Orioles Have Nothing to Hyde With New Manager

Over the weekend, the Baltimore Orioles hired Chicago Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde to be their new manager succeeding Buck Showalter.


Hyde had been part of the Cubs' coaching staff since 2014 serving as both a bench coach and a first base coach under both Rick Renteria and Joe Maddon. Prior to joining the Cubs, Hyde had been part of the Miami Marlins organization for nearly a decade managing in their minor league system from 2005 to 2009 before being promoted to the major league coaching staff in 2010. He even serving as the team's acting manager for one game after Edwin Rodriguez's sudden resignation during the 2011 season before making way for Jack McKeon. Hyde, 45, also played in the Chicago White Sox organization as a catcher and first baseman between 1997 and 2000.


It goes without saying that Hyde has a very tall task ahead of him. The Orioles lost a franchise record 115 games in 2018. While it could be said that the O's have nowhere to go but up the question is how quickly can they re-emerge as contenders and how long the club will stick with Hyde.


With the hiring of former Houston Astros Assistant GM Mike Elias as their new GM last month the Orioles are going to follow the Astro way. They'll lose 100 games for the next couple of years before becoming the talk of baseball. The question is whether Hyde will the be Orioles' A.J. Hinch or will be the Orioles' Brad Mills or Bo Porter? Given how the Cubs went through a similar rebuilding process, it is Elias' hope that Hyde will be the next Hinch. But then there's always the mercurial Peter Angelos. How long will he put up with the Astros way before dealing for some veteran sluggers? The Orioles have the misfortune of being in the same division as the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees and who wants to be MLB's version of the Washington Generals?