The Baltimore Orioles are expected to fire manager Buck Showalter at the conclusion of the 2018 season, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale.
Baltimore is a major league-worst 44-108 entering Friday night's game against the New York Yankees.
The Orioles hired Showalter halfway through the 2010 season, and the move paid dividends through the middle of the decade. After struggling during the 2011 season, Baltimore made a leap under his guidance in 2012 and clinched the franchise's first postseason berth since 1997.
The Orioles narrowly missed out on the playoffs in 2013, but they won 96 games—their most since 1997—and finished atop the American League East the following year.