The Baltimore Orioles are still the only team in the major leagues without a manager. New York Post reporter Joel Sherman tweeted out late last night that the Orioles were getting close to hiring Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde to be their next manager.
This alone got Orioles Twitter in a buzz, myself right along with them. But when Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic tweeted out shortly afterward confirming the hire, Birdland got crazy for a minute, right up until Mike Elias dismissed the rumors as “premature”.
Elias admitted that the team is getting closer to making a hire, and he understands that the sooner the Orioles get a manager in place, the quicker the rest of the coaching staff can be filled out and we can move toward the 2019 season.