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Here is the current Orioles "Baseball Development & Analytics" Department. A guy named Di Zou. Here's his LinkedIn, which goes into more detail about what he actually does, which is interesting: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dizou/

As ME settles in, I'll be interested to see how this section of the website changes. I know we recently lost Sarah Gelles to Houston. 

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20 minutes ago, interloper said:

Sarah is still listed in the Major League Baseball Operations section, however, as Director, Analytics & Major League Contracts. Clearly they do not prioritize updating this section of the website. 

This is an MLB issue at this point and will be updated during the Holiday season. Per the Orioles. 

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This part from his job description is a very nice thing to see: 

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Develop and maintain the Python and R processes used to import, process, and analyze player and game data from various baseball sources including NCAA, TrackMan, and Statcast 

I know most will say something like this, but if they are actually implementing the data analysis into the development of players, this is a major step in the right direction. 

The Elias vs Brady Anderson hierarchy will be a truly interesting thing to note as the FO moves forward. 

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10 minutes ago, interloper said:

Mike Elias has officially been added to the website as Executive Vice President and General Manager above Brady Anderson. Will continue to monitor this section of the website.

https://www.mlb.com/orioles/team/front-office

Of note, I do not see Danny Haas listed as national cross checker.    His brother Matt was let go last month, but I had not heard that Danny had left the organization.   It may be that he simply isn’t listed here, but I believe he used to be listed.

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On 11/21/2018 at 11:51 AM, interloper said:

Step 1 accomplished with Sig.

Will be interesting to see if he slots in above Brady on the website whenever he's added.

Warehousology, eh?    It’s very clear to me that Mejdal is going to have a more important role in the organization than Brady, regardless of what order they appear in on the website.

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On 11/21/2018 at 9:26 AM, Frobby said:

Of note, I do not see Danny Haas listed as national cross checker.    His brother Matt was let go last month, but I had not heard that Danny had left the organization.   It may be that he simply isn’t listed here, but I believe he used to be listed.

Gone, to the Diamondbacks, per Roch.    http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2018/11/decisions-still-pending-on-rajsich-and-others.html

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On 11/21/2018 at 9:13 AM, interloper said:

Mike Elias has officially been added to the website as Executive Vice President and General Manager above Brady Anderson. Will continue to monitor this section of the website.

https://www.mlb.com/orioles/team/front-office

This is one of the most important things for this organization.  I hope the owners stick to it.  No one is allowed to run behind Mike's back to the owners.

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4 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

This is one of the most important things for this organization.  I hope the owners stick to it.  No one is allowed to run behind Mike's back to the owners.

The title is meaningless in this regard.  Duquette was Executive Vice President, while Brady was only Vice President, and that didn’t stop Brady from having a direct line to the owners.    The only thing that stops it is if the owners don’t entertain direct communications from Brady about the team.

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With Elias and Mejdal on board do that bring in a couple more Houston defectors in Mike Fast and Ryan Hallahan for the analytics department. Both, like Mejdal, left the organization this year and both seem to have been on Lunhow's original team. I think it's interesting Mejdal, Fast and Hallahan all left the organization. I wonder if there was a falling out with Lunhow or a difference in philosophy?

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1 hour ago, jamalshw said:

With Elias and Mejdal on board do that bring in a couple more Houston defectors in Mike Fast and Ryan Hallahan for the analytics department. Both, like Mejdal, left the organization this year and both seem to have been on Lunhow's original team. I think it's interesting Mejdal, Fast and Hallahan all left the organization. I wonder if there was a falling out with Lunhow or a difference in philosophy?

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