Baltimore Orioles Breakout MLB Prospects For 2025

Entering 2025, we’re projecting a number of Orioles prospects to have the potential for a breakout season.

To qualify, a player must rank outside the organization’s Top 10 prospects entering the year. All scouting reports are from Baseball America’s 2025 Prospect handbook, which you can purchase here.

You can find Top 10 prospect rankings for all teams here and all breakout candidates here.

Keeler Morfe, RHP

Preseason Rank: 14
BA Grade/Risk: 50/Extreme

Track Record: The Orioles like to spread their international signing money around on the pitching side and gave Morfe just over $200,000 as part of that plan in their 2023 international class. He was too good for the Dominican Summer League in his second stint there—striking out 38 with a 0.86 WHIP in 22 innings—before jumping to Low-A Delmarva for four starts to finish the 2024 season.

Scouting Report: Morfe’s size and slight frame make him seem unremarkable—but the arm speed he generates is jaw-dropping. His four-seamer was up to 99.8 mph and averaged 97.5, and Morfe confidently attacks hitters in the zone with it. His plus mid-80s sweeper and plus changeup—a pitch in the 90-92 mph range with significant run—round out an arsenal that’s advanced for such a young pitcher. It takes a consistent, repeatable delivery from an athletic, twitchy body to generate the power Morfe does, given how small he is. But the Orioles believe he can sustain a heavy workload and are working on adding a second, harder, breaking ball shape that he can land for strikes and to build out his arsenal as a starter. He’ll need to improve his below-average control.

The Future: Morfe has the arsenal to be a quality major league starter with big stuff but will have to prove his body can handle the workload and that he can throw enough strikes. He’s set to start 2025 back at Delmarva.

Scouting Grades: FB: 70. SWP: 60. CH: 60. CTL: 40.

Thomas Sosa, OF

Preseason Rank: 22
BA Grade/Risk: 50/Extreme

Track Record: Sosa’s $400,000 signing bonus as part of the Orioles’ 2022 international class wasn’t the largest of his cohort, but that doesn’t dim the buzz about his tools and upside. Sosa cut down on his strikeouts to post an impressive .877 OPS in the Florida Complex League in 2023, and had a .697 OPS at Low-A Delmarva before spending the last month of the 2024 season being challenged at High-A Aberdeen.

Scouting Report: While it didn’t show up in the form of power production in his full-season debut, Sosa makes incredibly loud contact. His 90th percentile exit velocity was 107 mph. He has a crude offensive skill set beyond that and needs to improve his swing decisions and strengthen some of his movement patterns in his swing to solidify his path to the ball. Currently it can limit the impact he shows in games, but there’s the potential with physical maturity and continued experience to develop into a fringe-average hitter with at least plus raw power. Sosa currently plays all three outfield positions but is likely destined for right field, where his plus arm will be useful.

The Future: Sosa is the type of player who can be a star if it all clicks, but could be a bat-first corner outfielder who warrants everyday at-bats even if the optimal outcomes don’t hit. He’ll be back at High-A Aberdeen in 2025.

Scouting Grades: HIT: 45. POW: 55. RUN: 50. FLD: 45. ARM: 60.