Orioles minor league report: From Cade Povich to Jackson Baumeister, Baltimore’s pitching pipeline is starting to pop

No farm system in baseball is striking out more batters than the Orioles.

Just a few years ago, that sentence would’ve been unthinkable given Baltimore’s lack of pitching investment. Since Mike Elias’ first draft as Orioles general manager in 2019, the club has heavily focused on drafting college position players early in drafts instead of pitchers.

Fifty-three of the Orioles’ 112 picks over the past five drafts have been pitchers — a near-even split. However, through 2022, the club...