Jose Iglesias Heeding Wisdom From Joey Votto

At some point last season, José Iglesias got on Joey Votto’s routine. As far as routines go, it is not the easiest to adhere to. A known perfectionist, the Reds slugger has long held the reputation as one of baseball’s most tireless workers, famous for his marathon cage sessions and attention to detail.

Baltimore Official Site

How Mike Elias Has Transformed Orioles In His First Year

When Mike Elias was pegged to lead the front office a year ago, it marked a new era of Orioles baseball. Elias soon unveiled his three-pronged approach to rebuilding the Orioles into a sustained winner, with plans to build an “elite talent pipeline” through scouting, analytics and player development. Coming off a franchise-worst 115-loss season, Elias did not run from how massive a task that seemed at the time, and has not since.

Baltimore Official Site

Alex Cobb To Begin 2019 Season On Injured List

Roch Kubatko Twitter

How Sig Mejdal Plans To Impact Orioles

After years of lagging in baseball’s increasingly data-driven landscape, the Orioles are diving headfirst into that space behind one of the industry’s leading analytical minds. To hear Sig Mejdal talk about it, the work is just beginning.

Baltimore Official Site

Yolbert Sanchez Cleared To Sign

Sources tell FanGraphs that earlier today, Cuban defector shortstop Yolbert Sanchez was cleared by MLB to sign with clubs starting on February 5. He’s scheduled to hold private workouts in the Dominican Republic later this week.

Fangraphs

Rich Hill Is A Man On A Mission

In Game 4 of the World Series, Dodgers lefthander Rich Hill took the mound in the seventh inning after absolutely silencing Red Sox bats, holding them to one hit. He walked leadoff hitter Xander Bogaerts and then struck out Eduardo Nunez.

Boston Globe

Orioles To Interview Chip Hale For Managerial Job

Ken Rosenthal Twitter

Orioles Named Sig Mejdal Assistant General Manager, Analytics

Baltimore Official Twitter

Orioles Named Mike Elias New General Manager, Executive VP

Mike Elias, who played a key role in rebuilding the Houston Astros from the bottom of the league to the 2017 World Series title, will get the opportunity to replicate that success as the Baltimore Orioles’ next executive vice president and general manager, the club announced Friday afternoon.

Baltimore Sun

Mike Elias Will Be Named Orioles' New General Manager

Mike Elias, one of Jeff Luhnow's original deputies who oversaw the Astros player development department and amateur scouting, will be named the new general manager of the Baltimore Orioles "barring a sudden change of heart,"

Baltimore Sun

The Orioles Could Announce Next Executive Soon. Here's What We Know About The Candidates

With the Orioles' executive search stretching into mid-November after the Oct. 3 dismissals of executive vice president Dan Duquette and manager Buck Showalter, the list of candidates continues to take shape both publicly and privately.

Baltimore Sun

Giants May Look At Mike Elias For Baseball Ops Job

Henry Schulman Twitter

Embarrassment Of Riches Should Embarrass Cardinals

Major League Baseball's version of the Final Four is set to get underway with the emerging winner of the National and American League best-of-seven Championship Series colliding head on to determine who's crowned king of the Fall Classic. What do the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox have in common?

KSDK

Mets' General Manager Search Is About To Get Real

For a second straight October, the Mets face a significant decision to shape the franchise’s future.

NY Post

Jeff Luhnow Promoted, Gets Extension

Jeff Luhnow was the blueprint. Serving as the Astros' general manager since 2011, Luhnow transcendently restructured a depleted 100-loss club and made it a World Series champion. Luhnow put together the right pieces to make a championship come true -- and the Astros are making sure to hold on to him.

Houston Official Site

Q&A: Jeff Luhnow On Analytics, Unusual Career Path

Unlike many general managers, Houston's Jeff Luhnow hasn't been a baseball lifer.

Houston Official Site

As MLB Ruling Nears, New Details Of Cardinals' Hacking Of Astros Account

A federal judge has unsealed details about former St. Louis Cardinals executive Chris Correa's hacking of the Astros' email and player evaluation databases, clearing the way for Major League Baseball to impose sanctions against the Cardinals as soon as this week.

Houston Chronicle

Mike Elias A Possible Candidate For Brewers GM Job

With Doug Melvin’s announcement that he is moving into an advisory role, the Milwaukee Brewers are facing their first General Manager vacancy since since way back in 2002. The game has changed plenty since then, as Melvin himself has stated in more than one recent interview, and GMs are now tasked with more responsibilities and bigger staffs than ever before. Brewers’ owner Mark Attanasio has enlisted the help of the corporate firm Korn Ferry – the same firm that helped Michigan land Jim Harbaugh and helped Texas hire Charlie Strong – to assist the franchise is finding their next “primary decision maker.”

Reviewing The Brew

Bill DeWitt Faces A Balancing Act

I hope everyone is having a pleasant and safe Fourth of July weekend. I’ll get us started with jalapeno peppers on the grill, stuffed with a three-cheese mix that includes diced shrimp. And because it’s a holiday we’ll wrap the plump jalapenos in bacon.

Bernie Bytes

Plot Thickens In Cardinals' Hacking Scandal

As the fallout from the STL-Houston hacking scandal begins to swirl more turbulently, here's a five-point reaction to the Cardinals' firing of scouting director Chris Correa ...

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