The winds around the Baltimore Orioles are getting rowdy, and no, it’s not just another Camden Yards breeze. When the dugout starts feeling hotter than the bullpen, someone’s bound to sweat—and it might not be the guy throwing pitches. As Brandon Hyde’s temper hit the eject button after arguing balls and strikes with the home-plate umpire in the bottom of the 3rd inning vs. Blue Jays and Zack Britton’s little brother, Buck Britton, quietly rose through the ranks, insiders started whispering what some are now boldly declaring.
It might not be time yet but the Orioles might be looking at Brandon Hyde and thinking of what next. Especially after how the last season ended and how this season has started, MLB insider predicts that Hyde might lose his job and be replaced by Buck Britton.
According to MLB Insider Ken Rosenthal, the Orioles might be firing Brandon Hyde sometime this season and will replace him with Buck Britton. The Orioles ended the 2024 season in a very bad way having a 34–38 record in their final stretch. They ended the season with 71 losses in total. They got into the Wild Card round and got swept by the Kansas City Royals.
To top that, the start of 2025 has also not been very good. They have a win-loss record of 6-9 and have an ERA of 4.50. This has got many people thinking about how long GM Mike Elias will wait before taking the call. But Rosenthal says that Hyde might be able to save his job because Elias understands the team’s situation is more his doing rather than Hyde’s.
But if the Orioles do take the call, Buck Britton might be the first on the list as he has had some experience with the Orioles. Britton managed the Orioles in the Triple-A. He also joined the staff this season, and he might be getting training to replace Hyde. But with the other coaching staff not very experienced, replacing Hyde might be more of a mistake than a solution.
In a clubhouse where even the coffee is under pressure, grooming Buck Britton as Hyde’s understudy feels less like succession planning and more like staging a coup in slow motion. But here’s the rub: swapping out Hyde while the rest of the coaching staff still needs name tags might just turn a shaky situation into a full-blown sitcom. If Elias pulls the plug now, he better hope the sequel doesn’t flop harder than the finale.
The Orioles rotation was ravaged by injuries, but reinforcements are on the way
What began as a season of promise quickly turned into a rotating door of pain for Baltimore’s starters—if only that door led to a fully functional elbow. The team’s depth chart has resembled more of a triage list than a blueprint for contention. And yet, amid the chaos, there’s a flicker of order. The cavalry isn’t charging in just yet, but it’s definitely lacing up its cleats.
The Orioles pitching rotation will take shape, at least that is what Brandon Hyde says after giving the Orioles fans some good news. Kyle Bradish is back with the ball in his arm and is throwing the ball with power. Hyde says that Bradish threw his first bullpen session on Saturday after coming back from the Tommy John Surgery.
He remains on track to return to the mound in the second half of the season. Hyde also says that the recovery of Grayson Rodriguez and Kyle Gibson is going well. There have been no hurdles in rehab and Gibson even made his first start in the minor leagues.
If health is wealth, the Orioles rotation has been living paycheck to paycheck—but the bank might finally be reopening. With Bradish back on a mound, Rodriguez trending upward, and Gibson easing into game shape, Baltimore’s pitching staff might soon resemble something more than a MASH unit. The reinforcements aren’t just hypothetical anymore—they’re warming up. And if all goes well, the second half might look a lot less like survival and a lot more like baseball.
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