The Orioles’ 2018 draft strategy, it seems, is to follow the same pattern as their 2017 draft.
Just as the O’s selected a high-school pitcher with their first overall pick for the second year in a row, their second pick was a familiar one, too. They chose college shortstop Cadyn Grenier out of Oregon State with the No. 37 overall pick during competitive balance round A.
Grenier, like the Orioles’ 2017 second overall pick Adam Hall, is a defensive-minded shortstop whose offense is not as well developed.
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