Seemingly once a week, Orioles manager Buck Showalter will share his thoughts on how the traditional left-right splits that have been part of the game as long as he has are changing. Right-handed batters are hitting righties more than ever, and right-handed pitchers are finding a lot of success against left-handed batters.
This week's five Orioles stats that stand out focus on some of the Orioles' split anomalies, quirks inside traditional splits and notes on the team's deployment of platoon players.