By Austin Medina
For most of the offseason, the Houston Astros and their cheating ways have been the talk.
In an
article with The Athletic, Orioles GM Mike Elias spoke about his role at his previous job with the Astros.
And here is Part 1 of my Q&A with Orioles GM Mike Elias. It focuses on the changes and challenges with Year 2 of the massive rebuild he’s undertaking. Also, we discuss the Astros scandal, given his years in Houston and hand in that organization’s success: https://t.co/HHdM9IYu51
— Dan Connolly (@danconnolly2016)
February 7, 2020 From 2012-2018, Elias served as the Director of Amateur Scouting before becoming the Assistant General Manager.
“But I have said, and I will say, that my role there was running the minor leagues, running the international scouting, running the draft,” Elias told Connolly. “And I was very focused on it. I’ll leave it at that.”
It must be restated that Elias was not implicated in the report released by the MLB in January and his words are consistent with the league's findings.
When asked if any of those tactics were brought over to the Orioles organization, Elias assured Connolly that the O's will "do things the right way."
Elias made sure he didn't speak to much about the Astros organization as it would not be "appropriate" coming from the current Orioles GM.
Along with Elias, several Orioles front office members served with the Astros in recent years. With that said, Elias made clear that Assistant GM Sig Mejdal, Director of Baseball Development Eve Rosebaum, and Director of Pitching Chris Holt will also not be implicated.
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