Good morning, Camden Chatters.
It’s here! It’s here! Today, 20 months after prospects last stepped onto a field for professional competition, minor league baseball officially returns from its all-too-long hiatus.
And for the Orioles, it can’t come soon enough. The pandemic-induced cancellation of the 2020 minor league season threw a major wrench in Mike Elias’ rebuilding plan for the organization. It clogged the prospect pipeline he’d begun to build and supplement, denying the Orioles’ young talent from honing their skills in a competitive environment and robbing them of precious development time. While the prospects weren’t just sitting around gathering dust — many got their work in at the Bowie alternate site in 2020 — it certainly wasn’t the same.