Four things to remember once the Orioles are on the clock in Sunday's MLB draft
The Orioles are three drafts into the Mike Elias era, and each has had plenty of lessons in strategy and preference for those seeking them. Which should we remember come Sunday?
It’s not very often, I imagine, that an MLB team picking first in the draft does so with an above-.500 record.
The Orioles are three days away from earning that distinction as they kick off Sunday’s MLB draft with the first overall pick, and the team’s improbably 10-game winning streak is doing its best to bump what’s been the seminal date on the Orioles’ calendar out of the spotlight.
Not here, though. Regardless of what happens this weekend in Tampa, the Orioles’ brass will be focused on the first overall pick and the handful scheduled for after it Sunday as maybe their last, best chance to add the kind of “aircraft carrier” talent they’ve spoken about with these types of high picks before.
It will probably be a secret right up until close to pick time. It might be a surprise, or it might not. But in preparation for whatever is to come Sunday night and through the ensuing two days of the draft, here are four things worth remembering as the draft class takes shape.