Will Elias be able to improve the O's starting pitching this off season?

[wildcard]

On 12/20/2019 at 11:51 AM, interloper said:

I think the best we can hope for is a guy like Smyly on a ML deal and a guy like Tyson Ross on a MiL deal.

Ideally we've got 4 spots locked up with Means, Cobb, Yojo, and Akin. 2 Rule 5's to compete as well. I dunno that we need a TON more options. I think 2 more would do it.

I think Elias needs to add three more  minor league/major league starters by a few day after opening day just to cover the injuries that occur normally every season.

[sportsfan8703]

Unsigned FA SP from MLBTR,

Cody Anderson	SP
Homer Bailey	SP
Chad Bettis	RP / SP
Clay Buchholz	SP
Trevor Cahill	RP / SP
Andrew Cashner	RP / SP
Jhoulys Chacin	SP
Wei-Yin Chen	SP
Jerad Eickhoff	SP
Marco Estrada	SP
Matt Harvey	SP
Jeremy Hellickson	SP
Felix Hernandez	SP
Rich Hill	SP
Derek Holland	RP / SP
Edwin Jackson	RP / SP
Shelby Miller	RP / SP
Matt Moore	SP
Jimmy Nelson	RP / SP
Ivan Nova	SP
JC Ramirez	SP
Clayton Richard	SP
Tyson Ross	SP
Danny Salazar	SP
Aaron Sanchez	SP
Drew Smyly	SP
Kohl Stewart	RP / SP
Jason Vargas	SP
Taijuan Walker	SP
Alex Wood	SP

[Curse of the Bamdino]

I wouldn't be averse to bringing Cash back for another go-round. King Felix would at least be fun, I guess. The others, put their names in a hat and draw one or two. 

Tangentially related, I'm still pretty bummed that we dealt Dylan.

[Enjoy Terror]

I’ll necro this old thread, because there’s not a good FA thread out here: I really like the Blue Jays attack on Asian free agency. That’s two players now added to their 40-man from Japan/South Korea. The Orioles should be trying something like that.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/blue-jays-reportedly-pursuing-deal-with-shun-yamaguchi.html

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/blue-jays-to-sign-hyun-jin-ryu.html

https://jaysjournal.com/2019/12/28/blue-jays-still-in-the-running-for-outfielder-shogo-akiyama/

 

I also wanted to comment that I wish the Orioles targeted demographically appropriate players; and by that I mean, Toronto is heavily asian, Miami is very Hispanic... would love to see the O’s embrace more black players as a predominantly black city, as those other cities have with theirs. Lamar Jackson probably did a world of good for this city by being an amazing black QB, giving hope to a community that is really lacking in that department. Adam Jones was perfect for this team.