Forty-four players will report to Oriole Park at Camden Yards this week to begin preparation for the coming shortened baseball season, with just over three weeks to cut down to the 30 players the team expects to start with on Opening Day.
The group the Orioles announced Sunday is largely made up of players who were remaining in camp when the coronavirus pandemic shut down baseball in mid-March. Only one player — reliever Cesar Valdez — wasn’t on that camp roster, though the 35-year-old impressed in several cameos late in major league games.
Major league teams are allowed to have 60 players active between two sites — their major league site and a local secondary site, where players not active on the major league roster can stay ready in case they’re needed.