With iPad in hand, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde instructed pitching coach Drew French to close the door to the skipper’s office on Friday afternoon and told right-hander Zach Eflin to take a seat on the black leather couch.

Zach Eflin was the obvious choice to earn the Orioles’ opening day start, especially after Grayson Rodriguez’s arm injury.

Zach Eflin will start for the Baltimore Orioles on opening day. The Orioles posted a video on social media showing Eflin getting the news from his wife and children.