What perhaps stood out most to Orioles manager Brandon Hyde about Cedric Mullins’ latest sensational catch in center field in Wednesday’s first inning wasn’t the play itself, but what Mullins did immediately after.
Once he completed his diving catch and slide across the Camden Yards grass, Mullins rose to his knees and flipped the ball from his glove to left fielder DJ Stewart’s with flair.
“He would have never done something like that two years ago,” Hyde said. “That just shows, for me, that he’s playing with more of a confidence about him that he can catch every ball.