{"id":508440,"date":"2026-03-02T00:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508440\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T00:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:51:09","slug":"orioles-observations-on-bradfields-tools-bassitt-out-on-abs-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508440\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles observations on Bradfield\u2019s tools, Bassitt out on ABS challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SARASOTA, Fla \u2014 For a first-round draft pick, Enrique Bradfield Jr. has managed to fly under the radar among prospect evaluators.<\/p>\n<p>The consensus among scouts on the Orioles\u2019 outfield prospect is that he already has the speed and defensive prowess to make an impact at the major league level. The burning question is whether he will be able to get on base enough to justify his spot on the roster.<\/p>\n<p>Bradfield\u2019s performance Sunday in the Orioles\u2019 8-7 spring training win over the Boston Red Sox was evidence that he doesn\u2019t need to generate much hard contact to make his presence felt in a ballgame. He started the afternoon with a running catch in right field, extending his glove back over his head to rob Red Sox outfielder Kristian Campbell of extra bases.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/2026\/03\/01\/orioles-spring-training-enrique-bradfield-tools-chris-bassitt-abs-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">full story<\/a> on the Baltimore Sun&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SARASOTA, Fla \u2014 For a first-round draft pick, Enrique Bradfield Jr. has managed to fly under the radar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-508440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}