Mike Elias has garnered a great deal of praise from Birdland in his first week on the job. His message, cosigned by the Angelos brothers, at Monday’s press conference added a sincere tone to the changes that have been promised in Baltimore.
His proven track record of building up a farm system, coupled with his enhanced emphasis of advanced analytics, even has “dedicated pessimist” Mark Brown hopeful for the future.
But while Elias will continue to gain the trust of fans and writers, he’s already inherited something massive. I’m talking as big as they come.