New Orioles prospect Dylan Beavers knew his swing needed work. The changes he's already made are unlocking his potential at Delmarva.

Beavers, the 33rd overall pick in this summer's draft, has tweaked several aspects of his unique swing to allow him to get the barrel on more pitches in hsi pro debut.

Entering this summer’s MLB draft, Dylan Beavers’ swing was the only thing that kept a skillset that features impressive raw power, elite plate discipline and tremendous athleticism out of the first round — and he knew it.

That’s made him quite a willing student since signing with the Orioles as the 33rd overall pick, and the changes are already paying off. Through 13 games with Delmarva, Beavers has nine extra-base hits with a 1.112 OPS and more walks (11) than strikeouts (8). He’s impressed coaches with his appetite for the challenging work they provide, and opposing evaluators are raving; one longtime scout told me he couldn’t remember the last time he put as high a grade as he did on Beavers on a first-year player.

Beavers is barely a month into his pro career, but early returns on a player draft analysts called divisive at the time have proven to be anything but.

“He’s been impressive,” Shorebirds hitting coach Brink Ambler told me. “It’s fun. You can dream a lot — a lot — with it, and the type of person he is and type of kid he is goes a long way to making you feel like he’s going to be a guy that is going to be really, really close to reaching his potential, if he doesn’t max out entirely.”