2025 marks PressBox’s ninth annual Best Of edition celebrating the top people, performances and moments of the year.
Best Surprise
No Orioles pitcher has ever thrown a perfect game, but a handful of pitchers have come close: Mike Mussina (1997, 1998), Scott McGregor (1978), Wei-Yin Chen (2012) and now … Brandon Young?!?!
That’s right. Young posted a 6.24 ERA in 57.2 innings for the Orioles in 2025, but he pitched the game of his life in Houston on Aug. 15, when he twirled eight innings of one-hit ball.
He was four outs away from a perfect game when former Oriole Ramón Urías hit a dribbler to the left side to break up the fun. Young had to settle for the first win of his major league career.
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