“Walltimore” no longer exists.

The Baltimore Orioles announced Friday that they will adjust the dimensions of Camden Yards ahead of the 2025 regular season. The left field wall is the focus of the changes, just three years after being moved back to its current distance.

From 1992 to 2021, Camden Yards was one of the most hitter-friendly parks in MLB. The team then moved the left field wall to 384 feet and 398 feet at its deepest points, and right-handers saw their power decrease accordingly.

Now the 13-foot wall will be shortened to 8 feet in some places and 6 feet, 11 inches in others. The deepest points will be 374 and 376 feet, and the wall will cut 120 degrees from the previous playing field.

General manager Mike Elias explained the reasoning behind the adjustments during a press conference Friday.

“Our hope is that by reducing the dimensions a little…we can get closer to our original goal: a neutral playing environment that promotes a balanced style of play in a park where there were too many friendly circuits before our changes in 2022,” Elias said. “It’s a little too skewed now considering what we were doing back then.”

According to Statcast, there were 138 fewer home runs at Camden Yards between 2022 and 2024 than there would have been with previous dimensions.

Ryan Mountcastle, who has lost 11 homers over the past three seasons due to the adjustment of the left-field wall, will surely be happy to see the fence removed. Adley Rutschman, Jorge Mateo and Anthony Santander – who became free agents earlier this month – each had seven stolen.

“The feedback was always that the extreme disparity in the park was a little more of a talking point than we had anticipated. We didn’t like how much of a distraction it had become in many ways,” Elias says . “I know the pitchers liked it. But for our hitters, for our right-handed hitters in particular – for our left-handed hitters as well – some aspects of it were a little harsh.”

No new seats will be added to the left field bleachers, although a platform for “Mr. Splash” will be installed in the space between the new and old wall next to the bullpen. Mr. Splash is the team’s hydration manager who sprays section 86 – “The Bird Bath” – with a hose.

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