The Orioles have posted their lineup but didn’t announce a roster move.

Coby Mayo is in Baltimore.

Ramón Urías isn’t in the lineup after the Orioles scratched him yesterday with a sore hamstring. Emmanuel Rivera is starting at third base and Jorge Mateo is at second versus Royals left-hander Kris Bubic.

Ramón Laureano is in left field and Heston Kjerstad is in right.

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Corner infielder Coby Mayo is heading to Baltimore today, which could lead to another promotion to the majors or placement on the 24-hour taxi squad.

Update: Mayo is expected to be recalled.

Ramón Urías was scratched from last night’s lineup with a sore hamstring. Manager Brandon Hyde said after a 3-0 win over the Royals that the Orioles weren’t sure about Urías status moving forward.

“We’ll see how he feels tomorrow,” Hyde said.

Urías would be the 14^th player to go on the injured list. His playing time increased with Jordan Westburg sidelined by a hamstring strain, and he’s batting .292/.354/.403 with two doubles, two home runs and nine RBIs in 22 games.

Now that we've welcomed a new year, we can say that spring training starts next month. It won't be long before things are hopping at the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota, Fla., as the Orioles get ready for a most intriguing 2019 season.

But before we look to the future with names like Mike Elias and Brandon Hyde, it's time to reflect on some Orioles magic from the past. Yes, it's another recap of "Orioles Classics" airing on MASN, giving fans a chance to warm themselves beside the hot stove and remember some thrilling moments of bygone baseball.

This week, the theme is sudden death - or times the O's won in walk-off fashion, sending the home fans home happy. Nothing better than the exultations of satisfied fans streaming out of Camden Yards, is there?

Thursday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m. - On Sept. 6, 2012, the day the Orioles added a statue of Cal Ripken Jr. to the collection of bronze sculptures in the center field picnic area of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, there was already a lot of buzz around the ballpark. Six home runs by the home team ensured that a crowd of 46,298 remained engaged, and a four-run eighth inning snapped a 6-6 tie and propelled the O's to a 10-6 victory over the Yankees that gave them a share of first place in the American League East. Adam Jones and Chris Davis sandwiched solo shots around a two-run blast by Mark Reynolds as the Orioles torched the Yankees bullpen. Jim Johnson worked around a single in the ninth to record the save.

Monday, Jan. 14, 9 a.m. - Was it fair or foul? To this day, no one really knows. Even though replays were inconclusive - and replay reviews weren't yet a thing - the ruling by third base umpire Jim Joyce that granted Mike Devereaux a walk-off two-run homer off Bob McClure is really the only opinion that matters. As Orioles wins go, few were more exciting than this 11-9 thriller against the Angels from July 15, 1989. Watch Angels skipper Doug Radar's blood boil as he tries to convince the men in blue that the shot to left was to the left of the foul pole. Priceless!

Tomoyuki Sugano starts tonight against the Royals at Camden Yards and Kyle Gibson takes his second turn on Sunday, hoping to make a much better second impression. The Orioles are off again Monday and fly to Minnesota for a road trip that also makes a stop in Anaheim.

Charlie Morton will sit in the home and visiting bullpens, where he’s operated since Game 2 of last weekend’s doubleheader in Detroit. He was listed as the starter but followed Keegan Akin.

Morton fell to 0-6 after allowing three runs and walking five batters in 3 2/3 innings. It took until his seventh appearance to avoid a losing decision after holding the Yankees to an unearned run in 2 1/3 innings.

The relief unit could use a long man with Albert Suárez out for an extended period with a shoulder strain. Morton wasn’t supposed to be a candidate, but the Orioles are trying to fix the 18-year veteran.

“We moved him to the bullpen in an attempt to get him going,” said executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias. “There’s still things, his stuff, basically, that presents some reason for optimism. But he’s extremely frustrated and disappointed with his start.

Dean Kremer’s right thigh absorbed a 103.2 mph line drive from Mark Canha tonight in the second inning. Kremer raced to first base for the 1-3-1 putout, completed a few warmup tosses to appease manager Brandon Hyde and athletic trainer Scott Barringer, and went back to work.

That was the only way for the Royals to slow Kremer, and just temporarily.

Kremer tossed seven scoreless innings and Ryan O’Hearn hit a two-run homer to break up Michael Wacha’s shutout bid in the Orioles’ 3-0 victory before an announced crowd of 26,364 at Camden Yards.

