Going for the #1 pick

[Going Underground]

https://twitter.com/NathanSRuiz/status/1209492892135444480?s=20

As 2019’s other worst teams have made moves to improve in 2020, the Orioles to this point have done the opposite.

[Can_of_corn]

If the overriding goal was to collect #1 picks they would have done so last season.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

The goal is to be good in 2023. Don't really care about squeezing out an extra 5 wins in 2020. Use any funds that would have been wasted on free agents, and use it for player development or save it for the future when the team is good. 

[Can_of_corn]

9 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

The goal is to be good in 2023. Don't really care about squeezing out an extra 5 wins in 2020. Use any funds that would have been wasted on free agents, and use it for player development or save it for the future when the team is good. 

Or just have ownership keep it.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Or just have ownership keep it.

Well yeah that too, but hopefully it's because the organization is following the Astros model.  

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Well yeah that too, but hopefully it's because the organization is following the Astros model.  

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/astros-have-reportedly-considered-carlos-correa-trade.html

I have seen zero evidence that their payroll is higher than their market would otherwise dictate.

[fansince1988]

3 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

The goal is to be good in 2023. Don't really care about squeezing out an extra 5 wins in 2020. Use any funds that would have been wasted on free agents, and use it for player development or save it for the future when the team is good. 

Is 2023 the year we are supposed to be good again? I have not heard anything definitive until now. 

[luismatos4prez]

Yep, it appears that even with the lowest payroll in baseball (according to Roster Resource), there's not enough money in the budget for lottery tickets like Peraza, Franco, etc.

There are still guys out there like Yolmer Sanchez, Alex Wood, etc. that they could sign. But the front office's attitude towards this year seems to be "You'll be back when we win". 

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, fansince1988 said:

Is 2023 the year we are supposed to be good again? I have not heard anything definitive until now. 

Five year plans worked great for Stalin.

[Going Underground]

18 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Five year plans worked great for Stalin.

Yes,and the Holodomor was so great for the Ukrainian people 

[Going Underground]

25 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Five year plans worked great for 

Plus the famous musician the J Cash for you music fans.

21 year-old SSgt J.R. Cash, of the USAF Security Service, ie NSA, based in West Germany, is reputed to be the 1st US intel person to hear word of Stalin's death in 1953

[Going Underground]

I walk the IC line with SIGINT and HUMINT. 

 

Johnny Cash was the first American to hear about Stalin's death https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/08/07/johnny-cash-was-the-first-american-to-hear-about-stalins-death/

[tntoriole]

47 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Five year plans worked great for Stalin.

Well, we better be winning by 2023 or Elias will be the ex GM of the Orioles. 

[scOtt]

5 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

The goal is to be good in 2023. Don't really care about squeezing out an extra 5 wins in 2020. Use any funds that would have been wasted on free agents, and use it for player development or save it for the future when the team is good. 

And use it for things like P3! ... for instance. Hess ain't payin' for it.

[Orioles0615]

12 hours ago, tntoriole said:

Well, we better be winning by 2023 or Elias will be the ex GM of the Orioles. 

If we are still tanking and trying to lose 100 games in 2021 then he should be gone. By that point they should at least be winning 75 games