This week’s release of Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects and The Baseball Prospectus Top 101 has made this something of a top prospect list season. The Orioles organization placed the same five prospects on each of these lists at different spots: Adley Rutschman (BA’s #1, BP’s #2), Grayson Rodriguez (BA #6, BP #5), DL Hall, Gunnar Henderson, and Colton Cowser.
When Mike Elias talks about building an elite talent pipeline to Baltimore, this is a great start. Teams with the most top prospects at any given time are not automatically teleported into the World Series 2-3 years down the road, but it sure doesn’t hurt.