The Orioles have shown they don't really care about the competitive balance draft picks in the past, and this year the Braves are reportedly actively looking to trade for them. Is there a match? Should there be?
As an inferior sport's draft kicked off on Thursday night, with wild trades affecting draft picks years into the future, a baseball draft rumor snuck out into the ether as well. Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reported that the woeful Braves are looking to buy a draft pick in exchange for some team's bad contract.
This is of interest, sort of, in the realm of people paying attention to the Orioles if only because the Orioles pulled off a lamentable caper last season where they effectively sold off one of their draft picks.