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The Orioles have a night game tonight against the Yankees, which will give you almost another whole day to ponder all the intrigue that developed over the weekend. It started on Saturday, when it became apparent that David Hernandez had passed Chris Tillman on the depth chart and will probably start the season as the fifth starter. Dan Connolly ramped it up on Sunday -- read his story here or in today's print edition -- with a lot of clarification about the final makeup of the starting lineup and 25-man roster.

If you haven't already, you might also want to check out Jeff Zrebiec's story on Adam Jones and the team's desire for him to play deeper this season to protect some of the flyball pitchers in the rotation.

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Wish I could refer you to some of my work yesterday, but you'd have to go to one of the local golf courses and ask if they charge extra when you get past 110 strokes.

I suspect there will be more roster news in the next day or so, but today will feature Brian Matusz in a minor league game and Jeremy Guthrie replacing Alfredo Simon for tonight's start against the Yankees because of yesterday's rainout. It's possible that Simon will pitch after Guthrie, but it's more likely he'll soon be reassigned to minor league camp.

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