Overview
- MLB.com reports, citing an unnamed source, that Baltimore will bring in Shildt for an upper-level coordinator role, which the club has not announced.
- Samuel Vega is also reported to be promoted to lower-level coordinator of instruction, with no official confirmation yet from the Orioles.
- Specific duties remain to be finalized, though reports indicate Shildt would work with Triple-A Norfolk and Double-A Chesapeake while Vega focuses on High-A Frederick and Single-A Delmarva.
- Shildt stepped down as Padres manager after 2025 despite a 183–141 record and consecutive postseason berths, citing the season’s toll on his health and well-being.
- The reported hires track with Baltimore’s broader offseason reshaping of coaching and player-development staffs under new manager Craig Albernaz.