Orioles’ 2024 schedule features first opening day in Baltimore since 2018

On the same day Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Orioles CEO and Chairman John Angelos issued a statement about the future of Camden Yards, the team announced its regular-season schedule for next season.

The Orioles’ lease with the Maryland Stadium Authority expires at the end of this year, but Baltimore is scheduled to host the club’s opening day game for the first time since 2018. After five straight years of the Orioles beginning the season on the road, they will host the Los Angeles Angels on March 28 to start their 2024 campaign.

The Orioles’ 2022 opener was scheduled to be played at Camden Yards before the league’s owners’ lockout caused a one-week delay to the season.

Baltimore’s 2024 opening homestand also includes a series with the Kansas City Royals before the club heads to Pittsburgh and Boston for its first road trip. Beginning in 2023, each team plays MLB’s 29 others, alternating home-and-road series each year with teams in the opposite league. In 2024, the Orioles will host the National League teams they traveled to face this season: the Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. They continue to play the neighboring Washington Nationals both in Baltimore and D.C.

The Orioles will also return to the West Coast to face the Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners while making road trips to face the Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets and Texas Rangers. Baltimore will have one 11-day, 10-game road trip to Cleveland, Toronto and Tampa Bay from August 1-11.

As part of the rebalanced schedule, the Orioles’ games against American League East opponents were reduced starting this year. They’ll play four series, two at home and two on the road, against the division’s other four teams, with 13 games against each. The Orioles play seven home games against the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox and six against the Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays. A 23-game stretch from May 27 to June 20 includes nearly a third of the Orioles’ divisional matchups, with 17 games against AL East foes in that span.

The Orioles will play at home on Easter, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day and Labor Day.

Game times and ticket sales will be announced at a later date.

Orioles set rotation for first second-half series

Coming out of the All-Star break, the Orioles will start right-handers Dean Kremer, Kyle Gibson and Kyle Bradish against the Miami Marlins.

It’s not clear how the Orioles will set their rotation for the second series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, though it’s expected to include right-hander Tyler Wells and left-hander Cole Irvin. Wells was Baltimore’s best starter in the first half, leading the majors in WHIP, but he has already surpassed his 2022 innings, with the Orioles seemingly giving him an extended break.

If the Orioles remain on a normal five-man turn, Kremer’s second start of the half would come against the Dodgers, his former organization. Kremer is the only player of the five the Orioles acquired from Los Angeles in July 2018 for infielder Manny Machado who is still with Baltimore.

Outfield prospect Haskin done for season

Triple-A Norfolk outfielder Hudson Haskin, the Orioles’ No. 25 prospect according to Baseball America, is done for the season after undergoing surgery Wednesday for left hip impingement, the team said.

Haskin, a 24-year-old selected in the second round of the 2020 draft, was hitting .287 with an .837 OPS, three home runs and eight steals in 33 games across three affiliates. He twice has spent time on the injured list this season with left hamstring injuries.

Haskin is eligible for the Rule 5 draft this winter, meaning he must be added to Baltimore’s 40-man roster this offseason or be made available to every other organization, though any team that selects him would have to keep him in the majors all year.

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