The amateur draft resumes this afternoon with the third through 10th rounds. The Orioles have nine selections, including a Round 3 compensation pick, the 100th overall, for failing to sign Oklahoma State pitcher Nolan McLean last summer.
The Orioles are choosing 86th overall, 100th, 118th, 154th, 181st, 211th, 241st, 271st and 301st.
They are thrilled with the results at Nos. 17, 53 and 63.
Picking later than ever under executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias, the Orioles grabbed Vanderbilt center fielder Enrique Bradfield Jr., North Carolina outfielder Mac Horvath and Florida State strikeout machine Jackson Baumeister – a good nickname when you’re a pitcher.
“Ecstatic,” director of draft operations Brad Ciolek said on a video call.
