Nothing weird happened after all. The Orioles have hired the new GM they wanted to hire: Mike Elias, the talented Astros assistant, whose job is now to build up this franchise again.

On Friday afternoon, the Orioles finally made official what had been reported since late Tuesday night. They’ve found their next head of baseball operations, announcing the hire of Mike Elias, most recently an Astros assistant GM, to be the next Executive Vice President and General Manager.

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