BALTIMORE -- At the end of the 2025 season, Mike Shildt announced his decision to retire and step down as Padres manager. The news came as a surprise due to the 57-year-old’s success at the helm in San Diego.

Shildt wasn’t away from baseball for long.

On Wednesday, a source told MLB.com that the Orioles are hiring Shildt to serve as the organization’s upper-level coordinator of instruction. Samuel Vega will be promoted by Baltimore and become the lower-level coordinator of instruction, per a source.

Neither move has been confirmed or announced by the club.

Shildt was the Padres’ manager the past two seasons, and he led the team to a 183-141 record during that time. San Diego made the postseason each year, losing to the Dodgers in the National League Division Series in 2024, then f

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