Draft Preview - Baltimore Orioles
by Andy Seiler on Feb 3, 2010 3:01 PM EST
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PrintThe second team draft preview on my blog focuses on the Baltimore Orioles and their scouting director Joe Jordan. I'm skipping around between the AL and NL, starting with the top of the 2010 draft order.
Here's an excerpt from the writeup, which features small writeups on 25 players involved with Jordan's work:
Looking at draft budgeting, the Orioles have been one of the better teams at investing in the draft in recent years. Following the expensive signings of Wieters and Matusz, they spread a great deal of money out over multiple players in 2009, reaching about $8.5 million in draft spending. I’d expect more of the same in 2010. The Orioles pick at numbers 3, 85, 118, and every 30 picks after that, assuming that Rod Barajas signs a Major League deal with another club before the draft. Seeing as the Orioles are down a second-round pick, and they didn’t pick up any compensation picks, I see them going after multiple players that fell due to signability issues and signing them up themselves. The best examples of that in 2009 were Michael Ohlman and Cameron Coffey, a pair that signed bonuses comparable to the end of the first round when looking at the assigned slots of their bonuses. If they don’t want to spread their money out as much this year, and there might be a clear cut number three pick come June that makes them want to do so, they could easily allocate the majority of their resources towards that pick. I don’t see anyone commanding $6+ million at the number three pick this year like Donavan Tate did a year ago, but it’s quite possible.
As always, read about the 2010 MLB Draft Notebook and pre-order it here.
What do you think? What will the Orioles do?
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I’d definately go with Taillon as he’s clearly the best player available at that spot, and some would argue he might be the best player in the draft period.
Btw … wanted to ask you this in your chat — what’s your take on Ranaudo? I’ve read so many different reports on him, ranging from very good to pretty mediocre. Is he really more deception than stuff, and will that play in the majors as a frontline starter?
He has frontline stuff.
The reports that say his stuff isn’t good are relying on his College World Series appearance.
Harper...
might be available at #3, so obviously I’d take him at this point.
Also, Callis said today he likes Ranaudo a bit more than Taillon. He said that the 3 aforementioned players are his top 3 in the draft rt now.
Is it what the O's would do or what I would do?
I think the O’s will go with Ranaudo, but I wouldn’t know yet.
Ranaudo
He would fit right in with the wave of pitchers coming up. No chance harper is there, but if Taillon looks like the BPA for sure that might change things. But the idea of yet another top pitching prospect close to the majors may be too much to pass up.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
Thanks for doing all this stuff, Andy
You’re winning me over toward the prospect of buying your guide.
I would take Ranaudo
Really like him.
Taillon’s mechanics are kind of scary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca-tqBvBFj0
Far too early to say though.
I don't know who
But given Andy McPhail’s track record I’d quess a high school arm to join that second wave of arms brought to the big club under his watch. I hope it’s not Bryce Harper I can live without a dude that does a photo shoot with SI looking like a cross between John Randle and the Ultimate Warrior. I SMELL TROUBLE.
"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers."
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