Spring training has long since evolved from a schedule of casual morning workouts and afternoons spent at the golf course waiting for the season to start, but what the Orioles did over the past six weeks was as modern a spring training as they come.
They weren't just logging at-bats, preparing pitchers and trimming the camp roster. The Orioles were building their team.
Of their projected 25-man roster, five players signed after camp began in Sarasota — starting pitchers Chris Tillman and Andrew Cashner, outfielder Colby Rasmus, and infielders Danny Valencia and Pedro Álvarez.