The Latest Breaking News from Brandon Hyde

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —There was a hint of a smile as Anthony Santander rounded first base, and it wouldn’t be the last one the Orioles would flash Sunday at Kauffman Stadium. The ball had leaped off Santander’s bat, flying an estimated 455 feet and ending with a splash into the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Putting hyperfocus on any individual swing can lead to the type of pressure the Orioles have tried to avoid placing on Adley Rutschman, but there’s no avoiding it — not when all of Baltimore searches for a sign that Rutschman can find his footing at this…

John Means is in the early stages of his recovery from Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery, but the mustache he sported Wednesday in the Orioles’ clubhouse was in vintage form.

BALTIMORE — If there’s a difference between what Ryan Mountcastle showed at the beginning of the season to now, the obvious distinction is in the results. But at a more minute level, manager Brandon Hyde ignores those results, focusing on how anxious and jumpy the Orioles first baseman looked early…

BALTIMORE — Austin Hays looked back into the Orioles’ dugout as he passed first base, as if he wanted to see the expressions on his teammates faces. The ball that had just left his bat — a rocket that just cleared the newly remodeled left-field wall — continued a power…

BALTIMORE — There was a symmetry to them, out beyond the left-center-field wall at Camden Yards before first pitch Wednesday evening, just as there has been since the 2019 trade that simultaneously connected the pitchers before sending them on diverging paths.

BALTIMORE — Between the start and finish of the sixth inning Sunday against the Boston Red Sox, more than two hours had transpired. It had begun with a thunderous solo shot from second baseman Rougned Odor and continued with a lengthy rain delay. But when the Orioles retook the field…

BALTIMORE — A wayward throw from Boston Red Sox reliever Hirokazu Sawamura on Orioles catcher Robinson Chirinos’ bunt attempt allowed Jorge Mateo to score easily and give Baltimore a 2-1 walk-off victory Saturday at Camden Yards.

BALTIMORE — In spring training, Rougned Odor subtly bemoaned his time with the New York Yankees. He described their usage of him at third base as “uncomfortable.” The club’s facial hair policy caused him to shave his signature beard, making him unrecognizable to even his daughter.