Checking in at No. 2 on Baseball America's annual list of Top 10 Orioles Prospects is pitcher Cody Sedlock. Here are five things to know about the 21-year-old right-hander.
1. 2016 First-Round Pick
Dan Duquette and Co. took the 6-foot-4 righty with the 27th pick in the 2016 Rule 4 amateur draft and wasted no time putting pen to paper. They inked Sedlock to a $2 million contract just eight days after drafting him, the first of the Orioles' 41 2016 draft picks to sign with the team. The team had all the information they needed to be confident, both in his selection and signability. Sedlock played under Orioles associate scout Harvey Shapiro in the Cape Cod League between his sophomore and junior season in 2015. He had also been scouted by up to eight team scouts and officials, according to scouting director Gary Rajsich in a Baltimore Sun article.
