Practically two months into the 2025 MLB season, the once-promising Baltimore Orioles are shifting gears.
The membership introduced on Saturday that they might be parting methods with longtime supervisor Brandon Hyde after the workforce’s disappointing 15-28 begin to the yr.
Whereas not completely shocking, this transfer is indicative of just how poorly Baltimore has played after coming into the 2025 season with excessive expectations.
There aren’t many excuses for the Orioles, who at the moment have the league’s third-worst employees ERA (and worst within the American League) at 5.31, and a lineup with a collective .682 OPS coming into play on Saturday. That is good for simply tenth within the American League and twenty second in MLB.
A roster with a few of baseball’s brightest stars and coming off consecutive postseason appearances should not reside within the AL East basement, however the outcomes communicate for themselves.
And with no significant indicators of enchancment, the writing was on the wall for Hyde.
The now-former supervisor concludes his tenure with a 421-492 report over six-plus seasons with the Orioles, most of these throughout a rebuild during which Baltimore tanked to draft present cornerstones like catcher Adley Rutschman and infielder Gunnar Henderson.
Finally, Baltimore appears to be embracing the blueprint adopted by the Colorado Rockies and Pittsburgh Pirates, two different golf equipment who equally fired their managers just lately, however who additionally selected to handle a symptom (on-field efficiency) of their points fairly than the basis trigger (incompetency in baseball operations).
Now, a frightening problem stares interim supervisor Tony Mansolino useless within the face: Making an attempt to salvage what’s left of a seemingly misplaced Orioles season.
