Ike Irish, the well-tooled hitter who led the Tigers to new heights during his three-year college career, was taken with the 19th overall pick in the first round of this year's draft by the Baltimore...

Since Mike Elias became the Orioles’ general manager prior to the 2019 season, the organization typically hasn’t taken pitchers early in the MLB Draft.

Irish hit .350 while at Auburn with 39 homers and 168 RBI, saving his best for his junior year this season, when he led the Tigers in hitting (.365), home runs (19) and RBI (58), and he did it while ...