Brandon Michael Hyde (born October 3, 1973) is an American

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for the

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(MLB). Hyde had previously served as the

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, director of player development, and

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for the

Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located ...

, and as a bench coach and

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manager for the

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Playing career

Hyde graduated from Montgomery High School in

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, in 1992. He attended

Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) is a public community college in Santa Rosa, California with an additional campus in Petaluma and centers in surrounding Sonoma County. Santa Rosa Junior College was modeled as a feeder school for the University ...

and

California State University, Long Beach California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a public research university in Long Beach, California. The 322-acre campus is the second largest of the 23-school California State University system (CSU) and one of the largest universities i ...

, and played

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for the Long Beach State Dirtbags. Hyde signed with the

Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and p ...

as an undrafted

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in 1997. He played in the White Sox organization through 2000, reaching the

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of the

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. In 2001, he played for the Chico Heat of the

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, an

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. Over the course of his minor league career, he played in 200 games and hit .252 with 15 home runs.

Coaching career

Florida Marlins

Hyde managed in the Marlins organization from 2005 to 2009, heading the

Greensboro Grasshoppers The Greensboro Grasshoppers are a Minor League Baseball team based in Greensboro, North Carolina. They are members of the South Atlantic League and are the High-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. They play their home games at First National ...

in 2005 and 2006, the

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in 2007, the

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in 2008 and the

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in 2009 where he led the Suns to their fourth Southern League Championship in club history. He had also spent two years as the Grasshoppers' hitting coach. In 2010, he was the Marlins minor league infield coordinator. On June 23, 2010, the Marlins fired manager

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, bench coach

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, and hitting coach

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. Hyde was named the interim bench coach, Edwin Rodríguez was named the interim manager, and John Mallee was named the hitting coach. On November 3, 2010, the Marlins removed the interim tags from each, and made Hyde their bench coach for the 2011 season. When Rodríguez unexpectedly resigned on June 19, 2011, Hyde was named acting manager for that evening's game against the

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(a 2–1 loss that brought the team's losing streak to ten games). On June 20,

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was named Interim Manager and Hyde moved back to the bench coach position.

Chicago Cubs

On November 22, 2013, Hyde was named bench coach of the Chicago Cubs, under new manager

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. The Cubs made a managerial change prior to the 2015 season, firing Renteria and hiring

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. Maddon brought

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to the Cubs from the

to be his bench coach, and moved Hyde to first base coach. During the 2017–18 off-season, Hyde rejected an offer by the

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to join their coaching staff and remained with the Cubs after they promoted him to bench coach; Martinez had been hired as the

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' manager. On June 23, 2018, Hyde was ejected in the fourth inning against the

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. This was the first ejection of his career.

Managerial career

Baltimore Orioles

On December 14, 2018, the

named Hyde their new manager. On April 15, 2019, Hyde received his first career managerial ejection after arguing a slide rule call against the

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...

. In 2019, Hyde managed the Orioles to a record, the second worst record in the league, second to only the

Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...

. In the 60-game abbreviated 2020 season, Hyde and the Orioles finished , fourth in the division ahead of the

. In 2020, he had his players attempt

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s at a higher rate than any other major league manager. The Orioles finished the 2021 season with a record. In 2022, Hyde lead the Orioles to a record, a 31-game improvement from the previous year. Hyde finished second in AL Manger of the Year voting, losing to

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of the

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Managerial record

References

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