Anyone who watched the Orioles last year knows that they have a long way to go to get back from a 47-115 team to something good. The turnaround is not going to happen overnight, or in the span of a year. What the O’s can hope, though, is that Mike Elias inherited some good prospects from the Dan Duquette days that he can build on.
With that in mind, it’s nice to see three Orioles pop up on the recently-released Baseball Prospectus top 101 prospects list. They are Cuban outfielder Yusniel Diaz at 44, 2015 compensation pick Ryan Mountcastle at 51, and 2017 first round pick DL Hall at 92.