{"id":243097,"date":"2025-10-27T08:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/243097\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T08:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:44:08","slug":"orioles-tab-craig-albernaz-as-next-manager-sources-say-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/243097\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles tab Craig Albernaz as next manager, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Baltimore Orioles<\/a> are finalizing a deal to hire Craig Albernaz as manager, tabbing one of the game’s most well-respected young coaches to help engineer a turnaround after a disappointing 2025, sources told ESPN on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Baltimore fired manager Brandon Hyde in mid-May after a 15-28 start and named Tony Mansolino interim manager for the remainder of the season, in which the Orioles went 75-87 and finished in last place in the American League East.<\/p>\n

With a strong core of young hitters, the Orioles’ job was one of the most alluring during an offseason with more than a quarter of managerial jobs open. And Albernaz, who, in his previous coaching jobs, forged strong relationships with younger players and was leaned on for a baseball sense honed by years behind the plate, leaped to the top of the list in Baltimore.<\/p>\n

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Albernaz, 42, was the associate manager for the Cleveland Guardians<\/a>, who won the American League Central this year. Albernaz was a finalist for Cleveland’s managerial job in 2023 and joined the Guardians as bench coach when they instead hired Stephen Vogt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During a nine-year catching career that topped out at Triple-A, Albernaz was long regarded as a potential future manager, and the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> — with whom he played eight seasons — hired him as a coach in 2015. Albernaz managed two years in the low minor leagues and eventually was hired before the 2020 season by the San Francisco Giants<\/a> as a bullpen and catching coach.<\/p>\n

Albernaz’s ability to connect with players was a hallmark of his time in San Francisco and Cleveland — and was part of the allure for an Orioles team filled with young talent. With star shortstop Gunnar Henderson<\/a>, catcher Adley Rutschman<\/a>, infielder Jordan Westburg<\/a>, outfielder Colton Cowser<\/a>, second baseman Jackson Holliday<\/a>, outfielder Dylan Beavers<\/a>, slugger Samuel Basallo<\/a> and infielder Coby Mayo<\/a>, Baltimore has one the highest-ceiling rosters in the major leagues.<\/p>\n

The Orioles’ pitching suffered last season, though, and while left-hander Trevor Rogers<\/a> ‘ breakout year and the return of right-hander Kyle Bradish<\/a> from Tommy John surgery bode well for 2026, right-hander Grayson Rodriguez<\/a> is coming off shoulder and elbow injuries and Baltimore’s pitching depth in the rotation and bullpen is limited.<\/p>\n

Albernaz’s first major league managerial job will be in the gauntlet of the AL East division, featuring the current AL champion Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>, a strong New York Yankees<\/a> squad, the ascendant Boston Red Sox<\/a> and a Tampa Bay Rays group that is competitive annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Baltimore Orioles are finalizing a deal to hire Craig Albernaz as manager, tabbing one of the game’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-243097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}