Imagine Orioles manager Brandon Hyde, who spent most of his first season in charge pleading with his pitchers to stop walking batters and giving up home runs at record rates, saying the following as his team charges to steal a playoff spot from the New York Yankees in September — and actually meaning it.
Part of the reason he said that Tuesday, after the Orioles' 11-2 win over the New York Mets gave them four straight wins and six in eight games, is that so many of the pitchers who frustrated him over the past year-plus aren’t on the team right now for one reason or another.