In their organizational reviews, Keith Law / ESPN ranked the O’s system 24th overall, and Baseball America ranked the O’s 21st.
Here are five different sources with their listings of the O’s top prospects.
Sickels: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2010/12/11/1870538/baltimore-orioles-top-20-prospects-for-2011
Hardball Times: http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/fantasy/article/2011-top-10-prospects-tampa-bay-rays-and-baltimore-orioles/
Baseball America: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2011/2610869.html
Fangraphs: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/top-10-prospects-http://baltimoresportsandlife.com/wp-admin/post-new.phpthe-baltimore-orioles/
Baseball Prospectus: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=12459
In these organizational reviews, the following 16 players are found in the various Top 10 lists:
1) Machado, 2) Britton, 3) Klein, 4) Givens, 5) Avery, 6) Hoes, 7) Schoop, 8) Adams, 9) R. Berry, 10) Pelzer, 11) Hobgood, 12) Mahoney, 13) Erbe, 14) Narron, 15) Bridwell, 16) Bundy
The list below omits those16 prospects, as well as four players I’m expecting to start the year at AAA (Reimold, Bell, Snyder, and Patton). What I am focusing on are the other players in the system that interest me. Some of these players are nothing more than organizational depth, some are players that could emerge, and several may not get the opportunity to play full-season ball in ’11.
Other Orioles prospects to watch:
1) Randy Henry
2) Aaron Wirsch
3) Tyler Townsend
4) Jesse Beal
5) Matt Angle
6) Cameron Coffey
7) Ronnie Welty
8) Jarrett Martin
9) Oliver Drake
10) Tim Berry
11) Trent Mummey
12) Jamie Esquivel
13) Ashur Tolliver
14) Sebastian Vader
15) Brandon Cooney
16) Brandon Waring
17) Steve Johnson
18) Caleb Joseph
19) Matthew Bywater
20) Clayton Schrader
21) Hector Veloz
22) Brenden Webb
23) Glynn Davis
24) Richard Zagone
25) Greg Miclat
26) Chorye Spoone
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