Lately, the Orioles farm team is drawing more favorable buzz than it has in years: just this week Baseball America ranked the Orioles a best-ever No. 7 in the league, while Keith Law put them in the 18 slot (it’s better than the 30-out-of-30 ranking he gave them two seasons ago).
Most of that buzz has centered around the five prospects the Orioles have on MLB’s Top 100 list. Their first-round picks in 2019 and 2020, Mssrs. Rutschman and Kjerstad, already rank No. 2 and No. 69. Pitchers Grayson Rodriguez and DL Hall clock in at No.