When the Orioles began a stretch of five straight games against right-handed pitching Thursday in Detroit, manager Buck Showalter said it could be an opportunity to give the left-handed-hitting Chance Sisco a solid run in the lineup and give the slumping Caleb Joseph a break.
Showalter cautioned, however, that you need to know what the goal is in doing so. If Sisco continues on his current trajectory, the end game of this early-season platoon might become clear quickly.
Sisco, on an otherwise fallow day for the Orioles offense, had a hit and a walk in three trips to the plate, but more importantly threw out all three attempted base stealers Cleveland sent on him — Michael...