The Orioles finished day 1 of the MLB draft by staying in the Southeastern Conference, picking Mississippi State shortstop Jordan Westburg with the #30 overall pick in the draft. This pick was part of Competitive Balance Round A.
Westburg is about the sort of player you might have expected a team to take with the #30 pick. He was the #32 prospect in the class on the Fangraphs ranking, #37 from MLB Pipeline, and #25 at ESPN.
Orioles fans can now hope that Mike Elias and company are better judges of what college shortstops are good to draft in the 30s than Dan Duquette was a couple of years ago when his O’s selected Cadyn Grenier from Oregon State, who hasn’t been great as a pro.