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The kids are all they’ve got: Orioles going young with José Iglesias on injured list, Chris Davis benched

An Orioles lineup that only had a few veteran presences when the season began four weeks ago now has none.

The team placed shortstop José Iglesias on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a left quadriceps injury they’ve tried to manage all season, and a struggling Chris Davis was benched for the fifth time in the past six games.

For Iglesias, the move is meant to give an injury that has already kept him out of the starting lineup for nine of the team’s 13 games a chance to properly heal. He was having the best season of his decorated career, batting .