When the O’s turned a corner toward winning baseball in 2022, there were questions as to whether Mike Elias and Co. could continue to dominate the draft process without the benefit of yearly Top 5 picks. Elias fired off a resounding “yes” to those questions in the most recent MLB Draft, putting together a class that should compete with the 2019 class for the title of best Elias draft.

Headlining that impressive haul were the first three selections: C/OF Ike Irish, C Caden Bodine and SS Wehiwa Aloy. While the three new additions to the Orioles’ deep minor league system only got small tastes of professional baseball in 2025, each showed promise of exciting things to come as they make their way toward Baltimore.

Irish was a surprising addition to the Orioles’ latest draft class when he was

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