The Orioles had early draft picks but they used them well

The Orioles Tanked to get better…

2019 Yankees Take Jake Sanford at pick 105 – Hes now in Indy Ball
2019 Orioles take Joey Ortiz at pick 108 – He was center piece for Corbin Burnes and ROY candidate

Scouting Matters, Development Matters#orioles #yankees @Orioles @Yankees

— PigTownSports (@PigTownSports) June 21, 2024

Orioles Tanked part 2
2020 Draft. Pick 99 Yankees take Trevor Hauver – Hitting .200 in AAA
2020 Draft Pick 103 Orioles Select Coby Mayo – Top 25 Prospect in baseball

Again Scouting and Development matters

— PigTownSports (@PigTownSports) June 21, 2024

Seeing lots of comments that the O’s are purely a product of tanking.

That’s part of the equation.

The biggest part tho, was the complete dismantling and re-building of the farm system and international scouting. The O’s brought in a stats genius with Sig, hired Koby Perez… pic.twitter.com/g5wD1SaOfn

— Todd Anderson (@AVWoofer) June 21, 2024

Cumulative bWAR of drafted players since 2019:

1. Orioles: 29.8
2. Orioles w/o each draft's first pick: 17.5
3. Yankees: 13.6
4. Blue Jays: 7.5
5. Rays: 1.6
6. Red Sox: -0.8

— Brendan Mortensen (@BrendanMorty) June 21, 2024

the Orioles are a lot better than your favorite team at drafting pic.twitter.com/NsU8ZWjk7T

— Brendan Mortensen (@BrendanMorty) July 1, 2024

The Orioles and Diamondbacks are the only teams in baseball to have their top two picks from 2019, 2020, and 2021 reach the majors.

Arizona's picks have combined for a 7.4 bWAR. The O's have combined for 27 bWAR https://t.co/cm66AHzjNX

— Brendan Mortensen (@BrendanMorty) June 5, 2024

Since 2019, the Orioles have drafted 9 players that have reached the majors, combining for a 20.5 bWAR

The rest of the AL East combined has drafted 20 players that have reached the majors, combining for a 16.6 bWAR

— Brendan Mortensen (@BrendanMorty) April 24, 2024