This past weekend against the Royals, Brandon Hyde decided to roll out a pretty dramatic shakeup to the lineup. Since Cedric Mullins’s injury on Memorial Day, Adam Frazier filled the leadoff spot in the lineup. On the surface it made sense—Frazier is a contact over power who rarely strikes out and should give the Orioles competitive at-bats at the top of their order. In practice, it was somewhat of a disaster. The second baseman hit only .200 out of the leadoff spot and posted an atrocious .195 on-base percentage. Hyde needed to make a change atop the order and finally he did against Kansas City.
Henderson’s breakout and Mullins’ return will give Baltimore a good problem at top of lineup
