Orioles' Boss Getting Interesting Reputation With No Aggressive Moves This Offseason

The Baltimore Orioles have yet to make a major splash like was expected and some are seeing that as a direct reflection on their general manager.

There's no doubt the Baltimore Orioles' front office has done a fantastic job in turning around this organization and getting them to where they are right now.

Winning 101 games in the 2023 regular season announced to everyone that their collection of young talent, stockpiled through high draft picks and savvy pickups, are ready to compete on the Major League stage.

However, like with many young teams, they were dealt the reality of playoff baseball when they got swept in the ALDS round of the postseason.

The Orioles are certainly ahead of schedule, but that elimination shed some light on what this roster needs to compete at a high level moving forward.

With an abundance of elite starting pitchers hitting the free agency market this offseason, Baltimore was expected to be in on multiple arms.

Yet, they sit at the midpoint of January without making an addition to their rotation.

General manager Mike Elias has been a major part of this rebuild and getting the Orioles to the point where they made their first playoff appearance since 2016, won their first AL East division title since 2014 and had their first 100-win season since 1980.

Nobody would consider the 2023 Executive of the Year bad at his job.

But, according to Roch Kubatko of MASN, Elias is starting to get an interesting reputation as he continues to navigate another offseason without making major moves, despite having an abundance of prospects to trade.

"Elias is gaining a reputation as 'a collector,' as one person put it," Kubatko writes.

Baltimore is a tough job considering the financial restrictions they have and the type of money-rich teams they are competing with in their division.

The more elite prospects they have in their pipeline the better.

But as the competitive window flips from rebuilding to contending, it might be time for Elias to become more aggressive.