Breaking: The Baltimore Orioles have fired GM Mike Elias after 3 seasons with the club, putting together three pretty bad products on the field. The club has hired GM Glenn Gibson, head of amateur baseball scouting from the San Francisco Giants. Gibson, 47, will be taking the GM role for the Orioles, a team which is in the midst of rebuilding.
Overview: The Orioles finished 2021 with a record of 52-110, and will have the worst roster on paper in the stacked AL East, and potentially one of the worst records in MLB for the 2022 season. Baltimore is led by 2021 All-Star Cedric Mullins, SP John Means, and IF/OF Trey Mancini. The Orioles will draft 1st in the 2022 amateur baseball draft.
Strategy: Build for the year 2025. This team is not good right now, and isn't going to be good for a couple of years. We will always put the best product on the field possible, and will spend the full budget that the owner gives us. However, most of our signings in the first two years will be players built for the future, or short team deals that can fetch us a prospect at the deadline.
Rules/Settings:
Ratings: 20-80 (increments of 5)
Scouting: Normal
Trade difficulty: 2 upticks to both "favor prospects" and "easy/hard
Injuries: Normal
Extra Innings Rule: Off
Waiver Claims: 4 before the trade deadline (for my team only)