Orioles manager Brandon Hyde and pitching coach Doug Brocail spent two different spring trainings — the actual one and the summer one — hoping a year of experience, some new faces and better starting pitching would make for a better experience every time the bullpen door opened.
None of that came together on Opening Day for the Orioles. They got just three innings from starter Tommy Milone and no outs on just four batters faced from Cody Carroll as the first man out of the bullpen. The Orioles eventually lost 13-2 to the Boston Red Sox, washing away much of the optimism about the season like a summer storm.