New Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias said on the 105.7 The Fan “Orioles Hot Stove” radio show Thursday that a managerial hire is "first and foremost" on his priority list, along with bringing in analysts and software developers, and that he's "hitting those glaring needs as quickly as possible."
Elias said staff, including new assistant general manager Sig Mejdal and the carryover staff he inherited, have "tapped into our rolodexes" and done background work on "dozens of candidates, really."
"One of the benefits, I think, that I've learned in being the last team to pick a manager is when you talk to your friends around the game, they've already got their manager," Elias said.