Danny Valencia has spent the past two months taking hold of a chance to play every day and smash the platoon perception that's followed him to every stop in his major league career, to say nothing of some of the clubhouse concerns that come with a player who has bounced around the league as much as he has.
That mercenary mindset has helped him dodge many of those pitfalls despite the Orioles' struggles this season, creating a legitimate headache as manager Buck Showalter tries and finds a way to keep him in the lineup now that Tim Beckham is back at third base.