How he arrived: Selected by the Orioles in the fourth round of the 2018 draft; contract selected 11/13/22
Since taking over as general manager of the Baltimore Orioles, there are three things that Mike Elias has never done. First, and increasingly frustrating to many Orioles fans, he has not signed a free agent to a multi-year contract. Second, he has never drafted and signed a pitcher earlier than the fifth round. The third thing is that he has never buttoned the top two buttons of a dress shirt. That last one isn’t relevant to our topic today.