Zach Pop has been an Oriole since July 18th, 2018. Now, the question is: how long will he stay one?
After coming over from Los Angeles in the Manny Machado deal (along with Yusniel Díaz, Dean Kremer and Rylan Bannon), the 6’4” righty immediately slid into the No. 28 spot on the Orioles’ top prospects list and reported for duty to Bowie. His tenure with the team has been short, though, since he was shut down for Tommy John surgery in early May 2019.
As a seventh-round draftee in 2017, the Ontario native (Canada’s top high school pitching prospect in 2014, which is cool) drew raves for his upper-90s sinking fastball and solid breaking ball.