Baltimore Sports and Life Mid-Season Ranking of the Orioles Top Prospects

With the recent promotions of Bergesen, Reimold, Berken, Hernandez, and Wieters to the Majors, it is a good time to review the current top prospects in the Orioles system.

1) Chris Tillman
4/15/88
AAA Norfolk
5-0, 2.13 era, 38 innings, 33 hits, 1 homer, 13 bb’s, 44 k’s

2) Brian Matusz
2/11/87
A Frederick
4-2, 2.37 era, 60.2 innings, 51 hits, 5 homers, 20 bb’s, 69 k’s

3) Brandon Snyder
11/23/86
AA Bowie
342 avg, 9 homers, 38 rbi, 13 doubles, 1.013 OPS

4) Jake Arrieta
3/6/86
AA Bowie
4-3, 2.98 era, 1 CG, 45.1 innings, 37 hits, 3 homers, 20 bb’s, 56 k’s

5) Troy Patton
9/3/85
AA Bowie
6-1, 1.75 era, 51.1 innings, 38 hits, 3 homers, 13 bb’s, 37 k’s

6) Brandon Erbe
12/25/87
AA Bowie (DL)
1-3, 0.90 era, 20 innings, 11 hits, 2 homers, 8 bb’s, 19 k’s

7) Billy Rowell
9/10/88
A Frederick
257 avg, 6 homers, 22 rbi, 12 doubles, .737 OPS

8) Zack Britton
12/22/87
A Frederick
2-1, 2.45 era, 47.2 innings, 39 hits, 3 homers, 26 bb’s, 47 k’s

9) Richard Zagone
9/30/86
A- Delmarva
4-3, 1.92 era, 51.2 innings, 34 hits, 2 homers, 17 bb’s, 52 k’s

10) Wilfrido Perez
8/12/84
AA Bowie
1-0, 1.77 era, 20.1 innings, 1 homer, 18 bb’s, 25 k’s

11) Xavier Avery
1/1/90
A- Delmarva
280 avg, 1 homer, 11 rbi, 6 doubles, 4 triples, 10 steals, 8 cs, .701 OPS

12) Chorye Spoone (Injured)

13) Jerome Hoes
3/5/90
A- Delmarva
250 avg, 0 homers, 18 rbi, 7 doubles, 4 bb’s, 33 k’s, .566 OPS

14) Tim Bascom
1/4/85
A Frederick
4-4, 3.21 era, 47.2 innings, 54 hits, 5 homers, 10 bb’s, 24 k’s

15) Luis Noel (Visa Issues)

16) Robert Bundy (Gulf Coast)

17)

Caleb Joseph

6/18/86

A Frederick

340 avg, 4 homers, 28 rbi, 855 OPS

18) Pedro Beato
10/27/86
A Frederick
3-3, 4.13, 48 innings, 53 hits, 5 homers, 17 bb’s, 30 k’s

19) Matt Angle
9/10/85
A Frederick
269 avg, 0 homers, 8 rbi, 4 doubles, 3 triples, 22 bb’s, 20 k’s, .690 OPS

20) Justin Turner
11/23/84
AAA Norfolk
297 avg, 1 homer, 18 rbi, 8 doubles, 14 bb’s, 18 k’s, .729 OPS

21) Brandon Waring
1/2/86
A Frederick
297 avg, 8 homers, 33 rbi, 13 doubles, 21 bb’s, 44 k’s, .906 OPS

22) Pedro Florimon
12/10/86
A Frederick
310, 7 homers, 28 rbi, 12 doubles, 4 triples, 16 bb’s, 34 k’s, .973 OPS

23) Blake Davis
12/22/83 (Injured)

24) Tony Butler

There are a few players in the Minor Leagues that I believe could help the O’s at some point, that I did not believe directly fit this list.

Those players are Liz, McCrory, Mickolio, and Pauley.

Liz
10/6/83
AAA Norfolk
0-0, 3.86 era, 21 innings, 26 hits, 0 homers, 4 bb’s, 21 k’s

McCrory
5/3/82
AAA Norfolk
0-0, 1.71 era, 21 innings, 20 hits, 1 homer, 6 bb’s, 18 k’s

Mickolio
5/10/84
AAA Norfolk
1-3, 4.82 era, 18.2 innings, 16 hits, 6 bb’s, 25 k’s

Pauley
6/17/83
AAA Norfolk
4-4, 3.91 era, 50.2 innings, 57 hits, 12 bb’s, 29 k’s