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10 hours ago, Rene88 said:

I am disappointed the OH is taking jabs at Roch who works very hard at his job. How about some more criticism of Jim Hunter who literally makes watching a game torture with his homerism?

I will say this, I think we will see sooner than later how much power Elias has with all hires throughout the org. Do we have more Joe Angel types (talented and unbiased) or more Jim Hunter and Bordick types. A good GM would have influence on those things even if they don't hire them directly. 

No one is saying Roch doesn't work hard.  I like Roch.  I think everyone likes Roch.  It's not a question about how hard he works, it's that he's only given so much information and/or only allowed to reveal so much.  He AND Jim Hunter are both paid to be positive, etc.  Roch and Hunter will never ask hard hitting questions because...well, Jon Miller can tell you all about being paid by the team and being critical of them.

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11 hours ago, Frobby said:

I don’t really want to single Roch out.    But it seems fair to ask, if he’s going to write a blog identifying the pertinent questions, shouldn’t he then be asking those questions?

Of course Meoli, Ghiroli and whoever else is at the “introduction” should be asking these questions too.    

I think we need to stop expecting Roch to be asking the hard questions. He is a blogger for MASN. That role inherently does not allow him the freedom to be a tough journalist. We should look to The Sun, 105.7, national reporters, and basically anyone else for that.

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23 hours ago, ScGO's said:

I wonder if Elias could use analytics to figure out how to fix Davis?  I'm sure it doesn't always work like that though...

I'm very interested in seeing how he handles scouting.  Hopefully tons of hires.  How do I apply?

My next big interest is what he thinks of our 40 man roster and our current milb system.  

Another question I would ask too, does he have any ideas on how to use the current intl money?

You can warp the Davis question up in as many fancy analytics as you'd like, it'll come down to the old baseball adage, Hit 'em where they aint

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22 hours ago, Rene88 said:

I am disappointed the OH is taking jabs at Roch who works very hard at his job. How about some more criticism of Jim Hunter who literally makes watching a game torture with his homerism?

I will say this, I think we will see sooner than later how much power Elias has with all hires throughout the org. Do we have more Joe Angel types (talented and unbiased) or more Jim Hunter and Bordick types. A good GM would have influence on those things even if they don't hire them directly. 

The problem I have with Roch is that I feel like he presents himself as a reporter, but he's really just a PR man in disguise for the team. And the only reason that we and the rest of the media even pay him any attention is because the Angelos family has such a contentious relationship with the Baltimore Sun that no one else seems to have access to them. So we're left with trying to dissect the morsels that Roch shares on behalf of the propaganda machine. 

And the difference between Roch and Jim Hunter is that I can see the game with my own eyes and make my own informed decision (regardless of what Hunter says). We can't do the same with Roch. I personally don't read his blog or follow him at all and I think everyone else would be wise to the same. 

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8 hours ago, theocean said:

I think we need to stop expecting Roch to be asking the hard questions. He is a blogger for MASN. That role inherently does not allow him the freedom to be a tough journalist. We should look to The Sun, 105.7, national reporters, and basically anyone else for that.

The problem is stations like 105.7 present Roch as their "Orioles Expert". And the Orioles are so insignificant on the national level that they don't seem to get much attention. Certainly not as much as the winning and/or big market teams. So we're left to get our news from a glorified PR man. It's a great situation for the team, because they can have Roch spew whatever propaganda they want and hardly anyone will question. It's a shame we don't have a legitimate local beat writer who follows the team. 

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3 minutes ago, wildbillhiccup said:

The problem I have with Roch is that I feel like he presents himself as a reporter, but he's really just a PR man in disguise for the team. And the only reason that we and the rest of the media even pay him any attention is because the Angelos family has such a contentious relationship with the Baltimore Sun that no one else seems to have access to them. So we're left with trying to dissect the morsels that Roch shares on behalf of the propaganda machine. 

And the difference between Roch and Jim Hunter is that I can see the game with my own eyes and make my own informed decision (regardless of what Hunter says). We can't do the same with Roch. I personally don't read his blog or follow him at all and I think everyone else would be wise to the same. 

I think they could replace Roch with a social media savvy recent journalism graduate and things would continue to move along just fine.  Might even be an improvement if their Twitter game is on point.

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I'll ask again, how do you guys think Elias would respond to those questions? There's a 99.9% probability that he would be very positive and fairly circumspect. It would be really stupid to say anything contentious or negative at the introductory press conference. 

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Well, the questions did get asked.    Kudos to the media members who attended, they did their job.   

I thought of another question today — will the way in which the O’s conduct medical evaluations change?    Is that within Elias’ purview?

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