Elias Progress Thread

[Luke-OH]

 

[interloper]

 

[Luke-OH]

Another MiLB hire from the lower college ranks, this time DII.

If you look at his twitter feed, you can see he values the use of technology in coaching. 

[interloper]

On 2/5/2019 at 9:53 PM, Luke-OH said:

Another MiLB hire from the lower college ranks, this time DII.

If you look at his twitter feed, you can see he values the use of technology in coaching. 

I love this. I think this is like 3 or 4 hires like this? They did a lot of this in Houston. Highly underrated moves that will help remake and refresh the farm system with youth and new school coaching. 

[wildbillhiccup]

I wasn't sure where to post this, but the Athletic posted an article / interview with Elias earlier this morning. Be warned, you have to sign up for a free trial to read the full article. 

https://theathletic.com/810663/

[weams]

9 hours ago, wildbillhiccup said:

I wasn't sure where to post this, but the Athletic posted an article / interview with Elias earlier this morning. Be warned, you have to sign up for a free trial to read the full article. 

https://theathletic.com/810663/

There is a thread on this article. 

 

[Redskins Rick]

On 2/11/2019 at 9:07 PM, weams said:

There is a thread on this article. 

 

If Elias and the org was really going cheap, why spend money and worry about the Dominican facilities and the players there??????

[weams]

6 hours ago, Redskins Rick said:

If Elias and the org was really going cheap, why spend money and worry about the Dominican facilities and the players there??????

I think the cheap is on the MLB portion of the enterprise. I don't think they will go cheap on any of the other aspects. 

[scOtt]

Here's a short interview I ran across with Peter Gammons from Sunday. Mike doesn't really say anything new but it's interesting. Don't know if it'll link right...

https://www.mlb.com/orioles/video/elias-on-os-rebuild-timeline/c-2522798383?tid=8879234

[Frobby]

4 hours ago, scOtt said:

Here's a short interview I ran across with Peter Gammons from Sunday. Mike doesn't really say anything new but it's interesting. Don't know if it'll link right...

https://www.mlb.com/orioles/video/elias-on-os-rebuild-timeline/c-2522798383?tid=8879234

You’re right, nothing much new there, but the guy just exudes competence.  

[scOtt]

One paragraph from Roch yesterday afternoon. I don't know if this rates upgrading the OP but it's progress nonetheless.

 

* The Orioles also were busy today back in Baltimore, hiring Michael Weis as a new data analyst for assistant general manager Sig Mejdal. Weis has a master’s degree in business analytics and an undergraduate in math. He possesses four years of experience as a data analyst in predictive analytics in multiple fields.

More analytics hires are coming later this month.

[Redskins Rick]

On 2/14/2019 at 9:01 PM, weams said:

I think the cheap is on the MLB portion of the enterprise. I don't think they will go cheap on any of the other aspects. 

I hate using the word cheap. I think they are not going to just waste money on a team of youth they are building up.

I suspect as the team improves over the next year or two, you will see them spend money again, for now, unless you have a stud with more than 3 years of life left in them.

[weams]

1 hour ago, Redskins Rick said:

I hate using the word cheap. I think they are not going to just waste money on a team of youth they are building up.

I suspect as the team improves over the next year or two, you will see them spend money again, for now, unless you have a stud with more than 3 years of life left in them.

I believe they will spend in mlb payroll the absolute minimum they can without giving away actual young talent. Not 28 year olds mind you. 22 year olds. For the next couple seasons. 

[weams]

2 hours ago, scOtt said:

One paragraph from Roch yesterday afternoon. I don't know if this rates upgrading the OP but it's progress nonetheless.

 

* The Orioles also were busy today back in Baltimore, hiring Michael Weis as a new data analyst for assistant general manager Sig Mejdal. Weis has a master’s degree in business analytics and an undergraduate in math. He possesses four years of experience as a data analyst in predictive analytics in multiple fields.

More analytics hires are coming later this month.

I like it. No baseball experience at all. 

[Redskins Rick]

3 minutes ago, weams said:

I believe they will spend in mlb payroll the absolute minimum they can without giving away actual young talent. Not 28 year olds mind you. 22 year olds. For the next couple seasons. 

I am in agreement with you about what they plan on doing, just hate the road cheap, thats all,