The Baltimore Orioles seem to utilize the Rule 5 Draft more often than most other teams. This past Off-Season the Orioles used this Draft as an opportunity to sign Joey Rickard, who was surprisingly not added to the Tampa Bays 40-Man roster, and based on his Spring numbers, this could be Baltimore’s best Rule 5 pick to date.
It took Baltimore 13 Spring Training games before they finally got their first victory but there’s been a lot of progression within the crew. A lot of the losing was due to the pitching staff knocking the rust off while adjusting their second and third pitches.