Focused strictly on baseball throughout his childhood, Orioles’ prospect Cedric Mullins took a unique path to becoming the team’s 13th round selection in the 2015 First-Year Players Draft. Mullins, a 5-foot-8-inch center fielder, currently bats leadoff for the Aberdeen Ironbirds on a daily basis as he ventures into his career in professional baseball.
The game of baseball was always the top priority in Mullins’ mind, as he recalls the holiday season he experienced at the age of three. “Around Christmas,” Mullins remembered, “my aunt and uncle got me a mini plastic golf club set, back when Tiger Woods was doing his thing [in 1997].