Glenn Clark: Are The 2017 Orioles Actually Better Than They Were In 2016?

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1 hour ago, Il BuonO said:

Agree, a defining draft for many teams.

The O's have, not surprisingly, gotten little from it. Bundy is obviously a work in progress and has flashed signs of the potential everyone knew he had when drafted. The rest of that class? Not so much...

They took Jason Esposito in the second round. He's out of baseball.

Mike Wright went No. 94 overall. I guess we'll call the jury still out on him.

Kyle Simon (No. 125) is out of baseball.

Matt Taylor (No. 155) has had injury problems the last few years and still hasn't gotten past Frederick at age 25.

Nick Delmonico (No. 185) was traded to the Brewers for K-Rod in 2013, and got released when he was busted for amphetamines. He's recovered from that and didn't do all that poorly in the White Sox minor league system last year. Still only 24.

Tyler Wilson went a little bit later, but kind of just flashed in the pan in Baltimore.

Aside from Bundy the only pick that's made a real impact at the MLB level was Zach Davies (No. 705), and that, as we know, has been for the Brewers.