Yardball85

I think there's a better chance Mike Elias comes down the orange carpet in a tutu on Opening Day than the Orioles signing Montgomery.

Brilliant post. Literally made me LOL.

Pretty on brand.

This. It's either this, or may be Baumann over Webb if Baumann has a really good spring.

Agreed.

I met Tim after he gave a talk at his alma mater University of Maryland. Don't know anyone with a bad thing to say about him. He's just great.

Here's an article I wrote last week addressing the current state of the roster. Fun time of the year for sure. https://birdswatcher.com/posts/baltimore-orioles-2024-opening-day-roster-projection-1-0-01hnp14b0m12

I think if anything, the Flaherty deal evidenced this shift in thinking. Or trading Hernaiz for Irvin. I don't think the Burnes trade evidences anything except what we all knew Elias was doing/trying to do.

John Angelos be like:

I think it was a reference to German, not Bauer. I could be wrong though. I don't look at Bauer as an abuser.

So glad this day is finally here. Good riddance.

Christmas Morning Vibes. Good Morning friends!

Cheers!

OMG, best news ever. I think it's true...

Seems like a waste of money to me, idk.

But John Angelos needs this money! It's not fair for those mean fans and journalists to expect him to spend it to improve the team! He wants it!

Sensible, logical, post. So of course, people are going to complain about it.

What's funny is we said the same type of thing about DD, AM, etc. Common denominator is an Angelos as their boss...

This is a strawman argument by Elias. No one is asking him to reimagine the team. But staying still because "we won 101 games last year" is not a recipe for success, and comes off as very lazy. Not saying Elias is lazy, and I do think he is working on ways to improve the team, but this quote does not make him look good.

lol. No thanks.

I don't take this as slamming my post or having a shot taken at me, and I stand by my post. JA has done nothing to win the hearts of people in Baltimore, from his slimy behavior at MLK press conference last year to his handling of Kevin Brown to the bizarre announcement that the Orioles had a deal to remain in Baltimore back in September when it was not truly agreed to until months later. And you're right that the Astros did not spend big in free agency. And the Orioles do not need to either. But as you pointed out, the Astros have taken on payroll and made trades to improve. It can't all come from homegrown players, even if you do an incredible job if growing your own players like the Astros have. Still waiting on our Verlander/Cole impact trade.

Good post and good way of looking at things. I wish I didn't get so frustrated over the lack of moves, but it just is what it is with this ownership.

I have no problem with it, as in I get why he does it. Doesn't make it any less annoying as a fan.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39367168/sources-dodgers-james-paxton-closing-1-year-deal Paxton to the Dodgers. I didn't necessarily want him, but cue Roch coming in saying this was too expensive for the poor Orioles.