Ike Irish

That's, that's, that's a marginal boost.

So when I see, like, Behi Uloy, Ike Irish, for example, this year, when I see what they did in Frederick, I, I'm more confident that, yeah, those, those bats were for real this year.

And, and that production was, for the most part, like, real production from those guys.

Yeah.

So, uh, he is a hard-throwing righty and name to know.

Demetrio Chrysanthos of the D-backs, Ty Peet of the Cardinals, Boston Smith of the Mariners, somebody I know you like, Scott, Nathan Flewelling of the Rays, Jett Williams and Braelon Payne from the Brewers, and Ike Irish from the Orioles.

Uh, last name here, Wellbing Francisco of the Guardians, who has kind of fallen off a little bit as a prospect, but in his first game went five for five with a sock and a shoe.

So [laughs] it's a nice little start there, uh, to the Arizona Fall League.

He was drafted out of high school.

And we have Ike Irish, outfielder,

high A.

He was hurt most of last year.

I think I saw 47 games this year, and the two best players I saw from positional were Franklin Arise

and Ike Irish.

they were the best hitters that i saw now did i see all of the great all of the top prospects now but it was a large enough sample size that you know and ike irish is just a professional hitter he got hurt late in the season that's why he's there only in high a but he'll start the season in double a and there's a chance i think we see him in 2027 but definitely 2028 is he a guy in a draft and hold league that you would target in the 40s

Well, I, I have, I have to believe the skills are there and it's got nothing to do with the luck of the Irish.

So yeah, I'm going to say you've

After pick 40.

Yep.

Big, big fan of Ike Irish.

And, and that was with Steven, some of their top guys kind of being wiped out in a George, unfortunately with, A health issue for the entirety of the season.

And Ike Irish going down, but we're going to see him in the fall week.

But Ian Sineman, like, that's all credit to the Red Sox, of course.

Identifying, having a plan here, taking a third-round pick, seeing what you could maximize there.

And I could see guys like Hunter, Jiro, Ionson, not struggling, but some of them getting major league time, which is going to put a dent in their minor league numbers and maybe some growing pains with AAA and all that.

So I'll say Boston Bateman for the pitcher and for the hitter, Ike Irish has to be the favorite, but I'm going to go with Andy Azekar.

Just another year of development.

You know, he'll be, he was 19 this year, 20 next year.

And he's going to be 21 for all of next season.

So stoked to see what he can do.

And for my hitter, I also – Ike Irish is a very clear choice.

I also wanted to go with Indy Azekar, but I figured Bob was going to go there with Indy Azekar.

And just you go back to that draft and the fact that I don't know if Aloy is going to fall to the Orioles, but if he does, that'd be a great pick.

And he not only falls, the Orioles go with Ike Irish and then he continues to fall and the Orioles are still able to grab him.

So again, just to go back to that very fun draft night and for now us to be a year and a half later talking about Aloy as the hitter of the year in the system is pretty cool.

Before we move on to the Arizona Fall League thing, I want to go to a question here we just got from Vivek on YouTube, which is, are these two, meaning Jirwa and Aloy, in the off-limits group for trades? Thinking ahead a little bit to the off-season, if the Orioles are going to be in the position where they're trying to improve the Major League roster, which all indications are that they're going to be, probably going to have to be aggressive in the trade market to do that.

But yeah, Riley, Sharky, you know, these guys, incredible fastballs.

I'm excited to see how they can overpower submitters out there in the AFL.

And Ike Irish, I just think that's the best news of all.

There are some storylines we can get into here about these guys and what improvements could mean for their development and who could...

Good luck getting on the park there, number 85.

And Ike Irish, the Orioles outfielder slash first baseman was drafted as a catcher actually, but he's number 99 on that 100 list and he will be going there representing the Orioles.

So I always like to keep an eye on this sort of thing.

Just see if there's any of those prospects that are having a really surprising breakout and who's maybe somebody we can pick up.