I want Hyde gone but am willing to see what happens in 2025. If the Orioles miss the playoffs or get knocked out early next year then I want the manager and ALL the coaches gone.
And Hyde does come across as a good drill sargeant and trains the troops but he can't lead the troops into battle like that training officer in "Band of Brothers" that couldnt read a map and whose nerve broke. Thats Hyde to me.
The odds that any manager not winning a World Series with their current club are pretty good.
If you have some tangible evidence that Hyde's "message has gotten stale," I'd love to hear it.
It's clear (to me at least) that $100 million actually was the ceiling for OD 2024, but that had more to do with the team about to be sold than anything else.
I don't know where you got your 2024 payroll numbers, but PA approved the 10th highest MLB payroll prior to OD 2017 after a very competitive 2016. What do your number say the equivalent to 10th would have been in 2024? Around $190-200 million? However much it is, it's probably unneeded next season given how good the cheap core is. I'd prefer Elias and Rubenstein take the long view overall, but I agree that it's time to start acting like the team is worth investing in.
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