Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias spent Sunday chipping away at the team’s roster in preparation for Opening Day, but it wasn’t until he optioned top catching prospect Chance Sisco to Triple-A Norfolk that the situation behind the plate came into clear focus.
That move was packaged with the reassignment of journeymen catchers Andrew Susac and Carlos Pérez minor league camp and the options of left-handed reliever Tanner Scott and left-hander Josh Rogers to the Triple-A roster. The Orioles also optioned reliever Evan Phillips to Norfolk and reassigned utilityman Jace Peterson earlier in the day, so there are 29 players left in major league camp.