Mike Elias quietly received a promotion in the offseason, per reporting from Ken Rosenthal and Brittany Ghiroli of The Athletic. His previous title with the Orioles was general manager but he was promoted to president of baseball operations before the 2025 campaign began. Today's report adds that the O's plan to hire a GM to work under Elias. The title change is largely ceremonial.
Here at Over The Monster, we ran into a bit of a "dark zone" with or ability to create polling during the website migration earlier this month. However, we did want to still run our quarterly approval polling before the calendar flips to September. So with that, let's check in with you, the Over The Monster community and gauge your opinion on how the Red Sox are doing across the organization.
There are two general strategies Washington could employ. The first is to continue the process of rebuilding; the second would be to make a concerted effort to start winning again for the first time in years. They don't necessarily have to sell out for one strategy or the other, but they should at least have an idea of what the general direction of their organization is.