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Arkansas head baseball coach Dave Van Horn has coached some hitters who have gone on to find success in the major leagues, including Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi, and he believes Orioles first-round pick Heston Kjerstad could be next.
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Former Oriole and current baseball analyst for the SEC Network David Dellucci has high praise for the Orioles’ selections in the 2020 MLB Draft. “I think they did great …,” Dellucci said. “I do not question one bit the caliber of players these guys are or the types of young men they are.”
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“If it was going to work out …, it had to be life-changing money and it had to be phenomenal farm system,” fifth-round pick Carter Baumler said of deciding between TCU and the Orioles. “… They kind of met me where I was at. I think things are going to work out.”
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“I love [Heston Kjerstad’s] physicality,” Orioles and SEC Network broadcaster Ben McDonald said of Baltimore’s No. 2 overall pick. “To me he’s the best left-handed bat in this draft, especially from a college standpoint.”
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Orioles GM Mike Elias was quick to dismiss the under slot strategy for this year’s five-round MLB Draft, but Stan “The Fan” Charles says he pulled it off nonetheless.
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“I had barely sat down on the couch and the next thing you know my name was getting called,” Orioles pick Heston Kjerstad said of his draft night experience. “That’s something I’ve always dreamed about since I was a kid.”
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“When you’re picking that high, you don’t want to feel like you’re not taking the guy that you want, that is the right guy for you in your draft,” Orioles GM Mike Elias said of the team’s selection of Heston Kjerstad with the No. 2 overall pick.
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With the No. 2 pick in the 2020 MLB Draft, the Baltimore Orioles selected Arkansas right fielder Heston Kjerstad.
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With the 2020 MLB Draft just hours away, who will the Orioles take with the No. 2 pick? Here’s a look back at what the experts and the prospects themselves have said.
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“Coming up in an organization that’s rebuilding is really cool,” Arkansas outfielder Heston Kjerstad said of the possibility of being drafted by the Orioles, “… to be part of a group that’s supposed to come in and flip a team around and do something special together.”
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