Good morning, Birdland!
The Orioles have 16 games left on their Grapefruit League schedule, but they have already started to trim down their roster with eyes towards Opening Day on April 1st.
In a rather predictable flurry of moves, Michael Baumann, Zac Lowther, Alex Wells, and Isaac Mattson were all optioned to Triple-A Norfolk on Friday. Another pitcher, Evan Phillips, was reassigned to Twin Lakes Park, the team’s minor league spring site.
The O’s had made other cuts earlier in the week too, reassigning Brett Cumberland, Marcos Diplan, Mason McCoy, Zach Muckenhirn, and Josh Rogers to Twin Lakes.