When the MLB draft rolls around in about two and a half weeks, the Orioles are going to make the first selection in the draft for the first time since 1989. It’s unfamiliar territory for the franchise and its fans, as not even during the long stretch of dark years from 1998-2011 were the Orioles ever so bad to get the #1 pick in the next year’s draft.
Having the first pick in the draft might feel new to O’s fans, but it’s not new to the people who are now running the Orioles.