Baseball, you will often hear, is a game of adjustments. Especially in this data-driven age, if you show any kind of strong tendency to do something, opposing teams will shift (pun intended) their tactics to counter you. Hit a lot of balls to one part of the field? Expect defenders to position themselves there. Show that you swing and miss a lot of pitches up in the zone? You’ll start seeing more balls at the letters. It’s on you as a player to counter these adjustments, to either deal with the new tactics being used against you or reinvent yourself so that they no longer work.
Orioles will need Steve Pearce to make adjustments as the season goes along
