Baltimore Orioles minor league players
Below are select minor league players and the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Baltimore Orioles:
Players
Micah Ashman
Micah John Ashman is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.Ashman attended Jordan High School in Sandy, Utah, and played college baseball at the University of Utah for the Utes. He is Utah's leader in career saves with twenty. As a junior for Utah in 2024, he made 24 relief appearances and went 1-4 with a 3.08 ERA and 11 saves. He briefly played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Chatham Anglers after the season.
Ashman was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team and made his professional debut with the Lakeland Flying Tigers, making five relief appearances. Ashman was selected to Detroit's Spring Breakout roster during 2025 spring training. He opened the 2025 season with the West Michigan Whitecaps and was promoted to the Erie SeaWolves in July.
On July 31, 2025, Ashman was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Charlie Morton. He was assigned to the Chesapeake Baysox. Over 43 relief appearances between West Michigan, Erie and Chesapeake, Ashman went 4-4 with a 2.35 ERA and 73 strikeouts over innings.
Boston Bateman
Bateman attended Adolfo Camarillo High School in Camarillo, California, where he played baseball. As a senior in 2024, he went 11-1 with a 0.54 ERA and 130 strikeouts alongside batting.341 with seven home runs. After the season, Bateman was selected by the San Diego Padres in the second round with the 52nd overall pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team for $2.5 million, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at LSU.
Bateman made his professional debut in 2025 with the Single-A Lake Elsinore Storm.
On July 31, 2025, Bateman was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Ramón Laureano and Ryan O'Hearn. He was assigned to the Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds and was promoted to the High-A Aberdeen IronBirds after two starts. Bateman started a total of 20 games for the 2025 season and went 5-5 with a 4.14 ERA and 94 strikeouts over 87 innings.
Braxton Bragg
Braxton Kirk Bragg is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.Bragg attended Liberty High School and played three years of college baseball at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and one year at Dallas Baptist University. In his lone year at Dallas Baptist in 2023, Bragg started 16 games and went 9-2 with a 4.19 ERA over 86 innings. After the season, he was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the eighth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. He signed for $100,000.
After signing with the Orioles, Bragg made his professional debut with the Delmarva Shorebirds, pitching innings. He returned to Delmarva for the 2024 season, going 5-6 with a 3.36 ERA and 122 strikeouts over innings. To open the 2025 season, Bragg was assigned to the Aberdeen Ironbirds. After three starts in which he did not allow an earned run, he was promoted to the Chesapeake Baysox in late April. Bragg was placed on the injured list twice during the season with a forearm injury. On July 30, 2025, he underwent Tommy John surgery, effectively ending his season. Over 12 games for the 2025 season, Bragg went 4-2 with a 1.68 ERA and 77 strikeouts over 59 innings.
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Trace Bright
Bright attended Trinity Presbyterian School in Montgomery, Alabama and played college baseball at Auburn University. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the fifth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.
Bright signed with the Orioles and spent his first professional season with the Florida Complex League Orioles and Delmarva Shorebirds. He pitched 2023 with the Aberdeen IronBirds and Bowie Baysox.
Luis De León
De León signed with the Baltimore Orioles as an international free agent on December 2021. He made his professional debut in 2022 with the Dominican Summer League Orioles. He pitched 2023 with the Florida Complex League Orioles and Delmarva Shorebirds and 2024 with Delmarva and the Aberdeen IronBirds.
De León pitched 2025 with Delmarva, Aberdeen and Chesapeake Baysox. After the season he pitched in the Arizona Fall League.
Payton Eeles
Payton Lee Eeles is an American professional baseball infielder in the Baltimore Orioles organization.Eeles attended Allatoona High School in Acworth, Georgia, and played college baseball at Cedarville University and Coastal Carolina University. After going undrafted in 2023, he signed with the Chicago Dogs of the American Association of Professional Baseball. In 2024, he played in six games for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball before having his contract purchased by the Minnesota Twins.
Eeles started his Twins career with the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels before being promoted to the Cedar Rapids Kernels and St. Paul Saints.
