Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Nov 20, 2018 13:55:23 GMT
www.mlb.com/news/mike-elias-introduced-as-orioles-gm/c-300896840
"He was incredibly prepared, thoughtful, both from a 40,000-foot view down to the weeds," John Angelos said of Elias. "He could move laterally and vertically in terms of being incredibly knowledgable about the subject matter."
John added that the current MASN contract dispute will have no effect on Elias or the operating budget, with both Angelos brothers reiterating that the GM will have full baseball autonomy. That includes how Elias works with vice president of baseball operations Brady Anderson.
"As Mike indicated, he's spoken to all the high-level executives, and we've had some discussions about all aspects of baseball operations in the lengthy meetings that we had," Louis Angelos said. "I think in this transition period, I believe Mike is going to be reliant on all of the individuals who have great knowledge and deep knowledge of our current players. So that extends across the board, and Brady isn't any different in that respect.
"We have to determine where people are going to make the best contribution, whether it's player development or what have you. We're all excited and looking forward to that transition and collaborating as an organization."
Elias will rely on the current members of the organization to get brought up to speed, with several roster decisions looming and the Winter Meetings just three weeks away. He made it clear on Monday that, despite the need for improvement, there are still some exciting possibilities already in the Minor Leagues.
"As a scouting director, I'm familiar with a lot of the players in the Minor League system. There are some future stars in the system and some really good pitchers. There is more than enough here to work with," Elias said. "That is part of the attraction of this job to me. I know there are already players here that we're going to be able to lean on over the next few years and watch grow."
"He was incredibly prepared, thoughtful, both from a 40,000-foot view down to the weeds," John Angelos said of Elias. "He could move laterally and vertically in terms of being incredibly knowledgable about the subject matter."
John added that the current MASN contract dispute will have no effect on Elias or the operating budget, with both Angelos brothers reiterating that the GM will have full baseball autonomy. That includes how Elias works with vice president of baseball operations Brady Anderson.
"As Mike indicated, he's spoken to all the high-level executives, and we've had some discussions about all aspects of baseball operations in the lengthy meetings that we had," Louis Angelos said. "I think in this transition period, I believe Mike is going to be reliant on all of the individuals who have great knowledge and deep knowledge of our current players. So that extends across the board, and Brady isn't any different in that respect.
"We have to determine where people are going to make the best contribution, whether it's player development or what have you. We're all excited and looking forward to that transition and collaborating as an organization."
Elias will rely on the current members of the organization to get brought up to speed, with several roster decisions looming and the Winter Meetings just three weeks away. He made it clear on Monday that, despite the need for improvement, there are still some exciting possibilities already in the Minor Leagues.
"As a scouting director, I'm familiar with a lot of the players in the Minor League system. There are some future stars in the system and some really good pitchers. There is more than enough here to work with," Elias said. "That is part of the attraction of this job to me. I know there are already players here that we're going to be able to lean on over the next few years and watch grow."
