Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias said the decision on No. 1 overall draft pick Adley Rutschman was one that came down pretty close to the team going on the clock Monday night. The team used every moment available for a decision he said was going to be among the most important his new administration makes.
"It's never easy," Elias said on a conference call early Tuesday. "We had a few choices that we liked, and liked for different reasons. And all of these players have pros and cons, risk in their profile, that there's always more that goes into the analysis of these players than I think is possible for outside on-lookers to understand.