With this year’s edition of the MLB draft rapidly approaching, the assorted prospect writers who cover the draft are in full swing trying to get a handle on the rumor mill and make their predictions about who teams will take with their first round picks. These mock drafts have had a tough enough time getting a handle on the Orioles thought process when they were picking in the top five in recent years. Now, at #17, that’s even tougher.
There’s still a lot of fluidity in what’s possible for how the draft will play out from the top down to where the Orioles pick.