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I do think it's worth tracking to see if Mountcastle continues to struggle against righties. O'Hearn has been killing it and could play 1B, though he is a bit a downgrade defensively from Mountcastle, which has to be taken into consideration.
I'd like to see Kjerstad get more at bats to see how he does with regular at bats, but the Orioles are going to have to be willing to take Mountcastle, O'Hearn, Santander, Mullins and Cowser out on occasion to make it happen.
But if Mountcastle starts to really struggle again against righties, then it makes sense to concsider benching him more often against righties and sliding Kjerstad into that DH role.
Dude, I'm like the third person you've given a heart attack with the thread title and you're like "no big deal, this isn't CNN!" and it's obnoxious. As if something couldn't happen off the field that's more serious than baseball with one of the Orioles and it wouldn't be discussed here.