[How many games will the O’s win in 2023?]

Vegas has the over under at 76.5 and Elias's lack of significant moves might indicate that he thinks this team isn't there yet, either. I voted under 75, but probably should have done 75-78

[Elias makes two things clear; 1st base and Irvin]

13 hours ago, HakunaSakata said:

The one thing that's interesting about the strategy of altering the ballpark to better accommodate mediocre pitchers is that it doesn't take into account the fact that they still have to pitch half of their games on the road. And the whole idea of our motivation for the modification also being to better attract good free agent pitchers doesn't seem to hold much water either since we don't seem to be willing to pay the going rate for any credible pitchers anyway.  And as someone else pointed out, there's also the negative effect of offense suppression on the team. 10 years from now I have a feeling we're going to look back on the ballpark change as a failed gimmicky short cut that didn't work. I guess time will tell though...

I assumed Elias was trying to get more outs to help not abuse the bullpen as much. Lets say the new dimensions allow the starters to average .5 more outs per start. That's 40 less outs we need from the bullpen, which helps us not play AAA roulette with whoever has options to fill out the extra innings. 

 

Maybe the possible extra rest for the bullpen will add another win or two for the year. Although, it doesn't seem to help the A's very much.

[“First Name” players]

Should Buck count since it's his nickname? 

Is it true that he got the nickname because he walked around the locker room buck naked?