The Orioles are 13-18 and have won back-to-back games for the second time. Tonight marked their first shutout. Ramón Urías was scratched from the lineup with hamstring tightness, but they didn’t let another health crisis distract from their mission.

It is time to turn around their season.

Orioles executive vice president Mike Elias spent about 15 minutes in the dugout today talking about the state of his 12-18 team and why he thinks it can get back to playoff form and meet the high expectations carried into the season.

He blames injuries and inconsistencies among players. And he continues to take responsibility for the record based on his role in the front office.

“It’s been really disappointing for all of us in the organization,” he said. “It’s been very difficult and we have not performed to expectations, so we all feel that. I feel that. I look at the team, look at things, and with the offense, the position player group, I think we’ve had obviously a lot of health issues. We’ve had some guys individually with just literally tough luck on the balls that they’re hitting. And then we’ve got a lot of players and guys with long major league track records who just aren’t performing to their norms. So all those being the case, I’m really optimistic and we’re optimistic that we’re gonna work out of that and things are gonna get better.

“With the starting rotation, having injuries and also starting so poorly and putting us in a bad spot because of that, it is difficult to contend with that level of injuries. But even that aside, they’ve had a poor start and that’s my responsibility and I’m in charge of baseball operations and when we have a bad record to start the year, that’s my responsibility. But we are all working very hard and we have a lot of faith in this very talented group, and piece by piece, step by step, we’re gonna get guys healthier, we’re gonna get guys performing more to their norms.

“If there’s something we can fix with a player, we’re working on that. And I’m very optimistic and confident that we have a lot better baseball ahead and we’re gonna play like the way that we should be this season.”

Jackson Holliday moves up to sixth in the order for tonight’s series opener against the Royals at Camden Yards.

Heston Kjerstad is in right field and Ramón Laureano is in left. They occupy the last two spots in the lineup.

Dean Kremer is trying to lower a 7.04 ERA and 1.565 WHIP over six starts. He’s surrendered 40 hits in 30 2/3 innings.

Kremer faced the Royals on April 4 and allowed two earned runs (three total) and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. He owns a 3.98 ERA in four career starts against them.

Bobby Witt Jr. is 4-for-11 with a home run. Salvador Perez is 3-for-11 with a double and homer.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde provided the media with the latest injury updates a few days ago, rattling off the names and progressions – if any advancements were made – in rapid-fire fashion. Recording devices were essential. Lacking shorthand skills made it almost impossible to keep up with the frantic pace.

Side sessions for Kyle Bradish, Zach Eflin and Tyler Wells. Live batting practice for Andrew Kittredge. Adley Rutschman staying in the lineup despite a bruised hand. Colton Cowser improving but not cleared for baseball activities. Jordan Westburg’s day-to-day status due to a sore hamstring that later forced him onto the injured list.

Oh yeah, and confirmation that Kyle Gibson would start Tuesday night. He wasn’t injured, but feelings could get hurt from the Yankees’ treatment of him.

Gary Sánchez was omitted from the roll call but he joined Westburg on the IL with wrist inflammation. The discomfort is felt when he swings a bat.

Also, no mention of Albert Suárez, who’s on the IL with a right subscapularis strain. In simpler terms, it’s a type of rotator cuff injury and expectations for a speedy recovery don’t exist. He’s on the 60-day injured list and eligible to return May 28.

Charlie Morton appears to be staying in the bullpen.

For how long is the question.

Morton has worked in relief in his last two appearances, following opener Keegan Akin in Detroit in Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader and holding the Yankees to an unearned run last night in 2 1/3 innings. Shortstop Gunnar Henderson dropped a line drive with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh.

Not much went right for the Orioles in a 15-3 loss, but Morton lowered his ERA to 9.45 and can provide much-needed length. A fifth starter isn’t needed until May 10 due to a few more off-days, though a rainy forecast this weekend could cause some shuffling.

“We haven’t closed the door on him starting still,” said manager Brandon Hyde. “We’re trying to get him going a little bit. I wasn’t expecting going into the game that he was going to be able to pitch and he completely saved us. So for him to go 2 1/3 innings after throwing 80 (pitches) just a few days prior, I thanked him multiple times because he allowed me to not use other people.

Jackson Holliday is playing second base and batting sixth tonight and Heston Kjerstad is in left field and hitting eighth, as the Orioles try to win the three-game series against the Yankees.

Ramón Laureano remains in right field. Ryan Mountcastle is batting seventh.

