Orioles hire Mike Elias as Executive Vice President and GM

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[ThomasTomasz]

7 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

What does "barring a sudden change of heart" mean? Dexter Fowler all over again...

Probably has something to do with the Orioles' physical. 

[wildbillhiccup]

Solid hire and the first bit of positive news coming out of the Warehouse in quite awhile. Now lets just hope ownership and Brady can get out of his way and let him do his job. 

[Rene88]

Title says he has been hired, nothing official. Orioles will screw it up, watch. He pass the physical?

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, ThomasTomasz said:

Probably has something to do with the Orioles' physical. 

Maybe it has to do with, its not official, until he signs on the formal contract signature line and the paperwork is then filed with MLB?

[Rene88]

Just now, wildbillhiccup said:

Solid hire and the first bit of positive news coming out of the Warehouse in quite awhile. Now lets just hope ownership and Brady can get out of his way and let him do his job. 

Brady should not be here period.

[Moose Milligan]

I also don't care about Elias.  Sorry.

I mean, nice hire, analytics, young, Yale, wow, I'm impressed.  Can this guy go into a room,  give Angelos (or his sons)  and/or Brady the finger and tell them to get out of the way?

Plenty a good baseball man hasn't been able to survive working for the Orioles for 25+ years now.  I'd be thrilled to be wrong but I'm not believing it until I see results.  And results include reports that PGA (I know, I know, he's apparently not involved anymore...want to buy a bridge?) or the sons are not involved on decisions.  

If you're gonna give this yuppie the job, it doesn't matter unless he has free reign.  Until then, it's more of the same.  A golf clap to the Orioles for at least making a turn towards analytics and advanced analysis, congrats on being 15 years too late to the party.

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

I also don't care about Elias.  Sorry.

I mean, nice hire, analytics, young, Yale, wow, I'm impressed.  Can this guy go into a room,  give Angelos (or his sons)  and/or Brady the finger and tell them to get out of the way?

Plenty a good baseball man hasn't been able to survive working for the Orioles for 25+ years now.  I'd be thrilled to be wrong but I'm not believing it until I see results.  And results include reports that PGA (I know, I know, he's apparently not involved anymore...want to buy a bridge?) or the sons are not involved on decisions.  

If you're gonna give this yuppie the job, it doesn't matter unless he has free reign.  Until then, it's more of the same.  A golf clap to the Orioles for at least making a turn towards analytics and advanced analysis, congrats on being 15 years too late to the party.

Moose, you make valid points.

But, surely you can see, the change in climate from the front office, with the shift from the old man to the boys.

Lets give them a chance to see how they do.

Besides, I doubt any MLB GM or president lasts 25 years these days with most teams in the MLB.

[wildbillhiccup]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I also don't care about Elias.  Sorry.

I mean, nice hire, analytics, young, Yale, wow, I'm impressed.  Can this guy go into a room,  give Angelos (or his sons)  and/or Brady the finger and tell them to get out of the way?

Plenty a good baseball man hasn't been able to survive working for the Orioles for 25+ years now.  I'd be thrilled to be wrong but I'm not believing it until I see results.  And results include reports that PGA (I know, I know, he's apparently not involved anymore...want to buy a bridge?) or the sons are not involved on decisions.  

If you're gonna give this yuppie the job, it doesn't matter unless he has free reign.  Until then, it's more of the same.  A golf clap to the Orioles for at least making a turn towards analytics and advanced analysis, congrats on being 15 years too late to the party.

He needs to give Brady a pink slip not the finger. He can't be a problem/obstacle if he's not an employee. 

[Roll Tide]

6 minutes ago, Rene88 said:

Brady should not be here period.

I see almost no chance that Brady is not here in some capacity 

[TonySoprano]

Rumor has it the Orioles are waiting to see if they can get Steve Harvey in town to announce the new GM

And the new GM is Ben Cherington..  oops, I read that wrong.

[weams]

Roch http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2018/11/bleier-i-should-be-fully-ready-to-go-for-games.html

[Roll Tide]

7 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I also don't care about Elias.  Sorry.

I mean, nice hire, analytics, young, Yale, wow, I'm impressed.  Can this guy go into a room,  give Angelos (or his sons)  and/or Brady the finger and tell them to get out of the way?

Plenty a good baseball man hasn't been able to survive working for the Orioles for 25+ years now.  I'd be thrilled to be wrong but I'm not believing it until I see results.  And results include reports that PGA (I know, I know, he's apparently not involved anymore...want to buy a bridge?) or the sons are not involved on decisions.  

If you're gonna give this yuppie the job, it doesn't matter unless he has free reign.  Until then, it's more of the same.  A golf clap to the Orioles for at least making a turn towards analytics and advanced analysis, congrats on being 15 years too late to the party.

This could quickly become Frank Wren #2 if your right.

I hope and pray that you’re not and the page has indeed turned

[TonySoprano]

7 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I also don't care about Elias.  Sorry.

I mean, nice hire, analytics, young, Yale, wow, I'm impressed.  Can this guy go into a room,  give Angelos (or his sons)  and/or Brady the finger and tell them to get out of the way?

Plenty a good baseball man hasn't been able to survive working for the Orioles for 25+ years now.  I'd be thrilled to be wrong but I'm not believing it until I see results.  And results include reports that PGA (I know, I know, he's apparently not involved anymore...want to buy a bridge?) or the sons are not involved on decisions.  

If you're gonna give this yuppie the job, it doesn't matter unless he has free reign.  Until then, it's more of the same.  A golf clap to the Orioles for at least making a turn towards analytics and advanced analysis, congrats on being 15 years too late to the party.

Weren't you just the one talking about your capacity to let things slide?  Seems like you've held a grudge against Angelos, like Rosenthal has, for over 25 years.