Sunday Bird Droppings: The pension plan minutiae edition

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesHello, friends.

There are now 158 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2021.

On Saturday, Bill Madden of the New York Daily News reported that Orioles GM Mike Elias is under investigation by the league over a complaint about the O’s handling of a pension plan.

The specifics as laid out by Madden are that Orioles director of pitching Chris Holt was one of four coaches listed as eligible to qualify for the MLBPA pension plan. Each team is allowed to choose four coaches in this way, he says. However, Madden writes that only full-time, uniformed coaches are eligible to be included on this list. It is Elias’ responsibility as GM to name the…