variety of virtual meetings and baseball prescriptions to keep them growing in an arid baseball climate.
All of those things are among the first official actions new draftees such as No. 2 overall pick Heston Kjerstad and undrafted free agents will be introduced to by the Orioles.
The organization has put together Zoom calls and activities to welcome the newcomers and get them up to speed before getting them onto the same schedule as the rest of the team’s minor leaguers.