The Orioles clubhouse remained closed this morning for the annual meeting of the Major League Baseball Players Association. New Executive Director Michael Weiner is making the tour of spring training sites for the first time since replacing Donald Fehr.
The meeting generally touches on every issue facing the players, from the next set of labor negotiations to Bud Selig's new committee re-examining the game and considering issues like realignment.
The New York Yankees have just arrived and gotten off their bus behind the left field fence. Alex Rodriguez just walked down into the third base dugout.
Here are the lineups:
Yankees
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Johnson DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Marcus Thames LF
Randy Winn CF
Francisco Cervelli C
Alfredo Aceves RHP
Orioles
Felix Pie LF
Miguel Tejada 3B
Nick Markakis RF
Matt Wieters C
Adam Jones CF
Luke Scott DH
Garrett Atkins 1B
Ty Wigginton 2B
Cesar Izturis SS
Brad Bergesen RHP
Today's roster move: The Orioles reassigned pitcher Jake Arrieta to the minor league camp today, reducing the major league spring roster to 47. This was no surprise. Arrieta was never projected as a real candidate for the fifth starter role, and the club would not consider him as a long reliever. His continued development as one of the team's top pitching prospects requires him to start and get more innings than he has been getting in major league camp.
Today's plug: If you haven't already, check out my take on Brian Matusz's performance against the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday right here.