Orioles: Trey Mancini backs up Aaron Judge’s hatred of Camden Yards

As it turns out, even some of the Orioles players don’t like the new and unimproved Camden Yards. Maybe Aaron Judge was right, after all.

On Wednesday, Trey Mancini was asked about Judge’s commentary that the new Camden Yards was a ‘travesty’. Judge was specifically talking about the raised wall in left field, which now makes it harder to hit home runs out that way — line drives especially.

Judge believed he was robbed of a third home run in Tuesday night’s Yankees win. Mancini surprisingly agreed with him on his premise that the O’s never should’ve raised the left field fence.

“There’s nothing we can do to change it,” Mancini said, per the Baltimore Sun. “It’s nothing you can be thinking about when you’re up at the plate. But it doesn’t make it any less tough when you hit a ball that you think should definitely be a homer…We play half our games here, so…”

Mancini seemed to imply that while Judge was upset about one fly ball, the Orioles have it far tougher given they play 81 games at home.

Are Yankees hypocritical to complain about Orioles’ Camden Yards?

I mean…slightly.

The Yankees’ short porch in right field has been a topic of conversation for visiting players and managers for years. The Yanks benefit from it, and so do said visiting teams. New York is just well-adjusted to it.

Chris Woodward of the Texas Rangers complained just a few weeks ago that Yankee Stadium was a little league park. Aaron Boone barked back, and many Yankees players stated that both teams have the same advantages.

Where is that mentality now?

For Mancini to so vehemently agree with Judge is a surprise to say the least, but it speaks to any franchises thinking about altering field dimensions in their favor — if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.