Orioles Select Manny Machado with #3 Pick in 2010 MLB Draft

Published by Jordan Tuwiner on June 7, 2010 | 8 Responses

With the third pick in the 2010 MLB Draft, the Baltimore Orioles have selected Manny Machado, SS, Brito Private HS (FL).

Vitals & School:

  • Miami Brito HS
  • 6′ 3″
  • 190 lbs
  • Born: 7/6/1992

Scouting Report:

  • hits with authority, potential for good power
  • will lose speed as he matures and may move to 3B, questionable range
  • plus arm strength
  • big, strong, athletic, smooth swing

Video:

GIFs (thanks to Baseball America for the video):

UPDATE 9:29 PM:

#Orioles scouting director Joe Jordan on Machado signing concerns: “He’s going to be a Baltimore Oriole. I have no doubt about that.”Tue Jun 08 01:25:07 via webBrittany Ghiroli
Britt_Ghiroli

UPDATE: 11:48 PM:

Manny Machado is on twitter: @MannyMachado3

UPDATE: 10:10 AM

Andy Seiler had this to say about the O’s pick:

It’s hard to go wrong when you pick the best available player on almost everyone’s board, and that’s what they did when they got Manny Machado.

Overall thoughts:

The Orioles did exactly what they were expected to do, which was take whoever the Pittsburgh Pirates did not take between Machado and Jameson Taillon. They got the best player available and got themselves what looks like a future all-star shortstop.

Scouting information from MLB.com’s draft report.

2010 Orioles Draft Tracker

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8 Responses

  1. DoubleB
    DoubleB June 7, 2010 at 8:07 pm |

    Cant wait to watch this kid go through our system.

  2. Brian
    Brian June 7, 2010 at 9:33 pm |

    so he is a righthanded hitter awesome

  3. avi m
    avi m June 7, 2010 at 11:48 pm |

    He seems like a big bat. If only he doesn’t take steroids like Rodriguez lol. But finally, something I wanted with this club happened. I said, go big bat over raw high school pitcher. Thank you.

  4. Mike
    Mike June 8, 2010 at 7:09 am |

    6’3″ 230lbs? I don’t think so. Look at the videos. I’d say more like 6’2″ 180lbs.

    1. Jordan
      Jordan June 8, 2010 at 11:02 am |

      Took the info from MLB.com, I trust their report.

  5. Charles Brown
    Charles Brown June 8, 2010 at 12:03 pm |

    Hope he is better than Beckham has been for the Rays!

    1. Jordan
      Jordan June 8, 2010 at 1:15 pm |

      He better be! Looks like he has a better chance to stick at SS than Beckham.

      1. Charles Brown
        Charles Brown June 8, 2010 at 2:28 pm |

        Beckham is looking like one of the worst #1 picks in the last 10 years, although he is still young.