The Orioles took pitchers with their first two selections of the major league draft’s second day Tuesday, taking Arkansas right-hander Blaine Knight with their third-round pick (87th overall) and Kentucky high school left-hander Drew Rom in the fourth round (115th overall).
Knight, a 6-foot-3, 165-pound junior, went 11-0 with a 2.74 ERA in 16 starts as the Razorbacks’ Friday night starter. He held opponents to a .224 batting average and struck out 88 batters in 95 1/3 innings while walking just 22 batters.
Named a second-team All-American by Baseball America, Knight owns a mid-90s fastball and a breaking ball with a one of the highest spin rates in the country, according to Baseball America.