Saturday night Orioles game thread: @ Cleveland, 7:15

The Orioles have lost two straight to the Guardians and are attempting to mix things up with an, um, unusual lineup. I generally think lineup angst is tiresome but I did a double take when I saw this one posted. Here are some thoughts, prefaced with the disclaimer that of course none of us know exactly what’s going on with any of these players on any given day.

Adley Rutschman is getting the day off. I know he gets a fair number of days off and has been scuffling for quite some time. But he does hit lefties well and tonight’s starter is just that. They often DH him when there is a lefty starter to get James McCann’s right-handed bat into the game. But tonight they have new Oriole Eloy…