Spring training is taking place under unique circumstances for the Orioles, but that doesn’t change the fact that Sunday’s Grapefruit League opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates is a welcome departure for the players and staff from two weeks of workouts and will feel quite familiar once it’s underway.
There are rhythms to spring training, and the Orioles are following them so far. The pitchers are in great shape and being prepared for multiple innings. Everyone with over two years of service time is a leader, and Chris Davis is promising different and better things going forward.
The four-week calendar of games, however, will illuminate just what kind of team the Orioles will break camp with and who will be coming north when camp breaks at the end of March.