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It’s OK if the Orioles don’t select Adley Rutschman, but it would be a bummer

The Orioles have the first overall pick in today’s MLB Draft. For weeks, maybe even months, the expectation has been that first-year GM Mike Elias will do the logical thing and select the player atop just about every draft board in existence: Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman.

By now, you have undoubtedly heard all about the switch-hitting Rutschman and what makes him so special. He just finished up the 2019 season with a .418 batting average (fourth best in NCAA Division I), .580 on-base percentage (first) and .764 slugging percentage (sixth) to go with 17 home runs.