With the offseason looming, former Baltimore Orioles manager Brandon Hyde is in the middle of a media tour, blaming everyone else for what went wrong with the 2025 season. The latest stop of the tour came with Bob Nightengale, as Hyde once again shied away from taking any form of accountability for his part in the disappointment that led to his firing.
“I wasn’t expecting to be let go, I really wasn’t," Hyde told Nightengale, “but we couldn’t have played any worse. We were pretty banged up. Our starting rotation was ranked 30th in baseball.