Shortly after 7 p.m. Monday, Mike Elias will make the selection that will rank among the most important decisions in his tenure as Orioles executive vice president/general manager.
The first overall pick in Monday's Major League Baseball draft, which the Orioles earned before Elias was hired in November, by virtue of baseball's worst record last season, represents the clearest way yet for the team’s new baseball executive to put his mark on the club and farm system he inherited.
It's a selection Elias and assistant general manager Sig Mejdal, another import from the Houston Astros organization, have plenty of experience with, in an area they've said was their expertise since they arrived.