You only get one chance to make a first impression, and boy did Orioles new “GM” Jared Banner come out swinging Tuesday.

He’s a real five tool player in everything his boss, proven baseball failure Mike Elias covets (he merits a plus-plus scouting grade in genuflection and gaslighting, the traits that matter most around here). Banner must have set an MLB record for fewest questions asked (none) before becoming absurdly defensive at an introductory press conference of any sort. He simply could not wait to launch to Elias’s defense less than 30 seconds into his opening remarks and then repeatedly kowtowed to someone no one would have ever asked him about in 1000 press conferences, but who apparently is the true “brains” of baseball operations – president of baseball operations Catie Griggs.…