When it comes to teams making draft picks, one mantra stands out above all others: Take the best player available. Drafting for need or drafting to save money are not things that tend to work out in the long run.
Orioles fans may be particularly scarred by the last “save money” pick from the franchise, when they used the #5 overall selection on Matt Hobgood in 2009. Hobgood was a complete bust, while these were the three player selected after him: Zack Wheeler (10.5 bWAR), Mike Minor (17.7) Mike Leake (16.