The Baltimore Orioles announced the obvious on Wednesday: Buck Showalter will not return as their manager.
In 2018, Showalter oversaw one of the few teams that was worse than the Marlins (47-115, minus-270 run differential). The O’s finished last in the AL East for the second straight season after a stretch of .500-or-better campaigns from 2012-2016. As Camden Chat’s Mark Brown explains, Buck remained loyal to familiar players, even when their skills had deteriorated. He was also reluctant to consider any sophisticated analytics when making lineup decisions and in-game substitutions.