Cade Povich has a 5.04 ERA and 1.720 WHIP in five starts. He held the Nationals to one run in 6 2/3 innings in D.C.

Left-handers are batting .220 with a .680 OPS in his brief career, and right-handers are batting .292 with an .861 OPS. Povich has faced the Yankees twice and allowed four runs in 10 innings, and he’s walked 10 batters.

Per STATS, Povich is throwing his sweeper 44.9 percent of the time against lefties, resulting in a .200 average. When facing right-handers, he has a 14.1 sweeper usage rate that results in a .375 average.

Doing curls in the weight room isn’t part of outfielder Ramón Laureano’s pregame routine. They aren’t a superstition after he came off the bench unexpectedly and hit two home runs against the Reds. He’s pumped up, but mostly because he’s getting to play.

Colton Cowser fractured his left thumb in the opening series in Toronto. Tyler O’Neill went on the injured list over the weekend with neck inflammation. The Orioles needed Laureano in the lineup, and he responded with seven hits in a span of 24 at-bats.

Laureano doubled twice Monday night against the Yankees and drove in the Orioles’ first run.

“Love him,” said first baseman Ryan O’Hearn, who hit a three-run homer in a 4-3 win. “He’s a competitor. Man, he gets in there and competes. He’s had some big swings for us lately and I can’t say enough good things. We need to keep him going. He’s definitely a spark for us.”

Laureano’s bat couldn't reach a temperature to create one earlier in the season.

The crowd didn’t erupt when Kyle Gibson was introduced and began to warm for tonight’s start at Camden Yards. The moment lacked sentimentality, which was fine with the veteran pitcher and the team that he returned to after signing in March as a free agent.

The Orioles hoped that Gibson could get into the middle innings as they gradually stretched him out. They wanted him to provide some stability and leadership to a rotation that’s torn apart by injuries.

It couldn’t have gone much worse.

The first three Yankees and four of the first five homered off Gibson, and back-to-back doubles put another run on the board before he got the final out. Ten batters came to the plate. A swinging bunt single left Gibson sprawled on the grass, the awkward split looking as painful as the results.

Gibson surrendered another homer in the second and was charged with nine runs in 3 2/3 innings, and the Orioles’ attempt to win back-to-back games for the second time fizzled. A 15-3 loss before an announced crowd of 22,164 lowered their record to 11-18, raised more concerns about their starters and sparked another debate over the exact location of rock bottom.

Gary Sánchez had a soft brace covering his right wrist and hand this afternoon and no clue when he’d be able to ditch it and start playing again.

The Orioles put Sánchez on the 10-day injured list yesterday with inflammation in the wrist caused by a stress reaction.

“It’s been bothering me a little bit for a few weeks now,” he said via interpreter Brandon Quinones. “Some days it’s doing good and then some days it’s not as well, so I thought it was the best decision to put a stop to it right now and get some rest and recover rather than continue to push through it. I think as I was trying to push through, I wasn’t helping the team as it was, so I think it’s better to get some rest right now, recover and come back ready to go.”

Sánchez is 3-for-30 with four RBIs and 12 strikeouts with the Orioles after signing for $8.5 million. The injury was impacting his at-bats.

“I think at the point of contact in my swing is when I started to feel the discomfort,” he said. “Not necessarily throwing or anything like that, but just with my swing. I really do think that was affecting me.”

Kyle Gibson is back in Baltimore and making his return start tonight with the Orioles.

Gibson was activated onto the roster this afternoon. He made 33 starts in 2023 and went 15-9 with a 4.73 ERA in 192 innings.

The Orioles optioned Kade Strowd, who was recalled yesterday and didn’t pitch, to make room for Gibson.

Gibson is 3-7 with a 5.48 ERA in 13 career starts against the Yankees. Aaron Judge is 1-for-11. Trent Grisham is 3-for-16 with a double. Cody Bellinger is 2-for-15 with two home runs.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. is 5-for-14 with a double, triple and homer.

The Orioles have made the following roster moves:

• Recalled RHP Kyle Gibson from High-A Aberdeen. He will wear No. 48 and start tonight’s game.
• Optioned RHP Kade Strowd to Triple-A Norfolk after yesterday’s game.

Catcher David Bañuelos made his major league debut last summer, receiving one at-bat, because he was on the taxi squad and the Orioles were forced into an injury-related roster move before first pitch. Bañuelos is on the IL with an oblique strain, but catcher Maverick Handley could get the same opportunity.

