TORONTO — The All-Star break is here. Here’s a look at how the Orioles ended the first half and a look at what’s next for the club:

What’s next?

Left-hander John Means will be the Orioles’ representative at Tuesday’s All-Star Game in Cleveland, and Hyde, who was on the National League coaching staff for the game in 2017, had some advice for his rookie starter’s time in Cleveland.

“Enjoy it,” Hyde said. “Soak it all in. I told him that yesterday. Get as many autographs, as many things signed as you possibly can. Enjoy the room where you walk in and there’s just gift baskets — whatever they call that. The swag room is unreal, so go in there with a shopping cart and load up, and just enjoy the experience. It’s an incredible moment for him, and everything that leads up into it in the game. But it’s a really busy three days. He’s not going to stop moving, not going to stop signing, and I just want him to enjoy the whole experience.”

Means will start one of two games against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday once the Orioles return to action, with Dylan Bundy starting Friday and Andrew Cashner starting Sunday.

What was good?

First baseman Chris Davis has gotten plenty of days off this year, so the fact that the All-Star break is coming as he’s starting to really find his swing again is probably disappointing. The good news for the Orioles, however, is that he’s found it.

Davis went 2-for-3 Sunday to bring his batting average to .189, the highest it has been since he was flirting with hitting the .200 mark for the first time since the end of 2017. He’s 6-for-12 with two home runs in his past four games, and the challenge will be keeping things going over the four-day break.

When he was having his high-flying stretch in late-April and early-May, it seems his rhythm was halted by a pair of rainouts in New York. If he’s able to sustain it over some downtime this week, the Orioles will be better for it.

What wasn’t?

Some kind of letdown as always going to be inevitable for Trey Mancini after his All-Star Game snub, and even though the Orioles had a fine week without him, it came out onto the field with him.

He was batting .302 on Sunday morning when he found out, and had just four singles in the ensuing six games as his average fell to a season-low .291. His steady production makes lean times like this more jarring, but Mancini has played 84 of the Orioles’ 89 games, and his All-Star absence means he’ll actually get some time off this week.

On the farm

Nick Vespi, a 23-year-old left-hander selected in the 18th round of the 2015 draft, was a shutdown reliever at Low-A Delmarva and returned there this year to convert to starting. The transition is going well.

Since a one-inning dud against Hagerstown on May 13, Vespi has a 1.33 ERA and a 0.887 WHIP in 471/3 innings over eight starts, striking out 55 in that span. His season ERA is 3.31, up from 2.09 last year, but in essentially the same amount of innings as last year out of the bullpen, Vespi has replicated most of his success. Being able to do it in the rotation, however, is far more valuable.

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