When Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias was asked on the final weekend of the season what kind of impact a 2020 campaign without fans and the general uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic could have on the club’s finances, his answer seemed like it had a much wider scope than the club’s Opening Day payroll.
“We do a lot of planning in business in general outside of baseball, I just mean businesses in general do a lot of planning, budgeting,” he said. “Baseball teams do a lot of planning, looking ahead, and all of that is totally out the window because of this event that came in and turned the world upside down.