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Givens was tasked to be the Orioles closer to begin the 2019 season. He saved 11 of 19 opportunities, but his eighth and ninth inning ERAs went from 5.55 and 2.96 respectively the previous year to 1.93 and 6.69. He returned to the setup role for his final five outings. He appeared in 58 games with 86 strikeouts in 63 innings.

He began the 2018 season as the Orioles' setup man. With a 0–7 record in 69 appearances, he also had 9 saves in 13 attempts, eight of ten as the team's closer after the late-July fire sale trades of Zach Britton, Brad Brach and Darren O'Day.

Givens finished his 2016 campaign with 96 strikeouts and a 3.13 ERA in 74​⁄3 innings in 66 appearances. He pitched to a 1.27 WHIP and an 8-2 record while striking out 11.6 batters per nine innings pitched.

With the Bowie Baysox of the Class AA Eastern League, Givens began the 2015 season with a 3–1 win–loss record, a 1.60 ERA and 12 saves with 54 strikeouts in ​39  ⁄3 innings.

Mychal was raised by great-grandmother Liduvina Padilla and her late husband Pedro Padilla. Mychal married his long time girlfriend Tiffani in 2014.

Before the 2013 season, the Orioles approached Givens about becoming a pitcher. In 2013, he pitched 40 innings for Delmarva, recording 36 strikeouts and a 4.22 ERA. With the Frederick Keys of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in 2014, he had a 1–2 record and a 3.24 ERA. The Orioles assigned Givens to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League after the 2014 season. The Orioles opted not to add Givens on their 40-man roster, which would have prevented him from being eligible in the Rule 5 draft. Givens went unselected.

In 2011, Givens returned to Delmarva, and hit .195. He was demoted to the Aberdeen IronBirds of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League. Givens played for the Perth Heat in 2011–12 Australian Baseball League season and played in the 2011 Australian Baseball League All-Star Game. He batted .243 in Delmarva in 2012.

The Baltimore Orioles selected Givens in the second round, with the 54th overall selection, of the 2009 MLB draft. He signed with the Orioles, receiving a reported $800,000 signing bonus rather than enrolling at Oklahoma State University. The Orioles began to develop Givens as a shortstop. Playing for the Delmarva Shorebirds of the Class A South Atlantic League in 2010, he was batting .222 when he sprained his thumb. He required surgery to correct the injury.

Givens attended Henry B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida, where he played for the school's baseball team as a pitcher and an infielder. In 2007, he was selected to play for the United States 18-and-under national baseball team. In his junior and senior years, he was named All-State. As a senior, he had an 8–4 win–loss record and a 1.71 earned run average (ERA) with 113 strikeouts in 78 innings as a pitcher, and a .374 batting average with four home runs and 31 runs batted in as a hitter.

Mychal Antonio Givens (born May 13, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2015.