page_title: List of Baltimore Orioles first-round draft picks
section_title: Picks
hierarchical_section_title: List of Baltimore Orioles first-round draft picks / Picks
caption_attribution_description: Jayson Werth
context_page_description: The Baltimore Orioles are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland. They play in the American League East division. Since the institution of MLB's Rule 4 Draft, the Orioles have selected 60 players in the first round. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft", the Rule 4 Draft is MLB's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick. In addition, teams which lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.
  Of the 60 players picked in the first round by Baltimore, 30 have been pitchers, the most of any position; 21 of them were right-handed, while 9 were left-handed. Twelve outfielders, eight shortstops, seven catchers, two third basemen, and one second basemen were also taken. The team has never drafted a player at first base. 16 of the players came from high schools or universities in the state of California, and Florida follows with five players.
caption: Jayson Werth (1997) was originally drafted as a catcher, but was converted to a right fielder.
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