Backup Gary Sánchez went to the IL last night with right wrist inflammation. Manager Brandon Hyde described it later as “a little stress reaction in his hand.” The Orioles brought Handley to Baltimore just in case, put him on the taxi squad and selected his contract from Triple-A Norfolk.

Handley celebrated his 27^th birthday last month. He’s spent plenty of time in major league clubhouses since the Orioles chose him in the sixth round of the 2019 draft out of Stanford University. He was a taxi squad regular before Bañuelos became more of a fixture, and he’s received spring training invites.

The No. 98 is more appropriate for a defensive lineman, but Handley is happy to be the first Orioles player to wear it. Now, he just needs to get it into a game.

Sánchez will be out at least 10 days. He’s off to a slow start with three hits in 30 at-bats and he’s struck out 12 times.

All of the same questions came at the Orioles earlier today as local media detached from the team during the road trip got to take turns. Any player approaching his locker was fair game.

What’s wrong and can it be fixed? What’s the mood in the clubhouse? What’s the level of frustration? Is anyone panicked? Should everyone be panicked?

The Orioles insist that they can get on a roll. Seasons aren’t lost in April. Players aren’t melting down over the defeats. Does no good to lose composure and faith.

As if trying to quiet the noise, the Orioles took the field tonight against the first-place Yankees and didn’t lose a game.

Tomoyuki Sugano tossed five scoreless innings with a career-high eight strikeouts, Ryan O’Hearn hit a three-run homer and the Orioles hung on for a 4-3 win before an announced crowd of 22,775 at Camden Yards. The victory is their second in the last eight tries and third in 10. They didn’t forget how to form the congratulatory handshake line.

The Orioles couldn’t make it to first pitch without diving back into their injured list. It’s becoming a daily exercise.

Catcher Gary Sánchez, hit twice by pitches yesterday, went on the 10-day injured list with right wrist inflammation. Infielder Jordan Westburg went on the 10-day IL retroactive to yesterday with a left hamstring strain.

Sánchez, who signed an $8.5 million contract over the winter, is 3-for-30. He caught yesterday while Adley Rutschman received treatment on a sore right hand that kept him out of the lineup. Rutschman is playing tonight after the swelling went down.

Westburg wasn't available yesterday because of the discomfort in his hamstring, which surfaced after he started in both games of Saturday’s doubleheader. He finally began to heat up, collecting nine hits in a stretch of 24 at-bats.

In a corresponding move, catcher Maverick Handley had his contract selected from Triple-A Norfolk and he’s wearing No. 98. His first appearance will be his major league debut.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde confirmed that veteran right-hander Kyle Gibson will start Tuesday night against the Yankees.

Gibson hasn’t pitched since April 20 at High-A Aberdeen. He experienced some back soreness but is feeling better.

The rotation could use a veteran hand steering it in the right direction. The unit’s 5.83 ERA is last in the American League and 28^th in the majors, and it includes opener Keegan Akin’s 1 2/3 scoreless innings in Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader in Detroit.  

Gibson hasn’t started for the Orioles since Sept. 30, 2023. He pitched three relief innings against the Rangers in the elimination game of the Division Series.

“I hope he can just bring a lot of things, honestly,” said manager Brandon Hyde. “I know one thing, he’s gonna compete every single time out and he’s one of the best teammate I’ve ever been around in a clubhouse. He pitched really well for us a couple years ago, had a nice year in St. Louis last year. He kept us in the game more times than not two years ago and was absolutely fantastic.

There have been countless conversations about what is plaguing the Baltimore Orioles. 

Of course, a league-leading 5.37 ERA as a staff doesn’t help their 10-17 record, but those problems are easier to pinpoint. The pitching woes can be chalked up to injuries to both key pieces and depth arms, combined with slow starts of healthy pitchers. 

What is harder to explain is the struggles of the lineup. As a team, the Orioles have a .677 OPS, just 21st in the big leagues. Their 79 walks are fourth-fewest in the majors, as is their .223 batting average, leading to the sixth-worst on-base percentage. And for the cherry on top, the athletic bunch has only combined to steal 15 bags, sixth-fewest in the game. 

If you’ve watched the last few seasons of Orioles baseball, that doesn’t really make sense. 

It’s a lineup that features some of the best young players in the game, three of whom were All-Stars a season ago. They’re flanked by savvy veteran pieces, and only one key starter, Colton Cowser, is missing significant time with injury.