Dan Duquette gave a strong signal on Tuesday night that Rule 5 pick Joey Rickard will be the Orioles left fielder to start the season. So what about Hyun Soo Kim?
Appearing on MASN during Tuesday's broadcast of the Orioles spring training game against the Braves, Dan Duquette confirmed what has been hinted for the last couple of days: Hyun Soo Kim will not be on the team's roster to begin the season.
It's a surprising development if you don't take any of Kim's performance in spring training into consideration. Not that spring training statistics should be entirely taken at face value, but when they're bad enough in particular ways, that tells something, too.