Elias says the team will have money to invest

[Jagwar]

1 hour ago, Sports Guy said:

I’m not worried if they spend money..the question is how much.

They should be able to go to 120-150M.  I’m good with that range.

I agree. And if they spend that much money, there will be (hopefully) a strong farm system providing plenty of low-relative-cost talent to support the money they do spend. 

[Sports Guy]

14 minutes ago, Jagwar said:

I agree. And if they spend that much money, there will be (hopefully) a strong farm system providing plenty of low-relative-cost talent to support the money they do spend. 

Right.  This organization will never be good without a lot of help from the minors.  The same can be said about all teams of course but obviously some teams have a larger margin for error there.

[Jagwar]

11 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

Right.  This organization will never be good without a lot of help from the minors.  The same can be said about all teams of course but obviously some teams have a larger margin for error there.

Absolutely. The O's margin for error was so slim. For decades they drafted poorly for a below average (at best) farm system, so when they did spend money the new acquisitions weren't supported by a pipeline of low cost productive major leaguers. And then throw in the fact that GMs (mostly Duquette) often raided the farm system in trades to "go for it" without any plan to replenish the system. 

 I'm encouraged by what I've seen from Elias so far. He seems to be building a deeper, healthier farm system. We'll see how well he invests money.