Hello, friends.
There are now 27 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day. This number has belonged to quite a few O's players over the years, including Delmon Young, Bruce Chen, Dave Johnson, and Benny Ayala.
Today will be an interesting day because the Orioles will be playing an exhibition game against the Dominican Republic's World Baseball Classic team. That team, of course, includes two Orioles: Manny Machado and Welington Castillo. The DR team opens its WBC on Thursday at 6pm against Canada, so this game against the Orioles will be something of a shakedown cruise for them.