Baltimore Orioles 2012 Spring Training Guide

The Birds are officially back in town.

The rest of the 40-man roster from the Baltimore Orioles report today after pitchers and catchers had started their workouts Sunday at . 

The Orioles have been in Sarasota for 28 months now and will be here for at least 30 years.

Here's your guide to Spring Training in Sarasota. The first home game is March 5 against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Workout and Practice Schedule

Workouts start at approximately 9:15 a.m. and will last until approximately 12:30 p.m. until games begin on March 5. Today, workouts will start at noon.

Minor league players will have practices at Twin Lakes Park's Buck O'Neil Sports Complex, 6700 Clark Road. Pitchers and catchers workouts at Buck O'Neil begin March 5. Position players work out beginning March 9. The first game at Buck O'Neil will be played March 14.

Practices are free and open to the public. Bring sunscreen and a hat.

Cafe 54 inside the ballpark is open during the workouts to grab some lunch.

Game Day Practice Schedule:                   

Home Game Times:  1:05 p.m.     

O’s infield:  10:00 – 10:10 a.m.               Visitors hit: 11:15 a.m.– 12:10 p.m.

O’s hit: 10:15 – 11:15 a.m.                    Visitors infield: 12:10 – 12:25 p.m.

 Night Game Times: 7:05 p.m.

O’s infield:  4:00-4:10 p.m.                             Visitors hit: 5:15-6:10 p.m.

O’s hit:  4:15-5:15 p.m.                                   Visitors infield: 6:10-6:25 p.m.

40-Man Roster

#          Pitchers (21)           

34           Arrieta, Jake                 RHP

35           Bergesen, Brad            RHP

49           Berken, Jason              RHP

53           Britton, Zach                 LHP

60           Bundy, Dylan                RHP

16           Chen, Wei-Yin              LHP

61           Drake, Oliver                RHP

37           Eveland, Dana             LHP

63           Gregg, Kevin                 RHP

#             Hammel, Jason            RHP

29           Hunter, Tommy            RHP

43           Johnson, Jim                RHP

#             Lindstrom, Matt           RHP

17           Matusz, Brian               LHP

56           O'Day, Darren              RHP 

40           Patton, Troy                  LHP

58           Phillips, Zach                LHP

55           Simon, Alfredo             RHP

47           Strop, Pedro                 RHP

30           Tillman, Chris               RHP

18           Wada, Tsuyoshi           LHP

#          Catchers (2)            

3             Teagarden, Taylor       CA

32           Wieters, Matt               CA

#          Infielders (11)        

6             Adams, Ryan                INF

11           Andino, Robert             INF

27           Antonelli, Matt             INF

25           Bell, Josh                       INF

24           Betemit, Wilson           INF

19           Davis, Chris                  INF

36           Flaherty, Ryan              INF

2             Hardy, J.J.                      INF

28           Mahoney, Joe               INF

12           Reynolds, Mark            INF

1             Roberts, Brian              INF

#          Outfielders (6)       

9             Chavez, Endy        OF

10           Jones, Adam        OF

21           Markakis, Nick     OF

13           Miller, Jai               OF

14           Reimold, Nolan    OF

#          Manager                   

26           Showalter, Buck

#          Coaches                    

41           Adair, Rick (pitching)

39           Castro, Bill (bullpen)

45           Hale, DeMarlo (3B)

23           Kirby, Wayne (1B)

16           Presley, Jim (hitting)

77           Russell, John (bench)

Non-Roster Invitees

#          Pitchers (9)              

#             Edell, Ryan                    LHP

#             Eyre, Willie                    RHP

#             Galarraga, Armando   RHP

#             Johnson, Steve            RHP

#             Link, Jon                        RHP

#             Neshek, Pat                  RHP

#             Reyes, Dennys             LHP

#             Socolovich, Miguel      RHP

#             Villarreal, Oscar            RHP

#          Catchers (4)            

#             Hester, John                 CA

#             Paulino, Ronny            CA

#             Sardinha, Dane            CA

#             Ward, Brian                  CA

#          Infielders (1)          

#             Tolleson, Steve            INF

#          Outfielders (3)       

#             Avery, Xavier                OF

#             Beerer, Scott                OF

#             Hoes, L.J.                       OF

#          Additional Staff                

#             Anderson, Brady

#             Arias, Rudy

#             Bordick, Mike

#             Boulanger, Mike

#             Crowley, Terry

#             Davis, Butch

#             Deck, Ronnie

#             Diaz, Einar

#             Dickerson, Bobby

#             Graham, Brian

#             Griffin, Mike

#             Hocking, Denny

#             Hoiles, Chris

#             Johnson, Ron

#             Kendall, Gary

#             McGregor, Scott

#             Mills, Alan

#             Peterson, Rick

#             Steenstra, Kenny

#             Surhoff, BJ

#             Werner, Don

Players to Watch

We'll leave this to the experts.

MASN's Amber Theoharis takes a look at the O's Upside:

"Will the young arms like Brian Matusz, Jake Arrieta, Chris Tillman and Zach Britton become the pitchers many believed they could be?

Can international pitchers Wei-Yin Chen and Tsuyoshi Wada pitch as well in the major leagues as they did in Nippon Professional Baseball?

Will the light bulb finally go on for outfielder Nolan Reimold and first baseman Chris Davis?

In 2011, catcher Matt Wieters made huge strides defensively and won a Gold Glove. He also increased his power number with 22 homers, but the question remains: will Wieters hit for average? The switch-hitter batted just .262 in 2011."

A bit of player transaction news from Thurday. MASN's Steve Melewski reports that outfielder Matt Angle was just claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Some of you are in this only for your fantasy baseball league. Check out Camden Chat's look at players to pick.

Home Game Schedule

Mon., April 2

Game Tickets

Premium seating and suites are also available. One of the best deals is the Third Base Lounge where for $30-$32, you get access to an air conditioned lounge featuring a private restroom, a carving station and more.

Tickets are available at Ed Smith Stadium's box office from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., seven days a week, Ticketmaster and at select Sarasota Walmarts.

Any Part of Oriole Park in Sarasota?

Beyond the color scheme and the gates, fans will find the seats very familiar as they're taken directly from Oriole Park at Camden Yards. 

Find the giant Oriole bobblehead in right field and check out the directional sign telling you how many miles each of the O's affiliates are. That's near the left field picnic area, which is also modeled after Camden Yards.

Orioles Blogs

Orioles Insider (Baltimore Sun)

Camden Chat

Camden Crazies

Birds Watcher

Orioles Hangout

Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN)

Nearby Spring Training Sites

The Orioles' closest spring neighbor is the Pittsburgh Pirates, who play their home games at Bradenton’s . Other nearby Grapefruit League teams include the , the , the , the Rays in Port Charlotte and the Red Sox and Twins in Fort Myers.