The Arizona Diamondbacks will have to wait for what the Baltimore Orioles do with the first overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft. Orioles General Manager Mike Elias has popularized the “portfolio approach”, a term dubbed in Future Value by Kiley McDaniel and Eric Longenhagen, in Houston. The approach is to try to save as much as possible with their top selection without too much of a drop-off in talent then use the savings to make an over-slot pick with a high school talent that’s fallen well below his original expected range. By taking that approach, the hope is to be able to leverage a big signing pool into an impressive draft haul of talent.
Examining Orioles General Manager Mike Elias’ draft history in the first round with Houston and Baltimore
