Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino could feel the jolt of excitement from his team as Adley Rutschman returned to Camden Yards on Monday afternoon. “It’s a big piece, man,” Mansolino said. “He walked in,

That deal gave Baltimore a whopping four selections within the top 37, and did so at the cost of their competitiveness this season. Elias needed to come out of Sunday night with tangible proof that his organization was headed in the right direction, and that the pieces were in place to get back into meaningful contention as soon as 2026.

It took eight innings and the appearance of a position player on the mound, but the Baltimore Orioles made a curious bit of history on Tuesday afternoon: They tied a major league record by recording five sacrifice flies in a game.