When the 2025 Orioles season began, Day 1 of the MLB Draft was not ticketed to be one of the most exciting days of the year. Coming off of two good seasons in a row (well, one great season and one great first half of a season), with nearly the entire core set of position players returning, this ought to have been another good year. It hasn’t worked out that way. Now, the addition of talent with the Draft and the coming trade deadline is probably going to be the peak of excitement for Orioles fans this year.
Baseball’s draft being what it is, this is not an exercise in instant gratification of stocking up on absolute, definite help for the MLB team, or for the most part any kind of near-term help for the MLB team at all.