If you ever shook out your couch cushions thinking to collect some pocket change and what you found instead was a $100 bill, that would be an exciting day for you. When Mike Elias took over as general manager of the Orioles, he shook the upper minors for prospects and instead of finding pocket change, he also found a $100 bill: John Means.
Means, who turns 28 in April, is hardly the most important player to be considered in the Orioles rebuilding project. He is one of the more interesting ones though, for the simple reason that he was not on anyone’s radar.