8:46pm: There's no indication that the Orioles are ready to announce a decision and team officials haven't ruled out interviewing more candidates, according to Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun.
2:13pm: Orioles GM candidate Tony LaCava is back in Baltimore today to meet with owner Peter Angelos, according to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. This will be LaCava's first meeting with Angelos. Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun writes, "The Orioles are not expected to do a second round of interviews, so the fact that LaCava is back almost certainly means that he and the ownership component of the search committee are discussing the conditions of his employment. It doesn't mean, however, that he has been offered the job officially or will accept it."
Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com reports that Angelos attended the Orioles' initial interview with De Jon Watson of the Dodgers, but missed LaCava's first meeting with the team (Twitter links). Kubatko hears that the Orioles won't contact Rangers assistant GM Thad Levine about their job opening.
LaCava is currently the Blue Jays' vice president of baseball operations and assistant General Manager; learn more about him by reading Ben Nicholson-Smith's August interview.
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“Peter Schmuck”? That’s your best source?
Well, you have your sources and we have ours. Peter is a fine baseball writer.
However, the Orioles better interview more candidates!
I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but he’s one of Baltimore’s worst baseball writers.
As for MetsMagic post, I am sure he appreciates people making comments like that every time his stories make it to mlbtraderumors.
Worst Baseball Writer… oh come on… Anyway, some could say I am one of the worst bloggers on here MLB or one of the Baltimore Oriole fan sites. I don’t care at this point! I just want the Orioles to get better and be competitive again. People can say whatever they want about me! What I think is funny is when someone zings me on here and then they get their friends or they log under a different name to hit the like button 10 times… to show how popular and witty they are. I think that’s a hoot!
I don’t say you are the worst. You have passion and love exclamation points. I can’t ask for much more than that.
Schmuck is one of the worst.