{"id":707881,"date":"2026-05-24T23:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/707881\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T23:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:30:26","slug":"baltimore-orioles-announce-coby-mayo-injury-update-after-removal-from-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/707881\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Orioles Announce Coby Mayo Injury Update After Removal From Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Baltimore Orioles<\/a> may be losing yet another position player to the 10-day injured list. The club has battled injuries all season long, and it is a major reason they remain under the .500 mark two months into the year.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the next player to potentially go down long-term is Coby Mayo<\/a>, who was removed from the lineup minutes before first pitch.<\/p>\n

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Because Saturday\u2019s game against the Detroit Tigers<\/a> was rained out, the Orioles played a doubleheader, and Mayo was originally listed in the lineup for Game 1, hitting sixth and playing third base. However, just moments before first pitch, he was replaced by Weston Wilson<\/a> at the hot corner. The Orioles revealed the cause of Mayo’s removal was due to injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrioles\u2019 Coby Mayo has been scratched from Game 1 of today\u2019s doubleheader with low back discomfort, the team announced. Weston Wilson takes his spot at third base batting sixth,\u201d reported Matt Weyrich of The Baltimore<\/a> Sun.<\/p>\n

It remains unclear whether Mayo will require a stint on the injured list. Manager Craig Albernaz said he is considered day-to-day for now, and explained that his back “tightened up on him,” according to Jake Rill of MLB.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Orioles will likely continue evaluating him further. For Mayo, this is another frustrating setback in what has already been a disappointing third season.<\/p>\n

Through 43 games, Mayo is hitting .186 with a .259 on-base percentage, .592 OPS, five home runs and 18 RBIs. The power is still there, but he simply is not making enough contact. It is a noticeable step back from his 2025 season, when he looked closer to a league-average hitter rather than the liability he has been this year.<\/p>\n

This was supposed to be the perfect season for Mayo to establish himself. With Jordan Westburg<\/a> out for the year, the Orioles had a clear opening at third base, and Mayo had every opportunity to seize the job.<\/p>\n

Instead, his struggles have raised real questions about whether he is a long-term piece of the roster. So much so that Jackson Holliday<\/a> has begun taking reps at third base, signaling that the organization is preparing for alternative options.<\/p>\n

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Mayo\u2019s next chance to return to the lineup will come Monday when the Orioles open a series against the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>. For now, the team can only hope his back issue is not serious, because Baltimore cannot afford to lose yet another everyday player, regardless of Mayo’s performance in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Baltimore Orioles may be losing yet another position player to the 10-day injured list. The club has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2374],"tags":[143,47,2538,5,583,53,1550,1514,581,48195,4,125,68,1362,15448],"class_list":["post-707881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baltimore-orioles","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-baltimoreorioles","tag-baseball","tag-coby-mayo","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-doubleheader","tag-jackson-holliday","tag-jordan-westburg","tag-matt-weyrich","tag-mlb","tag-orioles","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-the-orioles","tag-weston-wilson"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116632159709449124","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}