Orioles To Hire Mike Shildt In Player Development Role

The Orioles are hiring former Cardinals and Padres manager Mike Shildt as their new coordinator of instruction in the upper levels of the minor league system, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com reports. Samuel Vega, who had been the Orioles’ Latin American coordinator of instruction, will now be the organization’s coordinator of instruction in the lower levels of the system.
The 57-year-old Shildt surprisingly stepped down as Padres manager following the season, despite the fact that he