Mike Elias has always been clear about his goals as general manager of the Baltimore Orioles. He explained on the day that he was introduced to the public back in November of 2018 that he plans to develop an “elite pipeline” of baseball talent while pledging to work “as fast and as smartly and as hard as possible” with the added caveat that a rebuild of this scale cannot be done with “shortcuts.”
There wasn’t much more Elias could have said in his introductory press conference to hook Orioles fans. His approach was refreshing around these parts.