"The Orioles saw their 2025 season more or less end before it started due to a brutal 15-32 record in their first 47 games. That start to the season saw manager Brandon Hyde get fired in mid May despite his popularity with the players in the clubhouse, while third base coach Tony Mansolino took over as the club's interim manager."
"Mansolino has neither been extended nor dismissed, and Mike Elias remains in place as the club's president of baseball operations, leaving no uncertainty in the front office to delay the club's decision. Instead, Mansolino remains in limbo. Mansolino is set to be a candidate for the manager job in Baltimore, but he's far from guaranteed to remain in the role and a wide-ranging search is expected."
"That could attract plenty of interesting candidates to the role, and the allure of hiring a big-name manager is obvious. After all, the Reds' decision to hire Terry Francona last offseason got them to the playoffs in a 162-game season for the first time since 2013. The Rangers' decision to hire Bruce Bochy a few years ago got the franchise its first ever World Series championship that same year. Joe Maddon's second year as manager in Chicago ended the club's infamous World Series drought."
The Orioles began 2025 with a 15-32 record through 47 games, prompting the mid-May firing of manager Brandon Hyde and appointment of third base coach Tony Mansolino as interim manager. Mike Elias remains president of baseball operations, leaving the front office stable while Mansolino remains neither extended nor dismissed. The roster contains a young core that reached the playoffs in 2023 and 2024, so a rapid rebound is plausible despite an 87-loss season in 2025. The club faces a wide-ranging managerial search that could attract high-profile candidates, given precedents where Francona, Bochy and Maddon produced quick organizational turnarounds. Baltimore's last World Series title came in 1983.
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