The Orioles surprised everyone by making a big leap in quality last season to finish with an 83-79 record. The front office then disappointed a lot of people by not making any significant external additions to bolster that 83-win team this past offseason, apparently waiting another season to see what bubbles up from the farm system to decide where to improve the roster with multi-year contracts.
For the second straight year, the Orioles checked in with the top-rated farm system in MLB Pipeline’s ranking. They were able to do this even with Adley Rutschman’s arrival in MLB last season for a variety of reasons.