Saturday marks an important day in Orioles spring training camp, which is the day the club has to make Opening Day roster commitments to multiple non-roster players before they can officially exercise opt-out clauses and become free agents.
One of those players was Danny Valencia, who signed a minor league deal with the club in the first days of March with the caveat that he would not accept a minor league assignment. He was playing to be on the team’s major league roster of he’d try his chances elsewhere.
And on Saturday, Valencia was told that he had made the Orioles’ Opening Day roster, according to an industry source, solidifying one of the final roster decisions the club must make in the days leading up to the regular season opener.