It’s hard to find many real drawbacks if a player gets sporadic major league playing time and struggles early. And that’s from any number of perspectives — developmental, analytical or scouting.

The Orioles’ 2019 draft class has proven to be a turning point for the organization under Mike Elias’s leadership.

The farther we get from the rebuilding years, the harder it is to envision many of the players who wore those losses and grew through those struggles ultimately being here to enjoy an ultimate reward of a World Series. It would be sweeter for them than almost anyone else.

The Orioles have always had the prospect talent to make pretty much any trade they’ve wanted in the last couple years. Elias has said so himself. There might just be more urgency to this year.

“Now, when you look at his performance against pitch types, he’s hitting breaking balls really well and fastballs,” co-hitting coach Ryan Fuller said. “That’s what we want our guys to be able to do.”

John Means’ elbow injury and Dean Kremer’s right triceps strain are testing the Orioles’ pitching depth.

De Leon has a chance to be the top pitching prospect in the organization by the end of the year, which is saying a lot considering the pitching talent that has emerged.

It's uncomfortable to watch — but already showing signs of effectiveness.

The lineup that Ryan Fuller, the Orioles’ co-hitting coach, helps guide is one of the most powerful and dynamic in all of baseball, with a set of ascendant young stars leading the way.

The Orioles have won 59.9% of their games since recalling Rutschman. If anything can make a 27-14 start to the season seem ordinary, it’s that.

The Orioles showed faith in Santander when he was still a raw, young player fighting through injury.

The Orioles made him their highest pitching draft pick under Mike Elias, signing him for an above-slot $1.605 million as the 63rd overall pick in 2023.

The 24-year-old left-hander earned both the Orioles’ and the International League’s pitcher of the month awards for an April in which he had a 1.03 ERA with 40 strikeouts and a 0.76 WHIP.

There is a lot of intrigue surrounding these pitchers with the Baysox.

In this Yankees series, the Orioles held a lineup that scored 30 runs combined in the two games preceding their arrival in Baltimore to six in four games.

Over the last year, Keagan Gillies has become a dark horse candidate to help the Orioles’ bullpen sooner rather than later. Here’s how a refined splitter is helping his chances.

The Orioles’ position has always been: Players need to be challenged, and challenging them at earlier ages has the potential to be exponentially beneficial.

As long as he keeps defending well, he’ll get chances to bat at the bottom of the order, at least against righties, and get himself right.

Cowser is spraying line drives all over the field, has a team-high 12 extra-base hits, and is one of the breakout stars of the first month of this MLB season.

At its best, though, the pitch gives Kremer an added dimension for both lefties and righties to consider.