Orioles spring training opened up without any surprise injury news to shake up the Opening Day roster picture. Between incumbents and free agent signings, there's not a lot of room for movement in the 26-man roster. Mark takes a look at each of the likely players, what they might be needed for this year, and whether they can live up to that.

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Orioles fans learned only last year that your carefully-imagined roster can get blown up one day into spring training if players got hurt over the offseason and the public only finds out when they report. Mark's main hope in this episode is that sort of thing doesn't happen again. Other topics include how much of the roster feels locked in, there's not really a "prospect could make the Opening Day roster" storyline, and fans of other teams continually coveting O's outfielders.

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Note from Mark: This episode was being recorded as the news broke about the Orioles signing Ramón Laureano, so there's nothing about that in here. Sorry! I'm annoyed about it too. What is in this episode is a look at projections for the 2025 Orioles, specifically the team and individual projections from PECOTA at Baseball Prospectus. Where do the O's need to beat the computers if they're going to overachieve this year?

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Anyone who thought the Orioles were done with signings was proven wrong as they added outfielder Dylan Carlson into the mix this week. Mark offers his thoughts on the signing and what it might portend for the Orioles roster, throwing cold water on the idea of it being a precursor to trading Heston Kjerstad. From the mailbag, a question about Mark's second-favorite team. Let's just say it's a tie.

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It's been clear for a while that the Orioles weren't going to bring back Anthony Santander, but Mark is still feeling sad now that he's officially signed with the Blue Jays. After another round of wondering whether Mike Elias will ever make an impactful multi-year signing, Mark turns to the recent international signings to look at what the players from past years are contributing to the system so far.

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We're all used to complaining about the Orioles not spending much money at all. This offseason, they've added $63 million to their 2025 payroll. In this episode, Mark reacts to the simple fact: That's a lot of money! It's just not been spent on any pitchers who look like the ace the O's lost.

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The Orioles made a starting pitching move as they inked veteran Japanese righty Tomoyuki Sugano on Monday night. Mark just hopes that's not THE starting pitching move, because there still seems to be a need for the top of the O's rotation not just for 2025 but for the next few years of the current team's competitive window as well. In the mailbag, more thoughts on the starting rotation and what it means for the franchise that Mike Elias just hasn't tried hard to get much starting pitching in the draft.

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In signing outfielder Tyler O'Neill and catcher Gary Sánchez to replace Anthony Santander and James McCann, have the Orioles even improved on their 2024 roster? Mark isn't so sure, though we all know his inherent pessimism about O's signings. Also in this episode, taking a look at what's left on the starting pitching market, with the hopes that the O's will try to make an upgrade there as well.

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Are the Orioles a playoff team in 2025 based on their organization right now with no external additions? Mark is not convinced that the answer is yes, so the need for some signings and/or trades is imperative. The problem with this for O's fans is that we either wait around for big signings that don't happen, or the big signings turn out badly. Maybe this is the offseason where Mike Elias changes that.

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Did you have former Oriole Robinson Chirinos joining the coaching staff on your offseason bingo card? Come on, no you didn't. Chirinos and recent Triple-A Norfolk manager Buck Britton are in and some people want that to mean something. Mark adds his thoughts on the bullpen in the wake of Jacob Webb getting cut loose at the non-tender deadline. In the mailbag, a listener hopes for Buck Showalter to get into the HOF - Mark handicaps that case before turning to a couple of players who we can hope will make it eventually.

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