Showalter, Orioles in serious talks

[madinmaryland]

Buck Showalter is in talks with the Orioles and appears likely to become their next manager assuming a contract can be worked out, sources confirm.

Showalter, the ESPN analyst and former manager of the Yankees, Diamondbacks and Rangers, interviewed for the Orioles job weeks ago, and is said to be meeting with them again now, according to league sources.

Showalter is said by sources to have laid out a plan for a major turnaround for the Orioles in his first interview via large-scale revamping. The Orioles are in one of the most difficult spots in sports, having to compete in a division with the Yankees, Red Sox and Rays.

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