MLB Rumors: 3 Notable Candidates Named To Fill Orioles Managerial Job

After the news that the Baltimore Orioles fired longtime manager Brandon Hyde following a 15-28 start, the next question is how will they turn this thing around?

According to former MLB GM Jim Bowden, hosting on the Front Office show on MLB Network Radio on Sunday, naming third base coach Tony Mansolino as interim manager isn't the route they should stick with.

Rather, Bowden named three notable veteran managers on a list of who he feels should be brought in to be the next skipper, ASAP:

Here are some names @JimBowdenGM hopes the #Orioles consider for their next manager:

Skip Schumaker
Joe Maddon
Joe Girardi#Birdland
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— MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM (@MLBNetworkRadio) May 18, 2025

Bowden texted Orioles GM Mike Elias and told him, "The important part isn't the firing, the important part is the next hire.

"The important part is not getting rid of what you have, it's replacing what you had with a person that has a chance to do a better job than the person that was there.

"When you have a mess like this and you promote from within, you're not really changing the voices."

And with that, Bowden named the following 3 veteran managers as the top names that Elias should be looking at:

Could Skip Schumaker be the next Orioles manager?

"If I were him, it would be Skip Schumaker managing this team," said Bowden.

In Miami, Schumaker took a 93-loss Marlins team and led them to an 84-win season and their first full-year postseason berth in 20 years. He was named the 2023 National League Manager of the Year for his efforts.

Ever since being let go by the Marlins after the 2024 season, he remains MLB's hottest free agent manager.

Joe Maddon / Joe Girardi

Maddon has a World Series championship under his belt as well as an American League pennant, and a .532 winning percentage from his time with the Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs and Anaheim Angels.

Girardi, the former New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies manager, who also has a World Series crown on his resume and a .545 winning percentage, would be another veteran winner that Bowden would nominate.

"I gotta feel like if you bring someone in from the outside, that has experience, that's won, or knows how to do this job and is not a first-time manager, you have a better chance of turning this thing around."