Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch on Tuesday laid out the type of relationship the new Orioles front office of executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias and assistant general manager Sig Mejdal could have with their new manager, describing the kind of managerial mind-meld that defines modern baseball.
Hinch said he and Mejdal worked closely "to combine baseball instinct with baseball information and where that balance is, and where that breaking point is and some of the in-game decisions are made."
Chicago Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde, who according to multiple reports will become the Orioles' new manager, comes from an organization that had similar success adopting such principles to the Astros.