ARLINGTON -- It may not be a honeymoon, but it's as close as most scouts will ever come to one during their business hours.

The Orioles will have a few top prospects in Hawaiian Winter Baseball -- including former first-round picks Brandon Snyder and Matt Wieters -- which runs from next week through the middle of November. Joe Jordan, Baltimore's scouting director, talked Friday about that nascent league and how it can impact some of the team's top talent.

"I'm taking my part-time scout with me: Mrs. Jordan. She said she'd be more than happy scouting the Hawaiian League," Jordan quipped about his winter business trip to one of the world's premier tourist locations.

There will be a lot at stake for both Wieters and Snyder, both of whom are attempting to establish themselves as professional players. Wieters hasn't played since wrapping up his college career at Georgia Tech, and Snyder wants to underline a strong season and give the team's front office something to think about when it assigns him somewhere next season.

More eyes will be on Wieters, the fifth overall pick in June's First-Year Player Draft, who signed with Baltimore right before the Aug. 15 deadline to reach a deal or go back into next year's Draft pool. The switch-hitting catcher was regarded as one of the top position players in the Draft, and Jordan expects him to hit the ground running in Hawaii.

"He's going to be ready to go," Jordan said. "We expect him to go out there and do well. He may have some rust early and I have no idea [what to expect] for overall numbers, but what I'm hopeful for is that every week he plays, he gets better."

Snyder, meanwhile, has already conquered his first professional adversity. The former catcher tore his left labrum last year and had to go through corrective surgery and the resulting rehabilitation process before coming back to play first base this season. Snyder hit .283 with 11 home runs for Class A Delmarva, demonstrating that he can still hit when healthy.

"We're all very happy -- and we should be," Jordan said. "Brandon feels good, and I think that's the most important thing. He and I have talked about it, and he really bottomed out. He showed a lot of resolve to have the surgery, to rehab the surgery and to come back and have the year he had offensively. It was a testament to him, and we think he did a great job."

He may have done a great job, but he'll likely be switching gloves permanently. Jordan said he expects Snyder to play at both infield corners and left field in Hawaii, and he also said the prospect's catching days are likely in the past.

"I believe he could still catch -- I absolutely believe it's something he can still do -- but I also believe he could be a very good third baseman," Jordan said. "I think he's proven that he could be a good first baseman. I still think he's going to play on the dirt. The kid's athletic enough, and we obviously have [Billy] Rowell at third base as well, so there's a dilemma there."

Baltimore also has a batch of players headed for action in the Arizona Fall League, and Jordan said the leagues are similar in competition but different in mission statement. Hawaii is for younger prospects, and Arizona is for players on the cusp.

"I think the competition is comparable, but it's like a year younger," he said of Hawaii. "Just to give you perspective of what can happen, [Yankee prospects] Ian Kennedy and Joba Chamberlain were in Hawaii last year. That was their first experience in professional baseball. They didn't sign until late, so they didn't get to play last summer.

"They went to Hawaii and pitched, and we know where they're at now. It's a good league."