For a few glorious minutes, the Orioles had a reported new manager. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal said on Tuesday night that the O’s next manager would be current Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde.
That would seem to settle that, except this is the Orioles we’re talking about, and it seems “Orioles weird” is still going to carry over into the tenure of GM Mike Elias. Orioles.com beat writer Joe Trezza described the atmosphere of Elias issuing a denial of the report even as the suite television was broadcasting MLB Network’s breaking news banner of the hire.