IT IS TUESDAY APRIL 29 2025 AND THE ORIOLES ARE COMING OFF A HUGE WIN AGAINST THE YANKEES YESTERDAY WINNING THE SEASON SERIES OPENER 4-3! BUT TONIGHT, HE IS STARTING JORGE MATEO (BATTING 8TH) AND DYLAN CARLSON (BATTING 9TH) WHERE MATEO IS BATTING A .136 AVG (3 FOR 22) AND CARLSON (WHO HAS ONLY PLAYED IN 5 GAMES THIS SEASON) HAS YET TO GET A HIT (0 FOR 9 WITH 6 STRIKEOUTS) = .000 AVG. BATTING 7TH IS EMMANUEL RIVERA WHO IS MAKING HIS SEASON DEBUT TODAY. IN 2024, HE PLAYED FOR THE MARLINS AND ORIOLES, WHILE GOING 63/235 (.238 AVG), HITTING 5 HOMERS, AND 29 RBIS. HE WENT 20/64 (.313 AVG), WITH 4 HOMERS AND 14 RBIS IN 27 GAMES WITH THE ORIOLES LAST YEAR IN 2024. WHILE THE TOP AND MIDDLE OF THE ORDER LOOK GOOD, THE BOTTOM OF THE LINEUP IS A MESS BUT STARTING RIVERA IS NOT A BAD DECISION CONSIDERING THAT HE CAN STEAL A LOT ON THE BASEPATHS AND IS YOUR EVERYDAY AVERAGE HITTER. FAMILIAR FOE KYLE GIBSON IS STARTING TODAY FOR THE O'S AND IS HIS SECOND STINT WITH THE TEAM WHO WAS LAST ON THE TEAM IN 2023! THAT YEAR HE WENT 15-9 WITH A 4.73 ERA AND 192.0 IP IN 33 STARTS WITH THE ORIOLES LEADING THEM TO A 101-61 REGULAR SEASON AND AN AL EAST TITLE! SITTING RYAN O'HEARN WHO JUST HIT A 3 RUN HOME YESTERDAY AND JACKSON HOLLIDAY WHO HAS BEEN JUST ABOVE AVERAGE IS UNACCEPTABLE. O'HEARN IS HITTING .300 (21 FOR 70) WITH 5 HOMERS AND 11 RBIS AND HOLLIDAY IS BATTING .237 (18 FOR 76) WITH 2 HOMERS AND 8 RBIS. BRANDON HYDE HAS HAD A HORRENDOUS 2025 SEASON AS A MANAGER AND HE NEEDS TO GET "CANNED"! FIRE HIM IF THE ORIOLES DON'T WIN TODAY!

FIRE BRANDON HYDE

FIRE BRANDON HYDE

FIRE BRANDON HYDE