Both in his public Q&A with Orioles fans and his media session Saturday at FanFest, Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias spoke warmly of the impact that longtime outfielder Adam Jones has had on the team he inherited and the city itself.
In the process, he said the idea of bringing him back wasn't a "dead issue," continuing the practice that started at the winter meetings of leaving the door a crack open by lumping Jones in with the rest of the 130-something free agents that don't have 2019 contracts yet.