Dave Trembley is the manager of the Orioles ? for now.
The O’s interim skipper will run the club until a decision is made, and according to new president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail, the managerial search remains “ongoing.”
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“I don’t have a time frame,” MacPhail said in his introductory news conference Wednesday morning at the Orioles offices in the B&O Warehouse at Camden Yards.
Joe Girardi, the 2006 National League Manager of the Year, is still considered a front-runner by many. Some news reports Wednesday had the former Marlins manager and current television broadcaster agreeing to a deal. MacPhail said that those reports were inaccurate, but he did concede the interview went well.
“We met with Joe [Tuesday]; I’m really impressed with Joe,” MacPhail said. “I had the fortune of having a background with Joe as a player. He was our player rep in 2002 [when both were with the Cubs].”
Calls to Girardi?s agent, Steve Mandell, were not returned.
The Orioles ? last in the American League East (29-41) after losing their ninth straight game, 12-6, Tuesday to the San Diego Padres ? fired manager Sam Perlozzo on Monday. The Orioles immediately named Trembley, who managed for 20 years in the minor leagues, as their interim manager.
MacPhail would not commit to Trembley beyond the interim stage, but mentioned specific guidelines for the next Orioles manager.
“I want him to be passionate and prepared,” MacPhail said. “I want him to care.”
It has been reported that Dusty Baker is also being considered, and, aside from Trembley, the Orioles have a number of candidates that could be called “in-house” options.
The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network ? owned by the Orioles and Nationals ? houses a number of managerial candidates among its broadcasters. Buck Martinez and Don Baylor ? a Nationals analyst ? have managed in the majors, and Rick Dempsey is likely to be interviewed. Dempsey has interviewed for the Orioles’ managerial position before.
“I think today’s managers are more of a custom-fit than ever before,” MacPhail said. “What might have been the perfect fit for a franchise four years ago might not be the perfect fit four years later.”
