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Friday Bird Droppings: Still basking in Orioles prospect praise

Good morning, Camden Chatters.

If you’ll allow me to be controversial for a moment, I think it’s a good thing when your baseball team has a very talented minor league system. (Yeah, that’s right, I went out on that limb.)

Prospect publications have begun releasing their yearly rankings of minor league talent, and the Orioles grade out about as highly as any O’s fan could dream. Yesterday, Baseball Prospectus unveiled its Top 101 prospect rankings (why 101 instead of 100? Because this is one better, of course). Five Orioles made the cut, including Adley Rutschman at #2 overall and Grayson Rodriguez at #5, the top-ranked pitcher on the list.