Despite Mother Nature dumping her first snowstorm up here in the mountains of Virginia where I live on Tuesday afternoon, baseball season is rapidly approaching. Pitchers and catchers begin reporting in approximately five weeks, with the first spring training games scheduled to begin on February 21st. The Baltimore Orioles will kick off their Grapefruit League schedule against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, February 22nd.
Last week, the Orioles signed their first true major league free agent in shortstop Jose Iglesias. While he wasn’t the biggest free agent available and he isn’t suddenly making Brandon Hyde‘s squad a .