For the third straight year, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde got to deliver John Means good news about how he’ll spend Opening Day.
Hyde announced Friday that Means will be the Orioles’ Opening Day starter April 1 at Boston’s Fenway Park. Means, the left-hander who was Baltimore’s lone All-Star representative in 2019, will look to build on his strong finish to 2020, in which he struck out 30 batters over 23 2/3 innings and allowed no more than one run in each of his final four starts.
He was supposed to start Opening Day last season, as well, but a tired arm prevented him from making that appearance.