The Baltimore Orioles reportedly parted ways with manager Buck Showalter on Wednesday.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported that Showalter will not be back with the O’s “in any capacity” next season.
USA Today‘s Bob Nightengale first reported on September 21 that Showalter was expected to be canned following the conclusion of the 2018 season.
For the Orioles, the move was a no-brainer.
Baltimore was a major league-worst 47-115 this season and joined the 1962 New York Mets and 2003 Detroit Tigers as the only teams in the expansion era to win fewer than 50 games.
Plus, Showalter was never a fit to lead the Orioles through what figures to be an extensive and arduous rebuild after Manny Machado, Zach Britton, Kevin Gausman, Darren O’Day and Jonathan Schoop were all shipped out of town in advance of the trade deadline.
