Good morning, Birdland!
Every baseball team has a manager. It’s just how things are done. As it stands, the Orioles do not technically have a manager. This will need to be rectified shortly, and it sounds like they have found the person for the job: Brandon Hyde.
Except Mike Elias is saying that it hasn’t happened yet. If he’s saying it’s not a done deal, then there is likely at least a little truth to it. At the same time, it’s rare to see so many media types whiff on something at once. So, despite what Elias says, Hyde is, most likely, going to be the Orioles manager in 2019.