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The Orioles announced a host of minor league signings Tuesday as spring training grows nearer, including Bobby Bundy, Jesus Montero, Sharlon Schoop.

Teams often try to slip players through waivers just before the industry closes up shop for the holidays, and that usually means a flurry of transactions on the eve of Christmas Eve.

Orioles prospect Tim Berry struggled to open the season, but appears to be back to his old self.

Before he was promoted to Double-A Bowie on Thursday, first baseman Trey Mancini was among the Carolina League's hottest hitters in May. Mancini led the league with a .362 average for the month, and was batting .314 with eight home runs, 14 doubles, and 32 RBIs in 52 games at the time he was moved to the Baysox.

The Bowie Baysox rotation, featuring Tim Berry, Elih Villanueva, Parker Bridwell, Brandon Kline, and Dylan Bundy, has pitched well through the first turn of the rotation.

Orioles' affiliates in Bowie, Frederick feature starting staffs filled with homegrown pitchers with potential major league futures