A day after Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias learned of reporting that he’d selected Chicago Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde as his new manager from a television in his suite during a media briefing, requiring an on-the-spot denial, Elias again didn’t confirm the hire but spoke much more hopefully of an imminent conclusion to the managerial search.
“I feel very good about where we’re at with it,” Elias said Wednesday night. “A lot has happened in the last 24 hours since we talked. Like I said yesterday, the reports that were out there were premature and overzealous, but I feel good about where we’re at.