Reports hit the media on Sunday night that the Orioles have made their choice for hiring their next manager, bringing in Guardians coach Craig Albernaz to try to help get this club going back in a good direction again.

Unless you are a sick freak who maintains a constant awareness of the coaching staffs of the other 29 MLB teams, you probably did not have any idea of who Albernaz was before this year’s round of managerial openings across the league. Anyone who did pay attention to the names thrown around as likely hires this time around probably heard about Albernaz then.

The Massachusetts native Albernaz is yet another example of the marginal catcher-to-MLB manager pipeline. Albernaz went undrafted out of college and signed with what was then still the Devil Rays organization for the 20

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