Below are select minor league players and the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Baltimore Orioles:

Players Ethan Anderson

Ethan Frederick Anderson (born September 21, 2003) is an American professional baseball catcher and first baseman in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

Anderson attended Frank W. Cox High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia and played college baseball at the University of Virginia for the Virginia Cavaliers. In 2023, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the second round of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft.

Anderson spent his first professional season with the Delmarva Shorebirds and Aberdeen IronBirds. He played 2025 with Aberdeen and the Chesapeake Baysox and after the season played in the Arizona Fall League. Anderson started 2026 with Chesapeake.

Micah Ashman

Micah John Ashman (born August 22, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He was named to the Canada national baseball team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

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. He returned to Chesapeake for the 2026 season and had a 2–2 record, a 1.79 ERA, and 81 strikeouts across innings. He also made one rehab appearance for the Frederick Keys.

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Enddy Azócar

Enddy Alexander Azócar (born February 24, 2007) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

Azócar signed with the Boston Red Sox as an international free agent in January 2024. He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Red Sox.

Azócar played 2025 with the Florida Complex League Red Sox and Salem Red Sox and started 2026 with Salem before being promoted to the Greenville Drive.

On August 3, 2026, the Red Sox traded Azócar, Carlos Narváez, Anthony Eyanson, Kyson Witherspoon, and Harold Rivas to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Adley Rutschman, Jake Rogers, and cash considerations.

Boston Bateman

Boston Johansen Bateman (born September 20, 2005) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

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 (alongside Tyson Neighbors, Tanner Smith, Brandon Butterworth, Victor Figueroa and Cobb Hightower) 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. He was assigned to the High-A Frederick Keys for the 2026 season. Bateman was named the Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May after he pitched to a 0.89 ERA across innings during the month. For the season, he pitched in 24 games (making 21 starts) with Frederick and had a 4–3 record, a 3.65 ERA, and 117 strikeouts over innings.

Braxton Bragg

Braxton Kirk Bragg (born October 28, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

Bragg attended Liberty High School in Liberty, Missouri 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 (11 starts) for the 2025 season, Bragg went 4–2 with a 1.68 ERA and 77 strikeouts over 59 innings. He was named the Orioles' 12th-best prospect at the end of 2025.

Bragg did not make an appearance in 2026 while recovering from surgery, but was assigned to play in the Arizona Fall League with the Peoria Javelinas following the end of the minor league season.

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Trace Bright

Bob Ike Bright (born October 26, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

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.

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Joseph Dzierwa

Joseph Wesley Dzierwa ( ; born April 21, 2004) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

Dzierwa attended Otsego High School in Tontogany, Ohio, and played college baseball at Michigan State University for the Spartans. In 2024, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League. After his sophomore year at Michigan State in 2024, he entered the transfer portal and committed to Vanderbilt University, but later rescinded his commitment and returned to the Spartans for his junior year. As a junior at Michigan State in 2025, Dzierwa started 15 games and went 8–3 with a 2.36 ERA and 104 strikeouts. After the season, he was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the second round of the 2025 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team for $1.5 million.

Dzierwa was named to Baltimore's Spring Breakout roster during 2026 spring training and was named to the MLB All-Spring Breakout team. He made his professional debut in 2026 with the High-A Frederick Keys. Over eight starts with Frederick, Dzierwa had a 5–1 record with a 2.21 ERA before he was promoted to the Double-A Chesapeake Baysox in mid-May. He was selected to represent the Orioles at the 2026 All-Star Futures Game alongside Ike Irish. Dzierwa pitched in 18 games for Chesapeake and had a 4–1 record, a 2.29 ERA, and 99 strikeouts over innings. His totals for the season with both Frederick and Chesapeake included a 9–2 record, a 2.27 ERA, and 149 strikeouts across 131 innings and 26 games. He was named the Orioles’ Minor League Pitcher of the Year for 2026.

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Payton Eeles

Payton Lee Eeles (born November 16, 1999) 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 (ALPB) 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 RBIs, and 27 stolen bases.

On November 21, 2025, Eeles was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Alex Jackson.

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Aron Estrada

Aron De Jesus Estrada (born January 13, 2005) is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman and outfielder in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

Estrada signed with the Baltimore Orioles as an international free agent in January 2022. He made his professional debut that season with the Dominican Summer League Orioles. He played 2023 with the Florida Complex League Orioles and 2024 with the Delmarva Shorebirds and Aberdeen IronBirds.

Estrada played 2025 with Aberdeen and the Chesapeake Baysox. The Orioles invited him to spring training in 2026.

Victor Figueroa

Victor Enrique Figueroa (born December 31, 2003) is an American professional first baseman in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

Figueroa attended River Ridge High School in New Port Richey, Florida and played college baseball at Mississippi Valley State University and Florida SouthWestern State College. He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut that year with the Arizona Complex League Padres and was later promoted to the Lake Elsinore Storm.

On July 31, 2025, the Padres traded Figueroa, Boston Bateman, Tyson Neighbors, Tanner Smith, Brandon Butterworth, and Cobb Hightower to the Baltimore Orioles for Ramón Laureano and Ryan O'Hearn. He started his Orioles career with the Aberdeen IronBirds. He started 2026 with the Frederick Keys.

Michael Forret

Michael Steven Forret (born April 6, 2004) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

Forret attended Providence High School in Charlotte, North Carolina and played college baseball at State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota. In 2023, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 14th round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

Forret spent his first professional season in 2024 with the Delmarva Shorebirds and Aberdeen IronBirds, accumulating a 6–8 record and 3.88 ERA with 124 strikeouts in innings pitched across 26 appearances (17 starts).

On December 19, 2025, the Orioles traded Forret (alongside Austin Overn, Slater de Brun, and Caden Bodine) to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Shane Baz. Forret was assigned to the Montgomery Biscuits to begin the 2026 season and was promoted to the Durham Bulls in June.

On August 3, 2026, the Rays traded Forret back to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Tyler Wells.

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