2024 Baltimore Orioles

2024 Baltimore Orioles / Franchise: Baltimore Orioles / BR Team Page

Record: , Finished in AL Eastern Division (2024 AL)

Managed by Brandon Hyde

Coaches: Grant Anders, Cody Asche, Matt Borgschulte, Tim Cossins, Drew French, Ryan Fuller, Fredi Gonzalez, José Hernández, Ryan Klimek, Tony Mansolino, Mitch Plassmeyer and Anthony Sanders

Ballpark: Oriole Park at Camden Yards

History, Comments, Contributions

After posting the best record in the American League in 2023 but making a quick exit from the postseason, the 2024 Baltimore Orioles wanted to prove that they were not flukes and truly one of the powers of the game. One of the early signs of this was that they decided to send the 2023 Minor League Player of the Year, Jackson Holliday, back to the minors after he had clearly demonstrated that he was ready for the Show with a superlative performance in spring training. The Orioles were so laden with talented young players that they could afford to do this. They quickly showed that they meant business by starting off the year with two decisive wins: on Opening Day, March 28th, they defeated the Los Angeles Angels, 11-3, behind a superlative performance by Corbin Burnes, their new pitching ace acquired in a big off-season trade, in which the O's leveraged some of their surplus young talent to acquire one of the top starting pitchers in the game. Burnes gave up just on hit in 6 innings, while striking out 11. In their second game against those same Angels on March 30th, they romped to 13-4 behind home grown pitcher Grayson Rodriguez, who gave up one run in 6 innings while striking out 9. In both cases, the run they allowed came on solo homers, by Mike Trout and Taylor Ward, respectively. The Orioles had never scored 11 or more runs in back-to-back games to open a season, with Anthony Santander homering in both contests, while 2023 Rookie of the Year Gunnar Henderson went 3 for 4 with a homer and a triple in the second game.

Further Reading

• Dawn Klemish: "O's set rotation, plus other key '24 decisions", mlb.com, March 21, 2024. [1]
• Jake Rill: "Stats and figures behind Baltimore's historic start to the season", mlb.com, March 30, 2024. [2]

2024 MLB season by team