Orioles predicted to replace Brandon Hyde with 3-time MVP, 11-time All-Star, World Series champion

Hunter Cookston

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The Baltimore Orioles are taking their time in their search for the next manager of the future. They have an attractive, young roster that has already reached the playoffs. However, a slow start to last season marked the end of the line for Brandon Hyde.

“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. Hyde, who had managed the Orioles through the end of their rebuild and helped lead them to the past two postseasons, oversaw an underwhelming start. The Orioles fell to 15-29,” ESPN’s Jeff Passan wrote.

One name increasingly linked to the Orioles is none other than Albert Pujols.

“There’s a reason Albert Pujols suddenly feels less like the Angels’ inevitable hire and more like a true free-agency battle. The Baltimore Orioles have quietly stepped into the ring, not with the biggest checkbook, but with something that can matter just as much to a first-time skipper: trust. The Orioles’ pitch isn’t only about a surging young core and an AL East stage — it’s about a clubhouse onramp that already fits Pujols’ sensibilities. If you’re choosing your first dugout, familiarity and credibility are currency, and the Orioles can spend both,” Birds Watcher’s Tremayne Person wrote.

The good news for Baltimore is that Pujols has just been informed by the Angels that he is no longer being considered for their managerial vacancy.

“Albert Pujols is no longer a candidate to be the manager of the Los Angeles Angels, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday,” ESPN’s Aiden Gonzalez wrote.

The door is wide open for the Orioles to land Pujols if they can. It would be a promising yet risky hire, given his lack of managerial experience. However, he is a seasoned MLB veteran. This philosophy has worked for the Cleveland Guardians so far, so it could work for Baltimore as well.

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