Analysis: As pitching search proceeds into spring training, Orioles wait for short-term deals

This isn’t the first time in recent years the Orioles will enter the spring training report day for pitchers and catchers with their starting rotation very much unsettled. It’s actually been commonplace to think going into the opening days of camp that the storyline will be focused on who has yet to arrive at the Ed Smith Stadium complex rather than the arms who are here.

The Orioles already have 35 pitchers on a big league camp roster short on starting experience. The number will likely grow over the next few weeks, because they are a team that typically makes acquisitions well into spring training. Executive vice president Dan Duquette predicted much of the same this year, placing a March…