The Baltimore Orioles have a star-studded farm system that is held in high-regard by pretty much every possible source.
As Joel Reuter of Bleacher Report put together a list of the best MLB prospects age 20 and under, the Orioles had two players in the top five.
Shortstop Jackson Holliday earned the top ranking overall but catcher/first baseman Samuel Basallo wasn’t far behind at No. 3.
Holliday has had an interesting season, but has definitely done enough to earn the top spot on the list.
The hype has been following him for a long time, even though he was just drafted back in 2022.
At just 20 years old, he made the jump from the minor leagues to the MLB, but it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows.
For the first time in his young baseball career, he hit a huge stop in the road.
Well documented at this point, he had a very weak start to his time in the big leagues.
He went 2-for-34 at the plate with just singles. He struck out in 18 of those at-bats.
He got sent back down to the minors after that and spent the next couple of months preparing for his second chance.
Getting the strikeouts down has made a huge difference for him.
Though he struck out at least twice in seven of his first 10 games, he’s only done so in four of his last 23.
