| 09 February 2010
This winter, the Mid-Atlantic region has resembled Minnesota. Snow, as much as you're adored, you need to go away and move on so we can start with Spring. Of course, in six months, we'll be complaining on how hot it is outside...
Thank goodness pitchers and catchers start reporting in the next week or two and we can get endless reports about what's going down in Sarasota. Now that the Super Bowl is over, let's bring on March Madness and baseball.
I'm ready to see how things shake out, although for the most part the vast majority of the roster spots have been set (well, except maybe a bullpen spot or two, and the bench). I'm assuming Chris Tillman will be the fifth starter unless he's just plain horrible in Florida. Again, I think the Orioles will go as far as the youngsters -- especially Jones, Wieters and Matusz -- will take them.
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* The Orioles signed reliever Will Ohman to a minor league deal
and with an invitation to Spring Training. If he makes the club - great; if not, then nothing really gained or lost. I would fathom if he made the team that he would be a situational lefty. Also, Mark Hendrickson officially signed with the Orioles this week.
* Both Cal Ripken and Brooks Robinson fully endorse Miguel Tejada moving to third. The two legends believe that Tejada should able to succeed at third.
* Will Ty Wigginton be traded? At this point, I don't see where he'll get the at-bats to play in the field with Miguel Tejada at third and Garrett Atkins at first.
* Fox Sports reports that the Orioles have had some feelers out for free agent pitchers Jarrod Washburn and Chien-Ming Wang. Both Roch and Peter Schmuck think the rumors are very much overblown.
* Steve Melewski ponders about the Orioles recent scouting trip to to South America and Matt Wieters and how he will fare this season...
* It looks like Amber Theoharis will not be going to back to radio, but staying on MASN.
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