CORVALLIS, Ore. – Junior catcher Adley Rutschman has made Oregon State baseball history.
Rutschman, a native of Sherwood, Ore., is the first player in the program's history to be selected first overall in the MLB First-Year Player Draft when the Baltimore Orioles took him on Monday afternoon.
Rutschman is the 12th Oregon State player to go in the first round; he's the ninth since 2005 and the fifth since 2017.
Rutschman just capped his junior season by batting .411 with 17 home runs, 58 runs batted in and a school-record 76 walks.