Dylan Bundy came to the Orioles organization with sky high expectations after being the fourth overall draft pick in the 2011 MLB Draft. He flashed a 96 mph fastball in high school and had projections of becoming a true number one ace.
Joe Jordan was the Orioles’ director of amateur scouting when Bundy was selected in the first round out of Owasso High School in Oklamhoma. Jordan was effusive in his praise at the time, but also included an ominous warning in his comments after the two sides agreed to contract terms:
“He [Bundy] has every intangible that really, really good players have.