Sources: Orioles fire manager Brandon Hyde after slow start

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The Baltimore Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde on Saturday, hoping a new leader can spark a turnaround of the most disappointing team in Major League Baseball, sources told ESPN.

Hyde, who had managed the Orioles through the end of their rebuild and helped lead them to the last two postseasons, oversaw and underwhelming start in which Baltimore went 15-28 and finds itself 10½ games behind the first-place New York Yankees in the American League East division.

Among an underperforming offense, one of baseball's worst pitching staffs and middling defense, the Orioles have regressed in every facet of the game this season. The 51-year-old Hyde entered the season with questions…