The Orioles will not announce their final cuts for several more days, but there no longer is any real suspense about who is going to be on the 25-man major league roster come Opening Day at Tropicana Field. It has become apparent that Craig Tatum is going to win the reserve catching job, David Hernandez and Jason Berken are going to be on the pitching staff -- barring a late injury -- and Koji Uehara is going on the disabled list to start the season. From there, it doesn't take a genius to figure out the rest:
Stating pitchers
Kevin Millwood
Jeremy Guthrie
Brian Matusz
Brad Bergesen
David Hernandez
Relievers
Mike Gonzalez
Jim Johnson
Mark Hendrickson
Matt Albers
Cla Meredith
Will Ohman
Jason Berken
Koji Uehara (DL)
Catchers
Matt Wieters
Craig Tatum
Infielders
Brian Roberts
Miguel Tejada
Garrett Atkins
Cesar Izturis
Ty Wigginton
Robert Andino
Outfielders
Nick Markakis
Adam Jones
Nolan Reimold
Felix Pie
Luke Scott
Though veteran catcher Chad Moeller signed a minor league deal, it seems highly unlikely he will accept a minor league assignment. If that's the case, I think the O's will end up missing him, though they have logical reasons for going with Tatum.