Over the course of Mike Elias' tenure as the lead decision maker for the Baltimore Orioles, there have been consistent trends in how the Orioles front office has operated. They have not prioritized pitching, and they have mostly avoided multi-year contracts and extensions. Those two trends appear to have come together this offseason as Trevor Rogers, arguably their best pitcher, who is about to enter his final year under team control, informed the media that the Orioles had not approached him about a possible extension.
Not even trying to extend Rogers is a head-scratching decision.