BALTIMORE — The Orioles have already got one in every of baseball’s strongest farm techniques.
During Sunday’s MLB Draft, the crew seemed to bolster their minor league depth with the addition of three new prospects.
In the first spherical, the O’s chosen middle fielder Vance Honeycutt from the University of North Carolina.
The 21-year-old seems to supply a mixture of energy at the plate and velocity on the base paths, nailing 28 dwelling runs and stealing 28 baggage throughout his junior season.
Honeycutt’s skills led the San Francisco Giants to take him in the twentieth spherical of the 2021 draft, however he did not signal.
Leading as much as this 12 months’s draft, Baseball America ranked Honeycutt the thirteenth greatest prospect, whereas MLB Pipeline had him listed at #22.
The Birds subsequent two picks got here out of the University of Virginia.
Infielder Griff O’Ferrall was chosen thirty second general adopted by catcher Ethan Anderson at 61.
The 21-year-old junior batted .324 in 63 video games, profitable the Brooks Wallace Award which honors the nation’s prime collegiate shortstop.
O’Ferrall additionally earned First-Team All-ACC honors for 2 consecutive seasons. Statistically, O’Ferrall is alleged to be the hardest hitter to strike out in the ACC.
Meanwhile, Anderson, 20, slashed .331 with 20 doubles and eight dwelling runs.
Day two of the MLB Draft continues with rounds 3-10 on Monday, and rounds 11-20 on Tuesday.
