Here are the O's 2025 Top 30 prospects

The days of the long rebuild are now long behind the Orioles and the system also has settled into a new reality.

It¡¯s been a couple of years since the Orioles broke their long run of picking at the top of the Draft, and they¡¯ve spent the past few seasons graduating a flurry of top prospects to Baltimore and establishing a formidable big league core.

As such, this is the first season since 2022 the Orioles enter without baseball¡¯s top overall prospect, and since ¡®22 they¡¯ve had four different prospects ranked either first or second overall at one point or another. They entered camp last year with five Top 100 prospects.

That number is now two, though there is still lots of talent in the Orioles¡¯ system -- especially at the top. They are one of only three organizations with two top 15 prospects on this year¡¯s Top 100 list, and both of those players -- Samuel Basallo and Coby Mayo -- could impact the club in 2025. Behind them, Baltimore¡¯s Top 30 also features recent first-round selections Enrique Bradfield Jr. and Vance Honeycutt as well as intriguing arms Michael Forret and Keeler Morfe and longer-play international bats like Stiven Martinez.

Mayo got a taste of the big leagues last season and Basallo is already turning heads in big league camp, meanwhile two more of the org¡¯s top six prospects -- right-hander Chayce McDermott and outfielder Dylan Beavers -- could reach Baltimore this summer. When they do, they¡¯ll join a roster teeming with former Top 100 prospects in Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson, Grayson Rodriguez, Jordan Westburg, Ryan Mountcastle, Colton Cowser, Jackson Holliday and Heston Kjerstad, the majority of whom have already developed into All-Star-caliber big leaguers.

Here¡¯s a look at the Orioles top prospects:

1. Samuel Basallo, C/1B (MLB No. 13)
2. Coby Mayo, 3B/1B (MLB No. 14)
3. Enrique Bradfield Jr., OF
4. Chayce McDermott, RHP
5. Vance Honeycutt, OF
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Biggest jump/fall

Here are the players whose ranks changed the most from the 2024 preseason list to the 2025 preseason list:

Jump: Michael Forret, RHP (2024: NR | 2025: 8)
One of two young pitchers who went from unranked last spring to the top 10 of this year¡¯s list (Keeler Morfe being the other), Forret flew under the radar as a junior college hurler and was a 14th-round pick of the Orioles in 2023. But he experienced a velocity jump and enjoyed one of the best debuts of any pitcher in the O¡¯s system, posting a 28.8 percent strikeout rate as a 20-year-old and finishing at High-A Aberdeen. He¡¯s a power pitcher with a five-pitch arsenal and a relatively fresh arm, so he could rise quickly.

Fall: Jud Fabian, OF (2024: 13 | 2025: 23)
If it feels like Fabian has been a big-name prospect forever, it¡¯s sort of because he has -- he graduated high school early to enroll in Florida in 2019 and was drafted twice, including by Baltimore in the CBA Round B in 2022. But long-present contact issues continuously eroded what once looked like a five-tool ceiling for Fabian, and he posted a 41 percent strikeout rate in his first taste of Triple-A last year. There is still power and speed in the profile, but Fabian will need to shore up the holes in his swing to develop into an impact offensive player at the highest level.

Best tools

Players are graded on a 20-80 scouting scale for future tools ¨C 20-30 is well below average, 40 is below average, 50 is average, 60 is above average and 70-80 is well above average. Players in parentheses have the same grade.

Hit: 55 -- Samuel Basallo (Griff O¡¯Ferrall)
Power: 70 -- Coby Mayo
Run: 80 -- Enrique Bradfield
Arm: 70 -- Basallo (Mayo)
Defense: 70 -- Vance Honeycutt (Austin Overn)
Fastball: 70 -- Keeler Morfe
Curveball: 60 -- Trace Bright
Slider: 60 -- Chayce McDermott (Luis De Leon)
Changeup: 55 -- Morfe
Control: 55 -- Nestor German (Cameron Weston, Brandon Young)

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How they were built:
Draft: 15 | International: 11 | Trade: 2 | Free agent: 2

Breakdown by ETA:
2025: 9 | 2026: 7 | 2027: 7 | 2028: 3 | 2029: 4

Breakdown by position:
C: 3 | 1B: 0 | 2B: 0 | 3B: 2 | SS: 3 | INF: 3 | OF: 8 | RHP: 10 | LHP: 1