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Should the Orioles switch things up with J.J. Hardy and Manny Machado at shortstop?

Amid J.J. Hardy's slew of injuries, Manny Machado played some shortstop. Maybe that should be made into a permanent switch.

The struggles of Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy this season have been well documented. In fact, I wrote about it around a month ago. The 33-year-old has had injury troubles and is in the midst of the worst offensive year of his life. However, on Sunday, ESPN's Buster Olney tweeted a statistic that surprised me quite a bit.

ELIAS: When J.J. Hardy has played in games this season, the Orioles are 53-44.