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The Draft comes and goes as all NL teams overlook our youngsters, as do the AL teams as they raid National League rosters in the expansion draft. In the end Birds of a Feather flock together as all 5 become Baltimore Orioles being signed in the weeks leading up to spring training.
Pre-Season Outlook
Cy Crooks - The teenager will be handed the ball as the Orioles #1 starter and with a lineup of castoffs and n'er do wells behind him it could be a disasterous season for the rookie, to the tune of 20+ losses.
Finn O'Connell - The fiesty O'Connell fares only slightly better than Crooks as he is penciled in as the #3 starter in the rotation, which as least means he does not have to face the other teams ace every time out.
Stubs Corchoran - Stubs will platoon with veteran Jimmy Ryan in RF getting the bulk of the starts against right-handed pitching. Only CF Steve Brodie is projected as a better hitter at this point for the O's.
Mathurin Hawkins - In an ode to Frank Chance Hawkins is asked to start at 1B for the 1901 season as Baltimore goes with Bob Wood behind the plate. Hawkins will bat 5th in the order.
Path Twelve - Twelve starts out backing up the aforementioned Steve Brodie in the Orioles lineup and will be groomed to take his job as Brodie is 33 years old on opening day.
Overall it is not ideal for our fab five as Baltimore is horrible even by AL standards as the new league can not match up talent wise with their established counterparts at the moment.
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