The Orioles’ second-best hitting and pitching prospects nonetheless inside the minor leagues dominated ultimate week and had been honored in consequence.
Outfielder Colton Cowser was named the Worldwide Participant of the Week after posting a 1.477 OPS for Triple-A Norfolk, and pitcher Cade Povich obtained the Japanese League Pitcher of the Week Award after his spectacular start for Double-A Bowie.
Cowser, the Orioles’ No. 2 prospect nonetheless inside the minors behind Jackson Holliday, based mostly on Baseball America, continued his torrid start to the season, going 11-for-22 with 9 runs, 5 RBIs, two doubles, two home runs and 9 walks. He reached base in 20 of his 31 plate appearances.
The 23-year-old reached base in 5 of the Tides’ six video video games and tallied 4 multi-hit video video games. On Thursday, he went 3-for-3 with two home runs and two walks. He then reached base 5 cases on Saturday, going 3-for-4 with two walks.
In 36 video video games, Cowser is slashing .336/.477/.567 for a whopping 1.044 OPS. His .477 on-base proportion is the simplest inside the Worldwide League. He’s strolling nearly as quickly as a recreation and almost as rather a lot as he’s placing out, with 35 free passes versus 38 strikeouts.
Cowser went 2-for-24 in his first week of the season with 10 punchouts. Since then, he’s hitting .391 with seven home runs, a 1.197 OPS and additional walks (30) than strikeouts (28).
Povich, the Orioles’ No. 2 pitching prospect nonetheless inside the minors behind DL Corridor, was picked as the simplest pitcher inside the Japanese League after placing out 10 batters in 5 shutout innings for the second time this season. A little bit bit over two weeks up to now, he tallied 10 punchouts whereas allowing merely three base runners; on Thursday, he allowed 4 batters to achieve safely (three hits, one stroll). The 23-year-old leads the Japanese League in strikeouts with 44.
Povich, who was definitely certainly one of 4 pitchers the Orioles acquired from the Minnesota Twins in return for Jorge López, has a 3.38 ERA in 26 2/3 innings this season with a 1.16 WHIP and a formidable 40% strikeout cost. For comparability, Grayson Rodriguez, the very best pitching prospect inside the sport, struck out 39.9% of the batters he confronted in his time in Double-A.
It wasn’t merely Cowser and Povich who stood out on the farm ultimate week, though. That’s why each week, The Baltimore Solar will break down 5 of the very best performers inside the Orioles’ prospect ranks and hand out some superlatives for people who didn’t make that decrease.
1. Triple-A Norfolk left-hander DL Corridor
In late April, Corridor was promoted to Baltimore as a result of the twenty seventh man for its doubleheader in the direction of the Detroit Tigers. He provided three innings of assist and was despatched once more to Triple-A that night. His two outings since have been the simplest of his season. After pitching 5 scoreless innings two weeks up to now, Corridor struck out 9 all through six innings of two-run ball in his start ultimate week. In his earlier three outings, along with the one with the Orioles, the left-hander has struck out 24 batters in 14 innings. Simply as mandatory as a result of the outcomes, though, is the reality that Corridor went six innings for the first time since July 6 and solely the seventh time of his expert occupation.
2. Double-A Bowie infielder César Prieto
Prieto turned 24 on Wednesday and celebrated collectively along with his second of 4 straight multi-hit video video games. The infield prospect went 2-for-4 on his birthday and 11-for-21 all through the week to proceed his fantastic start to the season. The Cuba native hit two doubles, a triple and a home run for a 1.402 OPS ultimate week whereas participating in second base, shortstop and third. In his second season inside the Orioles’ group after agreeing to a $650,000 signing bonus in January 2022, Prieto has adjusted to Double-A pitching after struggling in the direction of it ultimate season. His .392 batting frequent leads all licensed hitters inside the Japanese League, whereas his .984 OPS ranks fourth.
3. Excessive-A Aberdeen right-hander Jean Pinto
Prieto was faraway from the one worldwide acquisition to excel ultimate week. Pinto, a right-hander the Orioles acquired inside the José Iglesias commerce with the Los Angeles Angels in December 2020, started two video video games for the IronBirds and struck out 15 batters in 8 1/3 innings. He fired 4 1/3 no-hit innings ultimate Tuesday with seven punchouts after which tossed 4 innings of one-run ball with eight strikeouts. On the season, the 22-year-old Venezuela native has a 2.08 ERA and 1.05 WHIP in 30 1/3 innings with a 39.2% strikeout cost.
4. Double-A Bowie infielder Coby Mayo
Mayo is probably not hitting nearly .400 like Prieto or smashing home runs with ease like Heston Kjerstad, nevertheless he saved up his common advertising marketing campaign ultimate week. The 21-year-old third baseman went 5-for-20 with two doubles, a triple, a home run and 6 walks for a 1.023 OPS. Mayo, the Orioles’ No. 9 prospect, is slashing .267/.403/.495 — good for a .898 OPS — in merely his second full season {{of professional}} ball.
5. Excessive-A Aberdeen right-hander Alex Pham
Povich may want obtained his league’s weekly pitching award, nevertheless he wasn’t the Orioles prospect who struck out primarily essentially the most batters in a recreation. That was Pham, who punched out a career-high 11 all through 5 scoreless innings of one-hit ball Friday. The scoreless outing was nothing new for Pham, though, as a result of the 23-year-old extended his streak with out allowing a run to 17 innings. The ultimate time he allowed a run was in his third inning on April 16. On the season, the 2021 Nineteenth-round select has a 1.93 ERA in 23 1/3 innings with a 35.8% strikeout cost.
The excessive prospect not featured to this point
Jackson Holliday ultimate week moved as a lot as No. 7 on Baseball America’s prospect document, and this week he jumped 9 spots to No. 3 on MLB Pipeline’s ranking. The 19-year-old shortstop maintained his on-base streak to begin the 12 months, reaching safely in all six video video games ultimate week with Excessive-A Aberdeen and each of his first 29 achieved contests in 2023. Holliday went 6-for-18 with 5 walks, a double and a homer and posted one different week with an OPS above 1.000. Holliday is already the simplest hitter on the IronBirds with a .940 OPS, and all through Low-A and Excessive-A, he’s slashing .349/.485/.576.
Worldwide acquisition of the week
In his first 12 months of full-season ball, Samuel Basallo is proving every bit nicely definitely worth the $1.3 million signing bonus the Orioles gave him in 2021 out of the Dominican Republic. Final week with Low-A Delmarva, Basallo, who’s rated as Baltimore’s excessive worldwide prospect by Baseball America, went 8-for-22 with two doubles, a home run and 6 RBIs. On the season, the 18-year-old catcher is slashing .318/.350/.527.
Time to current a shout-out to …
Justin Armbruester. Whereas Povich is logging double-digit strikeout performances and worthwhile weekly awards, Armbruester is true behind him as most likely the best pitchers in Double-A. Armbruester, Baltimore’s No. 3 pitching prospect nonetheless inside the minors, tossed 5 innings of one-run ball ultimate week for his sixth consecutive start allowing two or fewer runs to begin the season. His 1.86 ERA ranks second amongst licensed starters inside the Japanese League. In 29 innings, the 6-foot-4 right-hander has given up merely six runs whereas placing out 26.
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