The Orioles full the 2022 Major League Baseball draft Tuesday with their picks within the eleventh by twentieth rounds.
Baltimore has the opening choice of every spherical, having began the draft by taking Oklahoma prep shortstop Jackson Holliday with the primary general choose Sunday night time earlier than grabbing school gamers with every of their subsequent 11 picks.
The Orioles have the second largest bonus pool in trendy MLB draft historical past, with that whole decided by the worth of their picks by the primary 10 rounds. The signing bonuses for gamers taken Tuesday solely rely towards the Orioles’ pool in the event that they signal for greater than $125,000.
Here’s a breakdown on every of the Orioles’ Day 3 draft picks:
Round 11 (No. 317 general): Wesley Chapel High School (Fla.) right-hander Zack Showalter
Skinny: The Orioles choose a sixth right-handed pitcher in Showalter, who Baseball America ranks because the draft’s 209th general prospect. Showalter, a South Florida commit who has no relation to former Orioles and present New York Mets supervisor Buck Showalter, averages a fastball 91-95 mph. According to Baseball America, scouts stated the fastball has been his dominant pitch, inflicting many swings and misses. His offspeed pitches stay works in progress.
Round 12 (No. 347 general): Indiana right-hander Bradley Brehmer
Skinny: The 6-foot-6 Brehmer ended the 2022 season robust after having an ERA over 6.00 in May. But in his ultimate sport as a Hoosier, he allowed only one run in a whole sport in opposition to Illinois within the Big Ten Tournament. He completed with a 5-4 document and 5.30 ERA throughout 14 begins (17 video games) this previous spring in his first 12 months within the Big Ten. The Indianapolis native transferred to Indiana for his senior season from Wright State. The right-hander was beforehand picked by the Orioles within the twenty third spherical in 2019.
Round 13 (No. 377 general): Saint Leo left-hander Jared Beck
Skinny: If the Orioles had been fielding a basketball crew, government vice chairman and common supervisor Mike Elias simply discovered his middle. Beck is 7 ft tall and 225 kilos, and he can be the tallest pitcher in MLB historical past ought to he attain the massive leagues. His fastball tops out within the low 90s and Baseball America studies his measurement helps him create each life and deception on the pitch. Beck recorded a 3.95 ERA over 13 begins, putting out 105 batters and strolling 31 in 68 1/3 innings this previous spring.
Round 14 (No. 407 general): Lehigh catcher Adam Retzbach
Skinny: The Orioles drafted Retzbach after seeing his power-hitting numbers enhance within the 2022 season. After hitting seven residence runs in his first two school seasons, Retzbach hit 11 this spring and batted .293 with 46 RBIs. He additionally struck out 36 occasions, 10 fewer than in 2021 regardless of greater than 30 further at-bats. The 6-foot-4 catcher began all 105 video games he appeared in at Lehigh.
Round 15 (No. 437 general): South Carolina right-hander James Hicks
Skinny: The Daily Gamecock, South Carolina’s scholar newspaper, reported Hicks had season-ending Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgical procedure in March, however coach Mark Kingston stated he anticipated Hicks to return for almost all of the 2023 season. Whether he chooses to return to South Carolina or signal with the Orioles, Hicks is about to overlook important time earlier than pitching in a sport once more. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound right-hander transferred to South Carolina from Crowder College, a junior school in Missouri, for the 2022 season and solely pitched twice earlier than the harm. He completed with an 0-1 document and allowed 4 runs over seven innings. After his 2021 season with Crowder, Hicks earned First Team All-Region and All-District honors.
Round 16 (No. 467 general): Virginia Tech right-hander Graham Firoved
Skinny: In two years with the Hokies, the 6-foot-1, 185-pound right-hander went 8-0 in 48 appearances with a 4.40 ERA. Firoved got here to Virginia Tech from Northwest Florida State and pitched totally as a reliever in Blacksburg. The Virginia Beach native confronted 223 batters in 2022, and struck out 32% of them. Firoved, who turns 23 in September, is the ninth right-handed pitcher Baltimore has chosen.
Round 17 (No. 497 general): Vanderbilt shortstop Carter Young
Skinny: At this time a 12 months in the past, Young was broadly thought of a possible top-10 choose. Then the 6-foot, 180-pound shortstop struggled within the 2022 season earlier than saying in June he’d switch to LSU. Young’s batting common declined every year at Vanderbilt; in 2022, he hit simply .207 with 26 RBIs in 56 video games. Should the Orioles signal him, they might be playing on the switch-hitter residing as much as the potential that after had him close to the highest of mock drafts. Baseball America nonetheless regarded Young as a top-200 participant.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com