This Timeline Is a Bad Look for Orioles Executive Mike Elias

As Meyer points out, Elias backed Hyde at the beginning of the month even when the team had a record of 13-18. And even when they dropped their next three before their game on May 7, the general manager was still publicly stating his support of the skipper.

But 10 days later, that all changed.

Again, it was easy to see why.

Since Elias gave Hyde the dreaded vote of confidence, Baltimore went 2-10 in 12 games and looked completely lost as a team, looking more like the bottoming out version that was present during the early stages of the rebuild than the one that made the playoffs for two straight years with an AL East title to their name.

That doesn't mean this isn't a bad look for Elias, though.

It suggests there was real panic in the front office, and because many of the struggles are in large part due to poor roster construction that many around the sport pointed out before the first game of the 2025 campaign took place, it's hard not to say this move was made in part to cover for the baseball operation team's own shortcomings.

The four straight losses since the firing points to there being more issues than just the manager.

Players who were supposed to be the future of the sport have taken massive steps back or have not reached the levels that many expected at this stage of their careers.

That can all turn around since there is still a lot of baseball to be played, but the Orioles are going to have more questions to answer about where they go from here since this looks like a lost season.

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