The Orioles have been great of late at developing position players. One only needs to look to the 2022 rookie class to see the effects Adley Rutschman, GUNNAR HENDERSON, Kyle Stowers and Terrin Vavra were able to have in their first season in Baltimore.
Where the Mike Elias regime has lagged behind is the development of pitching prospects. Yes, consensus top-5 in all of baseball prospect Grayson Rodriguez has made leaps and bounds in his development under the Elias-led organization. However, he and the highly touted (if sometimes erratic) DL Hall were the parting gifts of Dan Duquette’s time in Baltimore.