From patience to pressure: Mike Elias, Brandon Hyde looking forward to Orioles’ ‘non-rebuild mode’

迈克·埃里亚斯（Mike Elias）和布兰登·海德（Brandon Hyde）的一部分是金莺队通过重建领导组织的选择，这是每个人以前经历过的。这种经历还为他们提供了何时结束的洞察力。

On Friday morning, both signaled the end of Baltimore’s teardown, one that began in earnest when Elias was hired from the Houston Astros as executive vice president and general manager in November 2018 and soon after selected Hyde, then a coach with the Chicago Cubs, as the manager who would oversee a struggling team in the coming years. The Orioles’ 2022 season offered many reasons to believe the rebuild had reached its end, with the club posting its first winning season since 2017 while finishing as the American League’s best non-playoff team, but a verbal declaration hadn’t been issued until Friday.

“I believe that our rebuild is behind us,” Elias said before embarking on the Birdland Caravan’s first full day. “We’ve got an incredible chance now to be a very, very competitive team for years. I think we’re all excited about that.

“We’ve been very strategic with everything we’ve done. We’ve been very consistent and deliberate, and now, we’re at a point where our focus is turned to getting into the postseason.”

在奥利亚斯（Elias）和海德（Hyde）的《金莺》（Orioles）的头三年中，他们比其他任何美国职业棒球大联盟的比赛都多了18场比赛，同时比任何AL East Foes的胜利都要减少60次。同时，由于埃里亚斯（Elias）的前台在海德（Hyde）处置了球员和工资单以剥夺了名单时，该组织对其侦察，分析和发展过程进行了大修。与巴尔的摩（Baltimore）的早期选秀权相结合，由于其赛季糟糕的赛季，这些努力导致了一项小联盟系统，通常被认为是这项运动最有才华的。

它开始忍受上赛季的水果上赛季，当接球手阿德利·鲁茨曼（Adley Rutschman）（2019年的第一名选秀权成为棒球的最高前景）时，重建的其他几种产品也出现在大满贯赛中，以促进一场意外的竞争运动。进入这一年，预计金莺队将再次成为联盟最糟糕的球队之一。根据COT的棒球合同，他们并非巧合的是，他们拥有最低的开幕日工资。

But since the end of the season, Elias has frequently said his goal for the 2023 team is to reach the playoffs, and he acknowledged Friday this is the first spring training he’s openly set his sights there.

海德说：“这是我们第一次采用真正的非重建方式赢得比赛，从我们觉得自己可以竞争的角度来看。”“我们去年展示了它，我们对我们的俱乐部感到非常兴奋。

“我们不再偷偷摸摸任何人。人们了解我们的才华。”

Much of that talent comes internally, with the Orioles set to get full seasons from many of last year’s contributors who opened 2022 in the minors, including Rutschman and his successor as baseball’s top prospect, Gunnar Henderson. The Orioles were patient with calling up both players, then immediately inserted them into starting roles. But Elias said the Orioles could get more aggressive in when they promote prospects to the majors, being more willing to have them in bench or bullpen roles if such a move improves the big league team — even if it comes at the detriment of the players’ long-term development.

“We’re just way more talented this year,” Hyde said.

That’s true despite a relatively quiet offseason, one that defied expectations the Orioles could make a winter splash after Elias said at the end of last season that the team’s payroll would see a “significant” increase. Baltimore has yet to give a free agent a guaranteed multi-year deal under Elias, and its projected opening day payroll is $65 million, about 50% above last year’s season-opening figure but still baseball’s second-lowest mark.

埃里亚斯说，金莺的类型“单击了我们的确切愿望清单”，在凯尔·吉布森（Kyle Gibson）和科尔·欧文（Cole Irvin）和科尔·欧文（Cole Irvin与Mychal Givens的聚会为牛棚带来了终身的手臂。

“They’ve plugged holes, and they’ve boosted and reinforced the internal talent that we have,” Elias said. “It’s a statement to our internal talent that we feel like we have a lot of players both on the team and possibly joining the team soon that will take steps forward, and these veterans kind of stabilize that group for us.”

金莺可以在本赛季之前进一步增加，埃里亚斯（Elias）表示，他们仍在监视稀疏的自由球员市场，并与其他团队保持联系。但是他还说，如果那没有发生，他对将在几周内前往佛罗里达州萨拉索塔的一群球员感到满意。

当他们到达时，海德不打算就重建如何结束发表宏伟的演讲。无论如何，他从未与他们谈论这个过程。另外，他认为他们已经知道，许多人亲眼目睹了过渡。

“I think we’re ready for it,” Hyde said. “It was a tough few years, and not just from my seat, but fans also and everybody around that follows that team. It was hard, and to have expectations, we have confidence in our guys, and I think our players have a ton of confidence, and I just want them to take it head on, honestly.

“最好让人们认为您很好，并且您想接受这一点。”