The 2019 Orioles, like the 2018 squad before them, are a very bad baseball team. The only stakes that they will have in any game that they play for the rest of the year are whether or not they manage to secure the #1 pick in the 2020 draft. Since they were 47-115 last season, the worst team in MLB by 11 wins, they have the #1 pick in tonight’s draft, making this the most exciting day of the year for Orioles fans.
The success or failure of the Mike Elias-led Orioles rebuilding project will not be determined by the first pick in this year’s draft.