After a spring of speculation, the Orioles finally got the chance to make the #1 overall selection in the 2019 draft on Monday night. The first big, public player who will be the face of O’s rebuilding effort is going to be Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman.
Mike Elias has been the GM of the Orioles for a bit more than six months now. It’s safe to say that he’s done a lot behind the scenes, from a scouting standpoint, player development, analytics, and other things, to transform the organization. These are not things that most fans can see out in the open.