The Baltimore Orioles have no choice but to include Joey Rickard on the big league roster out of camp, otherwise he goes back to Tampa. That’s part of the deal when you’re a Rule 5 pick. At this point it’s all but a given because the last thing the O’s will want to have done would be to showcase another team’s player during spring training – and end up losing him.
However there’s another aspect to the Rickard story. He’s earning his way onto the roster – if in fact he ends up making it (which I believe he will).