Today marks the deadline for teams to submit to Major League Baseball their initial spring training player pools, which can comprise up to 60 players. Players are not eligible to participate in either a spring training or regular season game until they are included in the pool. Teams are free to change the makeup of the pools as they see fit. However, players removed from a team’s 60-man (for reasons unrelated to injury, suspension, etc.) must be exposed to other organizations via trade or waivers.
Not all players within a team’s pool are ticketed for MLB playing time, of course. Most teams will include well-regarded but still far-off prospects as a means of getting them training reps with no intention of running them onto a major league diamond this season. A comprehensive review of 2020’s unique set of rules can be found here.
The Orioles’ initial player pool consists of the following players.
Right-handed pitchers
- Shawn Armstrong
- Cody Carroll
- Miguel Castro
- Alex Cobb
- Thomas Eshelman
- Mychal Givens
- Eric Hanhold
- Hunter Harvey
- David Hess
- Branden Kline
- Travis Lakins
- Chandler Shepherd
- Kohl Stewart
- Cole Sulser
- Dillon Tate
- Cesar Valdez
- Hector Velazquez
- Asher Wojciechowski
Left-handed pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
- Hanser Alberto
- Chris Davis
- Dilson Herrera
- Jose Iglesias
- Richie Martin
- Renato Nunez
- Rio Ruiz
- Pat Valaika
- Andrew Velazquez
- Stevie Wilkerson
Outfielders