There was some good news ahead of this one. First, it’s no longer Friday. The opening game of this series was disgusting, and I don’t care to speak about it ever again. Second, and far more important, Cedric Mullins is back!!
The Orioles managed the 20 games without Mullins in acceptable fashion. They went 11-9, and lucked into Yankees castoff Aaron Hicks, who has played some of the best baseball of his career these last three weeks. But there is no doubt that Mullins’ return is a huge boost to this lineup. There’s an argument to be made that he was the Orioles most important player prior to his injury.