Elias J2 International Orioles

[Frobby]

49 minutes ago, bobmc said:

Here is a portion of the PC

 

Fantastic interview.    He made it clear that we probably aren’t signing any of the top 7-10 guys and that other teams have been doing advance work for two years on this year’s class, compared to our six months.    But he said we would be making some “significant” signings.     I’m very pleased with that report.    If anything it sounds like we’ll do a little better than I expected in this signing period.  

[Tx Oriole]

51 minutes ago, 24fps said:

Terrific news.  We're getting what we've wished for.  I'm not quite sure how to act at the moment.

Yes it is.

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

Hopefully I'm wrong.

I ain't wrong yet.

You will be.

On the other hand "the largest signing period the Orioles have ever had" could be a disappointing year for an average team.

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, 24fps said:

Terrific news.  We're getting what we've wished for.  I'm not quite sure how to act at the moment.

The appropriate response is to complain about how they're not going to win 72 games this year because Elias spent all winter working on his tan.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, DrungoHazewood said:

You will be.

On the other hand "the largest signing period the Orioles have ever had" could be a disappointing year for an average team.

If they spend 3.5 million of their $6,481,200 pool I'm not counting that as being wrong.

[DrungoHazewood]

6 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

If they spend 3.5 million of their $6,481,200 pool I'm not counting that as being wrong.

Whatever you need to do.  I'll just be happy we're beyond "all forms of player acquisition have too low an ROI to try."

[Moose Milligan]

To be fair, it's an exceedingly low bar to surpass.  I mean, we could sign like 5 guys for 250k each and that's a big improvement.

[WalkWithElias]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

If they spend 3.5 million of their $6,481,200 pool I'm not counting that as being wrong.

It really is upsetting that Elias made all of those trades last season for a pile of signing slot money and never had a plan for it. WAIT! He wasn't here when that happened. Just like he wasn't here when they drafted Grenier in the first round. 

But you know, keep complaining about it. 

I knew this thread wasn't going to be useful due to COC whining. At least I'm not disappointed. Really came through. 

[Aglets]

I thought this thread would be more ragging on atomic than corn.  Huh.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, WalkWithElias said:

It really is upsetting that Elias made all of those trades last season for a pile of signing slot money and never had a plan for it. WAIT! He wasn't here when that happened. Just like he wasn't here when they drafted Grenier in the first round. 

But you know, keep complaining about it. 

I knew this thread wasn't going to be useful due to COC whining. At least I'm not disappointed. Really came through. 

Did I blame Elias for any of that?

Pretty sure I didn't.

He also didn't sign Davis to that big contract so I don't blame him for that either.

If my "whining" bothers you use the ignore feature.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Aglets said:

I thought this thread would be more ragging on atomic than corn.  Huh.

/Shrug

I'm used to taking random shots.

 

[jerios55]

3 minutes ago, Aglets said:

I thought this thread would be more ragging on atomic than corn.  Huh.

It's early. 

[24fps]

1 hour ago, DrungoHazewood said:

The appropriate response is to complain about how they're not going to win 72 games this year because Elias spent all winter working on his tan.

Thanks.  Clearly I have to take a couple of posters off ignore so I can get back in shape.  All those winning seasons have taken me off my game.  

[Can_of_corn]

If the O's spend roughly half their allotted pool will folks be happy with the progress?  

i can see the case for it but I wouldn't agree.

[foxfield]

We clearly HAVE to start somewhere.  A bunch of signings immediately in June would be a huge change.  If they spend 3.5 million and Corn or anyone else wants to shrug...so be it.  As noted above, the bar is pretty low.  But the comments today, regardless of the outcome, is a tremendously positive change.  I'll take it as a positive step, one of many that will be required to restore this franchise to prominence.  It's a long road boys and girls.  It's not going to take just one speech or one big week.  It's gonna take lots of steps and there will be setbacks.  We know that...right?