In 2025, Eeles made 99 appearances split between St. Paul, Cedar Rapids, and Fort Myers, slashing a combined.261/.382/.332 with four home runs, 34 RBI, and 27 stolen bases.
On November 21, 2025, Eeles was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Alex Jackson.
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Cameron Foster
Foster played college baseball at McNeese State University. He was selected by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.
On July 25, 2025, the Mets traded Foster and Wellington Aracena to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Gregory Soto. He made 13 appearances down the stretch for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides, recording a 3.38 ERA with 23 strikeouts over 16 innings of work. On November 18, the Orioles added Foster to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
Zach Fruit
Zachary Tyler Fruit is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.Fruit attended Dundee High School in Dundee, Michigan and played college baseball at Lansing Community College, Eastern Michigan University and Troy University. In 2021, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the ninth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.
Fruit made his professional debut in 2024 with the Aberdeen IronBirds. He started 2025 with the Chesapeake Baysox.
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Nate George
George attended Minooka High School in Minooka, Illinois, where he played baseball and competed in track and field. As a senior in 2024, he hit.404 with nine home runs and 22 stolen bases. After his senior year, he was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 16th round of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team for $455,000, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at Northwest Florida State College.
George made his professional debut in 2025 with the Florida Complex League Orioles, where he hit.383 with three home runs and 13 stolen bases over 23 games. In June, he was promoted to the Delmarva Shorebirds, with whom he batted.337 with one home run, 21 RBIs, and 25 stolen bases over 43 games. He was promoted once again to the Aberdeen IronBirds in August. Over 21 games with Aberdeen to end his first professional season, George hit.291 with one home run, seven RBIs, and 12 stolen bases. The Orioles named George their Minor League Player of the Year.
Trey Gibson
Richard Russell Gibson is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.Gibson attended Grafton High School in Yorktown, Virginia and played college baseball at Liberty University. In 2023, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He signed with the Baltimore Orioles as an undrafted free agent after going unselected in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.
Gibson made his professional debut in 2023 with the Florida Complex League Orioles. He played 2024 with the Delmarva Shorebirds and Aberdeen IronBirds. He started 2025 with Aberdeen before being promoted to the Chesapeake Baysox.
Esteban Mejía
Esteban Mejía is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.Mejía signed with the Baltimore Orioles as an international free agent on January 15, 2024. He made his professional debut that season with the Dominican Summer League Orioles.
Mejía started the 2025 season with the rookie-level Florida Complex League Orioles and was promoted to the Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds during the season.
Tyson Neighbors
Tyson Neighbors is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.Neighbors attended Royse City High School in Royse City, Texas, where he played baseball. As a senior in 2021, he batted.500 with 11 home runs alongside striking out 52 batters over 21 innings. Unselected in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft, Neighbors enrolled at Kansas State University where he played college baseball for the Wildcats.
In 2022, Neighbors played collegiate summer baseball with the Mankato MoonDogs of the Northwoods League. In 2023 for Kansas State, he appeared in 25 games and pitched to a 5-1 record, a 1.85 ERA, 86 strikeouts, and 11 saves. That summer, he was named to the United States national baseball team alongside Wildcat teammate Kaelen Culpepper. As a junior for Kansas State in 2024, Neighbors made 22 relief appearances and went 1-2 with a 3.96 ERA, 61 strikeouts, and nine saves over innings. After the season, he was selected by the San Diego Padres in the fourth round of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. He signed for $600,000.
Neighbors made his professional debut with the Lake Elsinore Storm, posting a 3.86 ERA with nine strikeouts over four appearances. He was assigned to the Fort Wayne TinCaps to open the 2025 season. In June, Neighbors was promoted to the Double-A San Antonio Missions.
On July 31, 2025, Neighbors was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Ramón Laureano and Ryan O'Hearn. He was assigned to the Chesapeake Baysox. Over 44 relief appearances between Fort Wayne, San Antonio, and Chesapeake, Neighbors went 5-0 with a 1.53 ERA, 83 strikeouts, and 22 walks over 59 innings.