OAKLAND -- Orioles manager Buck Showalter isn't scared of shaking up the lineup. Or, more specifically, the defensive arrangement of his club.
On Monday, Showalter started Jimmy Paredes in right field for the first time since he joined Baltimore last year. Paredes, who has 45 career starts in right, has been working at the position for about a month. Paredes seen most of time with Baltimore at second base.
"Everybody kind of raised their eyebrows when Steve Pearce went to second and raised them when Matt [Wieters] went to first," Showalter said. "That's where we are.