Maybe it's just for tonight, but the leadoff hitter for the Orioles is Manny Machado, once again playing shortstop.
No one in the American League has a higher slugging percentage than Manny Machado. That might not seem to make him the ideal candidate to bat leadoff, but he also has the best on-base percentage on the team, by far, so to the leadoff spot in the lineup he goes on Thursday night.
It's a look to the top of the lineup that we haven't seen since the first couple of games of the season, after which Joey Rickard, then quite hot, ascended to the leadoff spot.