Well, as many of you Orioles fan likely already know, the Orioles did not have a pick in the first two rounds of the 2014 draft because they signed Ubaldo Jimenez and Nelson Cruz. They also lost a competitive balance pick between the first and second rounds when they traded for Bud Norris last year. So for the first time in recent memory, I paid next to no attention to the first two rounds of the draft on the MLB Network last Thursday night. It's a strange feeling considering the O's have had top five picks so frequently in the past decade and normally have the ability to sign a franchise-changing type of player.
The draft started back up on Friday afternoon, and in the third round, with the 90th overall pick, the Orioles finally got to make a selection. They picked LHP Brian Gonzalez out of Archbishop McCarthy High School in Florida.
Honestly the best information and insight for many of these guys come from their Twitter accounts, so here is a rundown of the Orioles picks, a little info about them, and their Twitter handles, if applicable.
Round Pick Name School Position Twitter
3 90 Brian Gonzalez Archbishop McCarthy HS LHP @Bigb_Gonzalez
4 121 Pat Connaughton Notre Dame RHP @PlanetPat24
5 151 David Hess Tennessee Tech RHP @hess_express28
6 181 Tanner Scott Howard College LHP @t_scott11
7 211 Max Schuh UCLA LHP nope
8 241 Steve Wilkerson Clemson 2B nope
9 271 Austin Anderson Mississippi 3B @a_anderson8
10 301 Jay Gonzalez Mount Olive OF nope
11 331 John Means West Virginia LHP @JMeans25
12 361 Nigel Nootbaar USC RHP @NigelNootbaar20
13 391 Matt Trowbridge Central Michigan LHP @M_Trowbridge20
14 421 Gerrion Grim Jefferson College OF @YaboiGG3
15 451 Alejandro Juvier Doral Academy 2B @alejandrojuvier
16 481 Tanner Chleborad Washington State RHP @TannerChleborad
17 511 Jean Cosme Colegio Sagrada Familia RHP nope
18 541 Matthew Grimes Georgia Tech RHP nope
19 571 Connor Seabold Newport Harbor HS RHP @seabs5
20 601 Zach Albin UCONN-Avery RHP @ZackAlbin
21 631 John McLeod Wake Forest LHP @JohnMcLeod17
22 661 Josh Walker New Mexico RHP nope
23 691 Zeke McGranahan Georgia Gwinnett College RHP @Zekers44
24 721 Lucas Long Univ. of San Diego RHP @luclong11
25 751 Brandon Bonilla Grand Canyon U LHP @Brandon_Bonilla
26 781 Gage Burland East Valley HS RHP @gager44
27 811 Austin Pfeiffer Univ. of Arkansas-Little Rock SS @AGP_22
28 841 James Carter Chabot College RHP @JTC_23_
29 871 Patrick Baker Anne Arundel CC RHP nope
30 901 Michael Burke Univ. of Buffalo RHP nope
31 931 Riley Palmer S. New Hampshire Univ. 3B @rileypalms
32 961 Jamill Moquete UMASS-Boston OF @jeamillzz
33 991 Brandon Koch Temecula Valley HS RHP @brandon_koch1
34 1021 Garrett Pearson St. John's College HS RHP @gare_bear321
35 1051 Tad Gold Endicott College OF nope
36 1081 Alexander Lee Radford 1B @GeneraLee27
37 1111 Hunter Hart St. Joseph's Ogden HS RHP @HHart01
38 1141 Keegan Ghidotti Ouachita Baptist RHP nope
39 1171 Tucker Simpson Chipola College RHP @tucktuckgoose27
40 1201 T.J. Olesczuk Winthrop OF nope
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