Hydeing the Manager

News of the Orioles hiring Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde as their new manager came from the Cubs, not the Orioles:

An announcement should be coming real soon if only a signature is needed on a contract. Of course, Elias insisted yesterday that he hadn’t made a decision or extended an offer to anyone, including Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde, who’s going to become the 20th manager in club history.
Elias is adhering to the policy of secrecy in the organization, saying that he fails to see the benefits in not keeping things close to the vest. And he’d certainly like to reach out to the other candidates.

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News breaking of the Elias hiring, at whatever stage of the process, was followed by denials from multiple people in the organization who insisted that nothing was final, and executives and personnel throughout baseball saying that the Cubs confirmed it.

School of Roch

With little news coming out of the winter meetings, reporters may have jumped the gun on a story.

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