Have you heard? The Orioles organization is stockpiling arms. The farm system, recently ranked as the fifth-best in baseball, is heavy on pitching depth, highlighted by the likes of Grayson Rodriguez (the club’s No. 2 prospect) and lefty DL Hall (No. 4). There are plenty of other pitchers in the Top 30 list worth watching this season, including Keegan Akin, Michael Baumann, Alex Wells, and Zac Lowther, all guys who could appear with the big-league club before the end of 2021.
Slightly farther back, but not too much, is the unheralded right-hander Kyle Bradish, the Orioles' No.