Whether we like it or not, it’s October 3 and the season is over for the Orioles. That means press conference time for the guy in charge of the team. GM Mike Elias delivered on this expectation on Thursday afternoon with some post-mortem remarks on the 2024 team.
The top headline from the presser is that Brandon Hyde is coming back as the manager for next season. With the team having made a swift exit from the postseason in each of the past two seasons, it wouldn’t exactly have been a shock if the Orioles chose to look in a different direction.