The Orioles open the 2019 regular season on Thursday afternoon at 1:05 from the Bronx against the Yankees. 25-man rosters are due on Thursday one hour before first pitch, and the Orioles have made a number of roster moves over the last few days.
Here’s some of the highlights
- Mark Trumbo will begin the season on the injured list. Trumbo will stay in Florida to continue rehabbing his knee, but it could be a month or longer before he resumes baseball activities
- Infielder Jace Peterson was reassigned to minor league camp on Sunday. Peterson played in 93 games for the O’s last season and was in the mix for an infield role
- Relief pitcher Evan Phillips was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk despite not allowing a run in 9.2 innings of work this spring
- The Orioles claimed catcher Pedro Severino off waivers from the Nationals on Saturday. Severino has played for the Nats in the last four seasons, leading some to believe that he will join Jesus Sucre as the O’s two catchers while Chance Sisco starts the year in Norfolk
- Veterans Eric Young Jr. and Alcides Escobar were released
The O’s still need to make a handful of cuts to field a 25-man team. Last week I tried to project the starting outfield. Before Mike Elias and Brandon Hyde make their final moves, I wanted to predict what the starting infield will look like to begin the 2019 season.
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