Danny Valencia makes Orioles' Opening Day roster

Tampa Bay Rays' Mallex Smith is safe as he dives back ahead of the tag by Baltimore Orioles third baseman Danny Valencia on a pickoff attempt during the third inning of a spring training baseball game Friday, March 23, 2018, in Sarasota, Fla. (Chris O'Meara / AP)Saturday marks an important day in Orioles spring training camp, which is the day the club has to make Opening Day roster commitments to multiple non-roster players before they can officially exercise opt-out clauses and become free agents.

One of those players was Danny Valencia, who signed a minor league deal with the club in the first days of March with the caveat that he would not accept a minor league assignment. He was playing…