There comes a time in every bad baseball team’s season where the idea of an unknown future seems more appealing than the well-known present. The Orioles have stumbled their way into this territory over the weeks since John Means threw his no-hitter. Now, interest is turned to the farm system, and as draft season gets going, to the players who might join the organization as the team’s top draft pick of the year.
In any previous season, heading into Memorial Day weekend is getting pretty close to the home stretch for the draft. The traditional draft day was in early June.