Recent coverage of the Baltimore Orioles really points to a big problem spelled “E-L-I-A-S” ( “Orioles players react to trade deadline fire sale: ‘Where’d everyone go?’” Aug. 1).

After saying that he wouldn’t “blow up the team,” Orioles general manager Mike Elias did just that. We got nothing but “maybes” for some pretty good players. We should have gotten at least one, maybe two top prospects from the teams with whom we traded. Last year’s off-season did nothing to give us a good starting pitcher. I think Elias thought he’d be able to have an ace (like former Oriole Corbin Burnes) fall into his lap as it did in 2024.

Elias looked like “Wonder Boy” with the drafts that gave us Adley Rutschman , Gunnar Henderson, Jackson Holliday but he had much earlier draft picks each time.

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