Format = Position Player | Age on 4/1/2027 | Highest Level Played | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. OF Eric Booth Jr. | 18 | A | 2030
A strong, speedy lefty at 6’0” 207 pounds, Booth Jr. went seventh overall after posting impressive run times and exit velocities throughout his high school baseball life. Baltimore sent him straight to Low-A, and he met the challenge for 18 games, slashing .284/.390/.328 with three stolen bases. He’s a little unconventional in the batter’s box and might make an adjustment or two as he matures in pro ball and works to access his considerable raw power in games.
2. RHP Anthony Eyanson | 22 | AA | 2027
A third-round pick in 2025, Eyanson added velocity with Boston and dominated the minor leagues in 2026, finishing the season with a 1.54 ERA and 0.96 WHIP in 99.1 innings across two levels. It’s a solid playbook: find a successful college starter with off-speed command and see if you can help him find another couple miles per hour. It worked so well with Eyanson that he became a crucial piece of the Adley Rutschman trade. His velo backed up a little bit at times late in the season, but that’s understandable. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Velocity is probably best built up slowly, carefully, brick by brick.
3. LHP Joseph Dzierwa | 22 | AA | 2027
The size of an NBA wing player at 6’8” 200 pounds, Dzierwa features surprisingly impeccable command for someone so tall, young and deceptive. His low-three-quarters release is a nightmare for lefthanded hitters, particularly now that he’s throwing his breaking stuff with more confidence and regularity. In 131 innings spent mostly at Double-A, he recorded a 2.27 ERA and 0.90 WHIP with 149 strikeouts against just 30 walks.
4. LHP Caden Hunter | 23 | AA | 2027
For the first time in a long time, Baltimore is flush with ready-soon pitching prospects that could become this spine of a playoff roster. Hunter wound up third among the group on this list today, but it’s easy to make a case for any of these guys as the best of the trio. Hunter’s case depends on his plus fastball continuing to make life easy for him and setting up his slider-changeup combo in ways that can look unfair to young hitters at times. A 6th round pick in 2025, he cruised through three levels in 2026, recording a 2.01 ERA and 1.06 WHIP with 151 strikeouts in 103 innings.
5. SS Wehiwa Aloy | 23 | AA | 2027
Baltimore liked Aloy’s mettle enough to select him with the 31st pick in the 2025 draft and sign him to the full slot allotment of $3.04 million. The Golden Spikes Award winner for Arkansas that year, he was perhaps only available to the Orioles because he’s not the twitchiest athlete off the bus, but he’s always hit, and he does everything smoothly on the diamond and cuts corners with good mechanics and instincts. In 123 games across two levels, he slashed .288/.356/.500 with 25 home runs and 20 stolen bases. I think he’s a smidge underrated in the dynasty realm, maybe even by me. Might be a guy to try tacking onto a trade or two.
6. OF Ike Irish | 23 | A+ | 2028
The 19th overall pick in 2025, Irish was announced as a catcher on draft night, but he played outfield and first base in 2026 and thrived with the bat, slashing .286/.388/.528 with 16 home runs and 20 stolen bases in 76 games. The steals were a surprise to me, but I suppose a guy might get a little fleeter afoot when he stops crouching and kneeling all day. A left-handed hitter at 6’2” 201 pounds, Irish could move quickly and debut in 2027 if things break his way.
7. OF Enddy Azocar | 20 | A+ | 2029
A wiry centerfielder listed at 6’2” 168 pounds, Azocar added strength in 2026 and broke out with the bat, slashing .295/.348/.537 with 21 home runs and 20 stolen bases in 110 games played mostly in High-A. His best stretch of the season happened after Boston included him in the Adley Rutschman trade. In those 25 games with High-A Frederick, he slashed .327/.372/.529 with three home runs and nine stolen bases. I only draw attention to the small sample because I feel like prospects often fall off a bit after being traded in-season for a big name player. It’s just anecdotal of course, but it’s the sort of thing that sticks in my mind and solidifies Azocar as a player on the rise in my eyes.
8. OF Nate George | 20 | A+ | 2029
The 489th overall pick in the 2024 draft, George signed an over-slot deal and turned heads in 2025, slashing .337/.413/.483 with five home runs and 50 stolen bases in 87 games across three levels. A right-handed hitter at 6’0” 200 pounds, he’s an easy evaluation because you can see his twitch and athleticism at a glance. He’s even solid in centerfield already and could become a rotisserie monster if he actualizes the raw power in games by learning to add more loft. That’s a little more open question here than for some guys because we haven’t seen him play since May 3rd, and his injury has not been disclosed. He was pretty intriguing for those 20 games he did play, reaching base at a .372 clip and swiping 15 bags.
9. C 1B Ethan Anderson | 23 | AAA | 2027
A switch-hitter at 6’1” 215 pounds, Anderson was a second-round pick out of Virginia in 2024, where he thrived as an everyday lineup cog all three seasons. As a junior, he inherited the tools of ignorance from Kyle Teel and proved himself a viable defender behind the dish. In 2026, he hit 24 homers in just 93 games and closed out the season with a five-game stint in Triple-A. He figures to be part of the big league picture early in 2027.
10. 2B Aron Estrada | 22 | AAA | 2027
Estrada is still listed at 5’11” 142 pounds, but I’m guessing he was 16 or something whenever that weight went on the books. Not that he’s hefty or anything. More of a regular-sized dude these days. The switch-hitter is having a nice stretch in the Venezuelan Winter League, slashing .363/.402/.495 through 23 games. This comes off a 24 home run season in Double-A that earned him a late-season promotion to Triple-A Norfolk. I think we’ll see quite a bit of Estrada in Baltimore this year, and I think he’ll hold his own.
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