I'm pretty sure all of you have read Jeff Zrebiec's lead story in today's print edition -- or right here -- in which president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail vents about the club's anemic offense.
Obviously, you can't blame him for being angry and disappointed, but I'm not sure what this kind of ultimatum is going to accomplish, since he's essentially telling a bunch of young hitters that they're going to have to try harder.
I'm guessing that's actually the problem. I don't suspect that anybody in the Orioles clubhouse is all fat and happy over his .230 batting average, which means a lot of guys are probably pressing hard to make up for that horrible April.
That doesn't mean MacPhail doesn't have a right to voice his frustration. Everybody else has. But he's the guy who built this team, so this is dangerous territory. The prospect of a major shakeup among the club's young hitters may also look like an admission that his rebuilding program has veered way off track.