Hello, friends.
There are now two months and 15 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day. It’s now exactly one month until pitchers and catchers report to Sarasota to mark the start of spring training.
Today has some immediate significance for the Orioles because it marks the start of this year’s signing period for international amateur players. As we all remember, this was an area the team almost completely ignored in the years prior to Mike Elias’s arrival as general manager. Even once Elias arrived, they had to play catch-up due to the reality that deals are usually informally struck as much as two years before the players are actually eligible to sign.