O's didn't give Red Sox permission to talk to Sig for GM job

[wildcard]

At least on report says:

the Red Sox requested permission to speak with Baltimore Orioles executive Sig Mejdal, the brilliant analytics expert who helped build the St. Louis Cardinals, later contributed to the current Houston Astros dynastic run before joining the Orioles with GM Mike Elias. But the Orioles, perhaps fearful of losing a key front office mind to a division rival, dragged their feet on the process and never provided the Sox with the go-ahead to speak with Mejdal.

https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2023/10/mlb-notebook-inside-the-job-search-that-landed-craig-breslow-with-red-sox-mcadam.html

Edited October 28, 2023 by wildcard

[dystopia]

Good.

[ShoelesJoe]

Hopefully this doesn't turn into a "history repeats itself" situation ala Dan Duquette in 2015. 

Edited October 28, 2023 by ShoelesJoe

[24fps]

Best news I've heard all day.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

[Can_of_corn]

Hopefully Sig told the O's to decline permission.

[Frobby]

22 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Hopefully Sig told the O's to decline permission.

Agreed.   I don’t want employees who are resentful that they are being denied opportunities.  

[Bird Lady]

My impression is that Elias and Sig are longtime friends, so I assume Elias followed Sig's wishes regarding the Red Sox.

[tntoriole]

44 minutes ago, Bird Lady said:

My impression is that Elias and Sig are longtime friends, so I assume Elias followed Sig's wishes regarding the Red Sox.

Would Elias get the request and deny the permission or Angelos? 

[Jagwar]

Hopefully the O's gave Sig a raise on the spot

[Ohfan67]

17 minutes ago, Jagwar said:

Hopefully the O's gave Sig a raise on the spot

This. I hope the Orioles are paying Elias, Sig, and Hyde pretty well. 

[24fps]

1 hour ago, tntoriole said:

Would Elias get the request and deny the permission or Angelos? 

Protocol would dictate the request first go to the top baseball guy, but we all know that Angelos would ultimately make the final decision.

[OriolesMagic83]

17 hours ago, ShoelesJoe said:

Hopefully this doesn't turn into a "history repeats itself" situation ala Dan Duquette in 2015. 

The next couple months of data produced by Sig will look like the Matrix.

[OriolesMagic83]

17 hours ago, wildcard said:

At least on report says:

the Red Sox requested permission to speak with Baltimore Orioles executive Sig Mejdal, the brilliant analytics expert who helped build the St. Louis Cardinals, later contributed to the current Houston Astros dynastic run before joining the Orioles with GM Mike Elias. But the Orioles, perhaps fearful of losing a key front office mind to a division rival, dragged their feet on the process and never provided the Sox with the go-ahead to speak with Mejdal.

https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2023/10/mlb-notebook-inside-the-job-search-that-landed-craig-breslow-with-red-sox-mcadam.html

I hope the O's do better with this situation than the Duquette position.  Maybe a new title and pay raise would be a good idea or the O's/Angelos could try the "let's punish one of our employees for getting a good opportunity."

[Aristotelian]

13 hours ago, Bird Lady said:

My impression is that Elias and Sig are longtime friends, so I assume Elias followed Sig's wishes regarding the Red Sox.

Why would Sig need Elias to do that? Couldn't he have just said "I'm not interested?"