One of the Orioles’ main appeals of hiring executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias and his top deputy, assistant general manager Sig Mejdal, away from the Houston Astros this offseason will be showcased Monday.
The Orioles select first overall in the Major League Baseball draft by virtue of last year's 115-loss season. Elias and Mejdal bring over a decade of experience working together on drafts with the St. Louis Cardinals and Astros, including three straight top picks from 2012 to 2014.
As they know, whether they hit on the top overall pick — and whether a team succeeds with its top pick, whenever it is — paints a lot of the perception about how that overall draft went.