  We use the method of QCD sum rules to investigate a possible hybrid baryon
with the quantum numbers of the $\Lambda$. Using a current composed of uds
quarks in a color octet and a gluon, a strange hybrid, the $\Lambda_H$ is found
about 500 MeV above the $\Lambda$, and we identify it as the $\Lambda(1600)$.
Using our sigma/glueball model we predict a large branching fraction for the
$\Lambda_H \to \Lambda + \sigma(\pi\pi$ resonance), and the experimental search
for this decay mode could provide a test of the hybrid nature of the
$/Lambda(1600)$.
