Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias traded a hotel suite for his home office in front of a computer Tuesday in providing the update on the Orioles’ free-agent desires, trade talks, and Rule 5 draft plans that would be a daily occurrence at the annual baseball winter meetings.
With the meetings not held in Dallas as planned, all those hot stove machinations are occurring virtually this year — including Elias laying out his and the club’s thoughts and plans on a variety of topics near the midpoint of baseball’s offseason.
Replacing the infield duo of José Iglesias and Hanser Alberto, who left the club last week via trade and non-tender, respectively, is chief among them.