“There’s a lot of excitement in the room upstairs about the players we were able to get yesterday, and today as well,” said Matt Blood, the Orioles’ vice president of player development and domestic ...

Since Mike Elias became the Orioles’ general manager prior to the 2019 season, the organization typically hasn’t taken pitchers early in the MLB Draft.

Irish hit .350 while at Auburn with 39 homers and 168 RBI, saving his best for his junior year this season, when he led the Tigers in hitting (.365), home runs (19) and RBI (58), and he did it while ...