The Baltimore Orioles and general manager Mike Elias laid one of the first bricks of their rebuild by drafting Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman with the first overall pick in the 2019 MLB Draft.
Rutschman, 21, a fixture of the Oregon State baseball team from 2017-2019, led the ballclub to the College World Series title in 2018 under the guidance of retired head coach Pat Casey.
Casey, the winningest baseball coach in Oregon State history, recruited Rutschman out of Sherwood High School in Sherwood, Ore., where Rutschman was a two-sport athlete, playing football and baseball.
