One day, baseball will be played again. It might not be until the summer, or it might not be until next year. But it will happen again, and when it does, it will be a very good day.
With the understanding that baseball isn’t all that important right now, in the meantime, we’re left to hope and wonder — usually two things reserved for spring training that eventually fade (in the Orioles’ case recently, fade almost immediately). A couple months ago, I wrote about my five favorite O’s prospects who could be close to making their major league debuts. For that group, their debuts could still happen this year, or they unfortunately could get pushed to next year instead. It’s not fair, really, but there’s a lot of unfairness going around these days.
Much of what is exciting about the O’s minor league system isn’t close to major league duty — yet. Adley Rutschman, Grayson Rodriguez and DL Hall are often mentioned as Baltimore’s top three prospects, usually in that order, and none of them has played above High-A ball. All three will likely start at or above that level if and when this season gets underway, but they all have more work left to do.
