SARASOTA, Fla. — Orioles fans on Saturday night got a preview of what the team could look like in a few years.

The ballclub’s top youngsters — from top prospect Samuel Basallo to former first-round draft pick Enrique Bradfield Jr. to 18-year-old flamethrower Keeler Morfe — faced off against their counterparts in the Yankees’ farm system Saturday night for the second annual Spring Breakout game.

The Orioles’ prospects won, 5-4, on a walk-off single by Leandro Arias in the ninth inning. The approximately 6,000 fans in attendance jumped to their feet after Austin Overn — who tripled home DJ Layton earlier in the inning — scored the winning run and sprinted to celebrate with Arias, who was rewarded with a Gatorade bath.

“Very exciting, especially in that moment,” Arias said through team interpreter Brandon Quinones. “I felt like there was great energy all game, and I was very happy I was able to come through there.”

Here are five things we saw and heard from the exciting look at the future:

Enrique Bradfield Jr.’s freakish speed and athleticism: Bradfield does not need to prove his bona fides as a speedster to anyone. He did so anyway.

After leading off the bottom of the first with an opposite-field single, Bradfield scored without another ball being put in play. He went from first to third on an errant pickoff attempt, reaching third so quickly that there wasn’t even a throw. The 2023 first-round pick then raced home on a wild pitch thanks to his 80-grade speed and an acrobatic slide.

The ball ricocheted right to New York’s catcher off the backstop, who was in position to easily tag Bradfield out. But the Orioles left fielder dove head first, contorted his body to avoid the tag and jumped up screaming as the umpire called him safe.

Five innings later, Bradfield again showed off his wheels by beating out an infield single, stealing second and scoring on a single by Dylan Beavers.

Bradfield will begin the season in Double-A Chesapeake, and whether he reaches the big leagues will be determined by his ability to improve at the plate. But plays like Saturday’s on the bases are an important reminder that Bradfield is capable of doing things on a baseball field that few others are.

“That guy runs way too much,” Basallo quipped through Quinones. “He’s way too fast. I think you see exactly what he was able to do in that first inning. Obviously, a close play. But it’s really impressive what he’s able to do.”

Vance Honeycutt shows anything you can do, he can do better: A year after the Orioles drafted Bradfield, they selected Honeycutt in the first round. Honeycutt has a louder power tool, but his speed and defensive ability are similar to Bradfield’s.

With the way Honeycutt ran the bases Saturday, he might have an argument with Bradfield over who the Orioles’ fastest prospect is. In the fourth inning, Honeycutt hit a high fly ball to left-center field and miraculously turned it into an inside-the-park home run.

The North Carolina standout nearly went deep off Yankees starter Carlos Lagrange, a 6-foot-7 righty who throws 100 mph with ease, but the ball landed on the warning track. It bounced high off the wall, and by the time it landed, Honeycutt was already rounding second for a stand-up triple. But the relay from left field was slow, and Honeycutt never slowed up as he slid headfirst into home plate.

It might take years for Bradfield and Honeycutt to play together at Camden Yards, but if they ever do, fans better not blink, or else they’ll miss something.

“We were talking about it after,” Honeycutt said of playing with Bradfield. “He’s a great player, so it’s good be on the same field as him.”

Good luck finding green: Anthony Villa, the Orioles’ farm director, said before the game that he and other members of Baltimore’s player development staff have been teasing the club’s three top center field prospects.

“We’ve been joking all week, telling them, ‘Hey, if a ball drops, then you’re going to hear it. We’re going to be doing football drills in practice,’” Villa joked.

Bradfield, Honeycutt and Jud Fabian made up the Orioles’ starting outfield Saturday, and they held up their end of the bargain. No footballs will be needed at the Orioles’ Twin Lakes Park minor league complex on Sunday.

Bradfield caught every fly ball his way in left field. Honeycutt got a great jump to catch one on the warning track in center field. And Fabian made a stellar play on the warning track in right-center field.

“We’ve got three center fielders out there that can go and get it with the best of them,” Villa said. “It’s a pretty incredible group.”

Keeler Morfe’s fast (and wild) arm: There are two ways to assess Keeler Morfe’s start on Saturday.

The first is to focus on the obvious: Morfe had trouble throwing strikes. He repeatedly missed high with his fastball, walked two batters and gave up two runs while only recording two outs.

The second is to focus on the absurdity that is a 5-foot-8 18-year-old throwing as hard as he was. Morfe, who signed with the Orioles out of Venezuela, averaged 97-98 mph with his fastball on Ed Smith Stadium’s radar gun. He topped out at 99 mph, just a tick below his max velocity of 100 mph from last season.

“Yeah, I was a little nervous, but it was a proud moment for me and my family,” Morfe said through Quinones. “It was great to be able to come out here and be able to compete. Just going to keep working hard and hopefully the opportunity comes around next year to pitch in the Spring Breakout game, I’ll have some better results.”

Morfe, who was born in 2006 — yes, 2006 — last year became the first international player during the Mike Elias era to go straight from the Dominican Summer League to Low-A Delmarva, skipping the Florida Complex League. That’s because his fast arm was too dominant for rookie ball after he struck out 44% of batters in the DSL. Morfe is as raw and exciting as any pitching prospect in the Orioles’ system, but there’s plenty of room to grow.

Basallo said he’s never seen someone as young as Morfe throw that hard.

“At 18 years old, you see all the talent that he has,” the catcher said. “To be able to throw 100 mph at his age is incredible, and I think it’s really cool to see what the Latin guys are able to do.”

The command, as evidenced by his outing Saturday, needs to improve, as do his second pitches, if Morfe wants to climb the ladder and remain a starter.

“I think he’s got a tremendous future ahead of him with a lot of upside,” Villa said.

The pitching pipeline is popping: Morfe was far from the only Orioles pitcher lighting up the radar gun Saturday. Most of their arms were throwing mid-to-high 90s mph, including Levi Wells and Patrick Reilly reaching 98 mph. The two right-handers combined to pitch 3 1/3 scoreless innings while allowing only one hit.

A few young arms have even impressed Orioles manager Brandon Hyde at the end of big league spring training games. MLB teams bring over minor leagues to play the last few innings of spring games, and pitchers such as Wells, Luis De León and Zach Fruit have caught Hyde’s eye. De León, a lefty, tossed a scoreless frame, as did Nestor German and Cameron Weston.

“There’s been some highlights for me in camp,” Hyde said. “A few of the pitchers that aren’t in camp with us, I’ve been extremely impressed with. It’s been so fun to watch these guys that are throwing upper-90s, 100 mph. Those are huge arms, and that’s been fun to watch.”

No organization in MLB struck out more batters across the minor leagues than the Orioles. That success is despite the fact that Baltimore has rarely invested in pitching early in the draft during the Elias era. Instead, they found diamonds in the rough later in the draft and helped develop them.

“I’ve been extremely impressed with our pitching department and speak really highly of those guys,” Villa said. “They’re incredibly thorough. The work ethic for all of our pitching directors, coordinators, coaches is insane, really. Those guys bust their butt to find out the best information and deliver it effectively to the players. It’s a really impressive department, and it’s nice to see the fruits of their labor going noticed.”

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