The Orioles entered last night’s game with the highest team ERA in the American League. It’s difficult for an offense to compete for blame in a situation like that, but Baltimore’s bats have done just that against left-handed pitchers.
The Baltimore Sun’s Jacob Calvin Meyer dug in earlier this week on the O’s struggles against lefties, and our Tyler Young pointed out that there is no easy fix. Meyer mentioned that Ramón Laureano, Tyler O’Neill, and Gary Sánchez, the three right-handed hitters signed by Elias to hit lefties, entered the week a combined 6-for-63 against southpaws.