In a season in which so many Orioles started slowly, a marker of hope that things can quickly turn around might be the player who looked most lost at the plate over the first week: shortstop Freddy Galvis.
A week into the season, an 0-for-4 in the Orioles’ home opener dropped Galvis to a .129 batting average (3-for-26) with a .343 OPS, and the shadow of José Iglesias loomed large over the beginning of his Orioles career.
Then, slowly, he started morphing into his predecessor. Galvis started to improve during the first homestand and was the Orioles’ best hitter by far on the recent road trip in Miami that ended Wednesday.