This 26 year old outfielder who was left unprotected by the Orioles is an item of conversation on some blogs. As you can see from the linked stats, he had a fine year in AAA, with an OPS close to .900. He can play either RF or CF, and is viewed as a potential 4th outfielder at the major league level. His K rate is decent, and he has some power, but it’s difficult to know whether his excellent offensive stats in 2009 are a BABIP-induced anomaly or an upward trend in his career. The Orioles blog linked in this article was written before the deadline and gave something like a 50-50 chance that he might be protected, depending on what the Orioles decided to do with Felix Pie. The O’s kept Pie on the 40 man and left Fiorentino off.

I would be OK with drafting Fiorentino and letting him compete with Bouregoise and Bogusevic for a back up outfielder spot. Fiorentino is Lefthanded, by the way.