A welcome day without baseball for the Orioles on Monday meant there are just two weeks left for a manager Brandon Hyde to sort out who among the 46 players remaining in camp will be coming north for Opening Day in New York.
The first-year manager wanted a camp full of competition on the young, unproven roster largely built by former baseball operations chief Dan Duquette and tweaked by current executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias, and the Orioles have obliged.
Some of the intrigue in who will break camp with the team was sapped with a series of roster moves Sunday that sent top prospect Yusniel Diaz and the outfielder who ended last year as the everyday right fielder, DJ Stewart, to minor league camp.