After several seasons filled with absurdities recently, the future of the Baltimore Orioles looks much brighter.
Losing 110 games a year ago earned them the right to first-choice overall in the 2022 MLB Draft, a selection they used Sunday in their short pre-season. Jackson Holiday from Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The son of seven-time MLB All-Star player Matt Holliday was named Oklahoma Prep Player of the Year in 2022, breaking JT Realmuto’s National High School record for most hits in a season with 89 in just 41 games, while hitting. 685/. 749 / 1.392 with 17 home runs.
With no fewer than 100 losses in each of the past three full seasons of MLB, the Orioles are familiar with the high picking in the first round. But with the 2019 No. 1 overall-ranked Adley Rutschman making his MLB debut this season, the O’s appears to have pulled a turn — recently compiling a 10-game winning streak that lifted them above 0.500 for the first time late this season. Since 2017.
The first two rounds of the MLB 2022 draft were held Sunday night. Rounds 3-10 will take place on Monday, while Rounds 11-20 will take place on Tuesday.
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first round
1 – Baltimore Orioles: SS Jackson Holiday, Stillwater (UCLA.) HS
2. Arizona Diamondbacks: of Drew Jones, Wesleyan School (Norcross, Georgia)
3. Texas Rangers: B Kumar Rucker, Vanderbilt (missed last season)
4 – Pittsburgh Pirates: SS Termarr Johnson, Mays (Ga.) HS
5. Washington Nationals: Elijah Green, IMG Academy (Florida)
6 – Miami Marlins: 3B Jacob Berry, LSU
7. Chicago Cubs: Be Kid Horton, Oklahoma
8. Minnesota Twins: SS Brooks Lee, Cal Poly
9. Kansas City Royals: Off Gavin Cross, Virginia Tech
10. Colorado Rockies: Gabriel Hughes, Gonzaga
11. New York Mets (For non-location 2021, choose Kumar Rocker): C Kevin Parada, Georgia Tech
12. Detroit Tigers: 2B Jess Jong, Texas Tech
13. Los Angeles Angels: SS Zack Netto, Campbell
14- New York Mets: SS Jet Williams, Rockwall Heath (Texas) HS
15. San Diego Padres: Dylan Lesko, Buford (Georgia) HS
16. Cleveland Guardians: By Chase Delauter, James Madison
17. Philadelphia Phillies: Justin Crawford, Bishop Gorman (Nevada) HS
18. Cincinnati Reds: 3B Cam Collier, Chipola College (Fla.)
19. Auckland A: C Daniel Susak, Arizona
20- Atlanta Braves B Owen Murphy, Riverside Brookfield (Illinois) HS
21- Seattle Mariners SS Cole Young, North Allegheny (Pennsylvania) HS
22. St. Louis Cardinals: P Cooper Hjerpe, Oregon
23. Toronto Blue Jays: B. Brandon Barrera, American Heritage School (Florida)
24. Boston Red Sox: SS Mickey Romero, Orange Lutheran (California) HS
25- New York Yankees: Spencer Jones, Vanderbilt
26. Chicago White Sox: Noah Schultz, Oswego East (Ill.) HS
27. Milwaukee Brewers: SS Eric Brown Jr., Coastal Carolina
28. Houston Astros: From Drew Gilbert, Tennessee
29- Tampa Bay Rays: 1B Xavier Isaac, East Forsyth (NC) HS
30. San Francisco Giants: 1B/P Reggie Crawford, Connecticut
Prosthetic shots
31. Colorado Rockies (For loss to free agent Trevor Storey): Sterlin Thompson, Florida
32. Cincinnati Reds (For loss of free agent Nick Castellanos): 3B Sal Stewart, Westminster Christian School (Fla.)
Competitive Balance Round A
33 – Baltimore Orioles: Dylan Pevers, California
34- Arizona Diamondbacks: P Landon Sims, Mississippi
35. Atlanta Braves (Acquired from Kansas City for Drew Waters): P JR Ritchie, Bainbridge (Wash.) HS
36 – Pittsburgh Pirates: Thomas Harrington, Campbell
37. Cleveland Guardians: Justin Campbell, Oklahoma
38. Colorado Rockies: Jordan Beck, Tennessee
39- San Diego Padres P Robby Snelling, McQueen (Nevada) HS
second round
40. Los Angeles Dodgers (Under 30 due to luxury tax overrun): C. Dalton Rushing, Louisville
41. Boston Red Sox (Jude Fabian offset unsigned 2021 runner-up): SS Cutter Coffey, Liberty (California) HS
42 – Baltimore Orioles: 3B Max Wagner, Clemson
43- Arizona Diamondbacks: 1B Evan Melendez, Texas
44 – Pittsburgh Pirates: P Hunter Barco, Florida
45- Citizens of Washington: Jake Bennett, Oklahoma
46. Miami Marlins: B. Jacob Miller, Liberty Union (Ohio) HS
47. Chicago Cubs: B. Jackson Ferris, IMG Academy (Florida).
48. Minnesota Twins: B Connor Prilip, Alabama
49. Kansas City Royals: 3B Cayden Wallace, Arkansas
50. Colorado Rockies: B Jackson Cox, Tuttle Lake (Washington) HS
51 – Detroit Tigers: SS Peyton Graham, Oklahoma
52 – New York Mets: B Blade Tidwell, Tennessee
53- San Diego Padres: Adam Mazur, Iowa
54. Cleveland Guardians: Parker Messick, Florida
55. Cincinnati Reds: C Logan Tanner, Mississippi
56. Auckland Athletics: Henry Bolt, Palo Alto (California) HS
57. Atlanta Braves: B Cole Phillips, Boerne (Texas) HS
58. Seattle Mariners: 3B Tyler Locklear, Virginia Commonwealth University
59. St. Louis Cardinals: Prycen Mautz, University of San Diego
60. Toronto Blue Jays: SS, Josh Kacevich, Oregon
61 – New York Yankees: Bee Drew Thorpe, Cal Poly
62. Chicago White Sox: Peyton Pallette, Arkansas
63- Milwaukee Brewers P Jacob Misiorowski, Crowder College (Mo.)
64- Houston Astros: Jacob Melton, Oregon
65- Tampa Bay Rays: By Brooke Jones, Stanford
66. San Francisco Giants: P Carson Whisenhunt, East Carolina
Competitive Balance Round B
67. Baltimore Orioles (from Miami Marlins): Judd Fabian, Florida
68. Minnesota Twins: SS Tanner Schubel, Virginia Tech
69. Auckland Athletics: From Clark Elliott, Michigan
70- Tampa Bay Rays: SS Chandler Simpson, Georgia Tech
71. Tampa Bay Rays (from the Detroit Tigers): SS Ryan Cermack, Illinois
72- Milwaukee Brewers SS Robert Moore, Arkansas
73. Cincinnati Reds: Justin Boyd, Oregon
74- Seattle Mariners P Walter Ford, PES (Florida) HS
choose compensation
75. New York Mets (For losing Noah Sendergaard): Nick Morabito, Gonzaga College (DC) HS
76. Atlanta Braves (For Freddy Freeman’s loss): Blake Burkhalter, Auburn
77. Toronto Blue Jays (for the loss of Marcus Simin): SS Tucker Tuman, Hammond School (SC)
78. Toronto Blue Jays (To lose Robbie Ray): 2B Cade Doughty, LSU
79. Boston Red Sox (To lose Eduardo Rodriguez): Roman Anthony, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas (Florida) HS
80. Houston Astros (for Carlos Correa loss): B Andrew Taylor, CM
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