Adley Rutschman hit a 436-foot home run in his first at-bat and went back-to-back with Jordan Westburg in the eighth inning, Tyler O’Neill homered for his MLB-record sixth consecutive opening day and Cedric Mullins launched a pair of his own long balls to lead an offensive explosion in a 12-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday afternoon.

The AL East doesn’t get any easier, does it? With the Orioles trying to make a jump from a great young club to a true postseason contender and the Blue Jays trying to keep their window open, every game will matter in 2025,