There seems to be a general consensus that while Brandon Hyde may not have caused the problem, he failed to play a part in the solution. Hyde helped lead the Orioles out of their rebuild ahead of schedule, but the Birds fell well short of expectations this season. The guy handing in the lineup card is often the first to go in that situation, and that’s what happened here.
That’s all well and good. Hyde, while surely disappointed, can probably live with it at the end of the day. But what can the Orioles do now?
Baltimore had to hope that firing the skipper would generate some type of wake up call, but the immediate results marked another letdown.