In an Orioles system that has brought a slew of top young players to the majors in recent years, Enrique Bradfield Jr. is a different kind of prospect.

He doesn’t have the #1 overall pick pedigree of Adley Rutschman or Jackson Holliday. He doesn’t have the power potential of Colton Cowser, Jordan Westburg, or Coby Mayo. He isn’t an all-around star like Gunnar Henderson. But with two elite skills in his toolkit that are sorely lacking elsewhere on the O’s roster, Bradfield can infuse the club with a refreshingly new dynamic.

Bradfield joined the Orioles in the 2023 draft, the first time in Mike Elias’s Orioles career that the team didn’t hold one of the top five overall picks. Still, at #17, the O’s were plenty happy to nab Bradfield out of Vanderbilt, envisioning him as the club’s center

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