Tuesday night Orioles game thread: vs Yankees, 6:35 pm

One of the things the Orioles’ front office set out to do in the offseason was improve their lineup against left-handed pitching. It’s funny because they weren’t even that bad at hitting lefties last year. They hit them about as well as they did righties, with an overall OPS of .750. Against lefty starters, it was .728. That was slightly above league average.

I understood the impulse as the team’s everyday lineup is very lefty-batter heavy. But...things have not worked out as planned. And that is putting it nicely. In nine games against lefty starters, the Orioles have a 2-7 record and are hitting just .181/.237/.254. That’s an OPS+ against lefties of just 45.

Cedric Mullins, who can do no…