6 Unsung Oriole Prospects Making Noise in the Minors

With a quarter of the 2012 season already in the books it’s time to give some recognition to the baby birds that have excelled under the radar so far this year. Since I’ve already checked in on how the top Oriole prospects have done (and will be checking in on them again soon with my May report card) I’d like to heap praise on some of the lesser known young Oriole talent. Here’s my top 6 diamonds in the rough so far this year (in no particular order)…

1. Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP, Delmarva Shorebirds

2 Up, 2 Down: Berken and Johnson Thrive as Bergesen and Tillman Flounder

A month of the Oriole season has come and gone without much talk at all of any of these four young arms for different reasons. For Jason Berken and Steve Johnson, they have flown under the radar simply because the current Oriole rotation has performed so well, that no talk of a call up has been necessary. For Chris Tillman and Brad Bergesen call ups have not been discussed for a much bleaker reason…regression. The early successes of most of the young Orioles with the big league club this season (Andino, Wieters, Jones, Arrieta, Reimold, etc.) have cast a shadow over the organization’s long standing problem with player development that TIllman and Bergeson still seem to be entrenched in today. But ill start with the positives…