The Baltimore Orioles’ well-documented struggles at the plate this season have turned a once-promising campaign into a seemingly endless routine of cycling through options in the lineup in an effort to spark some sort of offensive production. The call-up of rookie Coby Mayo back at the beginning of May served as a prime example of this never-ending search, even though the No. 2 prospect in the Orioles’ farm system hadn’t particularly been lighting things up at Triple-A Norfolk this year. At the time of his promotion, Mayo was only carrying a .226/.318/.452 slash line across the 168 at-bats he had for the Tides this season, which followed up the sub-.100 batting average he produced during his first stint at the MLB level at the tail end of 2024. Despite his lackluster production, though, the Orioles’ brass decided that it was time to give the now-23-year-old another shot to show what he could bring to the table with the big league club.