Orioles On the Verge

From Baseball America's prospect chat today:

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Enrique Bradfield Jr. went 0-2 with 2 groundouts in his debut last night, *but* one of those groundouts was hit 101 MPH and he walked 3 times and stole a base.

RHP Tanner Smith with a scoreless 4th inning in his AFL debut.

Single
Flyout
Pickoff
Strikeout

Touched 96.4 mph.

The Arizona Fall League kicks off tonight at 9:30.

OF Enrique Bradfield Jr is playing CF and leading off for the Peoria Javelinas.

A look at a possible first-round target of the Orioles in the 2026 draft.

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The Arizona Fall League crew.

Bob's Dream Offseason v1.0 To be updated as necessary

It’s early but I took my first crack at what I’d like the 2026 Orioles to look like.

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Basallo 4
Gibson 53

A final update to our Top 50 list

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Brandon Young struggled with it in 2024 and then came back much better this season, could just be an adjustment we have to build into projections

Cameron Weston 2025 AAA metrics

Levi Wells 2025 AAA metrics

Trey Gibson 2025 AAA metrics

Nestor German 2025 AAA metrics

Weston must be regularly popping 20s on the sinker // not really sure the story on Wells given the plain release point and IVB, maybe it's the horizontal break? // Gibson & German if anybody's curious

Weston sinker at 114 as well

Levi Wells on the list at 117 🥵

Unfortunate for Fabian and Fruit.

Diederich posted a 39/7 K/BB in 27 IP with Delmarva after signing with the Orioles in June.

Just highlighted Downer's season yesterday: t.co/V2HbNKxKU0

Bring him to Baltimore for 2-3 years to show this young core how it’s done 🙏

First Team: Samuel Basallo and Dylan Beavers

Second Team: RHP Tyson Neighbors

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Our 2025 review series rolls on with a look back at 2024 draft pick RHP Brandon Downer and his brief, but successful, first pro season.

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STAT 2024 2025 Diff HR 5453 5650 3.6% RUNS 21343 21614 1.3% RBIS 20379 20740 1.8% BB% 8.2% 8.4% 2.4% K% 22.6% 22.2% -1.8% SB 3617 3440 -4.9% CS 961 989 2.9% AVG 0.243 0.245 0.8% OBP 0.312 0.315 1.0% SLG 0.399 0.404 1.3% HR/9 1.14 1.18 3.5% ERA 4.08 4.16 2.0% K-BB% 14.4% 13.8% -4.2% BARREL% 7.8% 8.5% 9.0%

Now that numbers are all final, year over year changes in some categories. Teams have adjusted to the new stolen base conditions as this was the lowest total of the 3 seasons under the new rules and 177 fewer steals than 2024.

Final line for #Orioles starter Kyle Bradish: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K's, 1 HR. 69 pitches, 46 strikes.

Bradish finishes with a 2.53 ERA in 6 starts this season after returning from Tommy John surgery.

The 29-year-old RHP picked up where he left off pre-TJ.

🦫🦫🦫

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End of season award time:

Apple: bit.ly/3Kq7vA7
Spotify: bit.ly/42ivB61

Alex Jackson 7th most valuable player traded midseason lol

Some Coby Mayo lines:

September: .306/.386/.500 (151 wRC+) in 70 PA

2nd half: .220/.308/.399 (100 wRC+) in 195 PA

Vs. LHP: .253/.330/.437 (116 wRC+) in 97 PA

2nd half vs. LHP: .263/.344/.509 (138 wRC+) in 64 PA

LHP Kelvin Zapata was one of the 10 standouts we highlighted from the DSL this year at the conclusion of the season.

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"Zapata, 17, now sits in the low 90s and reaches 96 mph from a low release height with the look of a pitcher who should be able to squeeze out a few more ticks to reach the upper 90s."

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His bat has been disappointing this year, but Colton Cowser has at least proven he can handle CF. His FRV by month in center:

June: -1
July: 0
August: +1
Sept: +1 (and counting)

That is pretty important for next year.

With more top international prospect lists coming out, a reminder of some of the top 2026 players the Orioles are currently connected to:

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Samuel Basallo is the top hitting prospect on the list. His peak projection (read: weighted projection at peak, not ceiling) per RoboScout:

.279 xBA, .365 xOBP, 137 wRC+

look back at the 2025 campaigns of Delmarva arms Andy Fabian and Luis Beltran, plus a peek at a young arm who may be very intriguing in 2026.

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