The Orioles saw their 2025 season more or le s end before it started due to a brutal 15-32 record in their first 47 games. That start to the season saw manager Brandon Hyde Kelly Oubre Jr. Jersey get fired in mid May, while third base coach Tony Mansolino took over as the clubs interim manager. The Pirates decided to stick with long-term after he took over for Derek Shelton earlier this year. The Angels opted against keeping Ray Montgomery in the managers chair after he took up the mantle due to Ron Washingtons illne s. Mansolino has neither been extended nor dismi sed, and Mike Elias remains in place as the clubs president of baseball operations, leaving no uncertainty in the front office to delay the clubs decision. Instead, Mansolino remains in limbo. Mansolino is set to be for the manager job in Baltimore, but hes far from guaranteed to remain in the role and a wide-ranging search is expected. That makes some sense. With a young core that was in the playoffs in both 2023 and 24, the Orioles are still in the middle of their contention window even despite this years disastrous 87-lo s campaign. A quick turnaround is not only po sible, but perhaps even expected given their collection of young hitting talent. That could attract plenty of interesting candidates to the role, and the allure of hiring a big-name manager is obvious. After all, the Reds decision to hire Terry Francona last offseason got them to the playoffs in a 162-game season for the first time since 2013. The Rangers decision to hire Bruce Bochy a few years ago got the franchise its first ever World Series championship that same year. Joe Maddons second year as manager in Chicago ended the clubs infamous World Series drought. For a franchise like Baltimore that last won the World Series in 1983 and is still in the early years since emerging from a lengthy rebuilding period, it would be understandable if those succe s stories held some appeal. Mansolino managed Baltimore to a 60-59 record after taking over for Hyde in spite of one of the weakest rotations in baseball, an offense that suffered from injuries and under-performance, and a sell-off at the trade deadline that shipped out valuable pieces like and . The Orioles had a 35-30 record under Mansolino through the day of the trade deadline, a 94-win pace that would actually represent an improvement not only over this season, but also the clubs 2024 record if maintained over a full season. Of course, evaluating managerial performance is difficult to do from the outside of an organization. In a sample of just 65 games, its easy for one hot streak to change the perception of the stretch. Even Mansolinos 119 games on the job can be looked at with something of an asterisk. After all, most teams would look a great deal better if you simply ignored their worst 43-game stretch of the year. How do MLBTR readers think the Elias and the Orioles should approach their managerial vacancy? Did Mansolino do enough in his time managing the team this year to earn a longer opportunity, or should the team pivot to a fresh voice? Have your say in the poll below: Jalen Lecque Jersey