{"id":227523,"date":"2025-10-15T22:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/227523\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T22:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:19:08","slug":"sources-orioles-expected-to-interview-albert-pujols-for-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/227523\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Orioles expected to interview Albert Pujols for manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alden GonzalezOct 16, 2025, 09:05 AM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.<\/p>\n

The Baltimore Orioles<\/a>, seeking a new manager to guide their young, emerging core, have expressed interest in future Hall of Fame first baseman Albert Pujols, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n

The Orioles have yet to formally interview Pujols but are expected to as they seek a replacement for Brandon Hyde, who was fired in the early portion of what became a disappointing 87-loss season in 2025. Tony Mansolino, who took over as interim manager after Hyde was let go in May, is among the candidates for the full-time position, but the Orioles are also conducting an external search.<\/p>\n

Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias was a scout for the St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> while Pujols starred for the organization in the latter half of the 2000s. Pujols, 45, still shares a close relationship with former teammate Matt Holliday, father of Jackson Holliday<\/a>, the 21-year-old infielder who is now one of the Orioles’ foundational pieces.<\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Angels<\/a> still appear to be the most likely destination for Pujols and remain the only team he has formally interviewed with, industry sources said. Pujols met with Angels general manager<\/a> Perry Minasian in St. Louis last Thursday and is still highly considered for the job, though former All-Star outfielder Torii Hunter is also a serious candidate. The Angels’ hiring process, however, might be slowed by owner Arte Moreno and president John Carpino’s involvement in the civil trial over the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was only a couple of years ago that the Orioles looked like a team on the rise, emerging from an aggressive rebuild to win 101 games and capture the American League East title in 2023. They returned to the playoffs with a 91-win season in 2024 but got swept out of the wild-card round and were not aggressive in their pursuit of starting pitching during the ensuing offseason. A 15-28 start led to Hyde’s firing on May 17.<\/p>\n

The next four and a half months weren’t much better, but the Orioles are nonetheless a promising destination due to a young, promising position-player core featuring Holliday, Gunnar Henderson<\/a>, Adley Rutschman<\/a>, Coby Mayo<\/a> and Samuel Basallo<\/a>. At the moment, they are among eight teams with manager openings, along with the Angels, Atlanta Braves<\/a>, San Francisco Giants<\/a>, Washington Nationals<\/a>, San Diego Padres<\/a>, Colorado Rockies<\/a> and Minnesota Twins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pujols has expressed strong interest in managing at the big league level for years and led a Dominican winter ball team, the Leones del Escogido, to a championship in January. Pujols was previously named manager for his native Dominican Republic in next year’s World Baseball Classic, though he would likely rescind that role if he lands a big league job this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alden GonzalezOct 16, 2025, 09:05 AM CloseESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-227523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}