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Barrios was just acquired from the Pirates in the Aramis Ramirez deal in July. The 23-year-old compiled a 2.83 ERA and 37/22 K/BB ratio in 60 1/3 innings between Double- and Triple-A this season.

All five were in camp as non-roster invitees with Effross and Rainey the ones with the most big-league experience. They’ll presumably head down to Triple-A Toledo to wait for injury or ineffectiveness to create an opportunity.

Rogers was injured in a bizarre mishap during a training drill when his own bat struck him in the face, requiring multiple stitches. It’s unclear whether he’ll be ready in time for Opening Day. He’ll serve as a backup to starter Dillon Dingler this season.

Harris did strike out once, but he has five strikeouts and four walks in 35 plate appearances this spring, which is fine. The 25-year-old has also swung outside of the zone only 27 percent of the time this spring. It’s a tremendously small sample size, but his career rate is 40 percent, so it’s a pretty stark contrast. If he is even able to carry over half of those gains, we may finally see the production he displayed in 2022 carried out over a complete season.

Jackson was a nice surprise in hitting .276/.328/.447 in 183 plate appearances over the final two months of last year, but the Orioles still went out and got Blaze Alexander, a similar player with a higher ceiling, from the Diamondbacks over the winter. With both Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg down, all signs point to Jackson having a roster spot, but it might be temporary. Interestingly, he’s only played second base this spring. He mostly played right field and third base for the Orioles last year.

Suárez came into the day with a 10.80 ERA in 6 2/3 innings this spring, so he needed this to keep his chances of a roster spot alive. He still seems like something of a long shot to make the Orioles after missing most of last year with arm woes.

Little was already plenty good while averaging 93.4 mph with his sinker last year. Right now, he’s at 94.8 mph with the pitch, and he’s been around 97 mph with the four-seamer he’s never really thrown as a major leaguer. It’s probably not going to matter much outside of leagues that count holds, but he’ll likely be one of the AL’s top lefty relievers if this keeps up.

Cowser is batting .237/.275/.289 with 15 strikeouts in 40 plate appearances. His status as the Orioles’ primary center fielder hasn’t really come into question, but maybe it should, given that he hit just .196/.269/.385 in 92 games during a miserable 2025 in which he suffered a broken thumb and a concussion. Really, though, unless the Orioles want to sacrifice a fair amount of defense by playing Dylan Beavers in between Taylor Ward and Tyler O’Neill, they’re just going to have to hope that Cowser starts making more contact.

Painter registered a 33 percent whiff rate and 31 percent CSW while also throwing 65 percent strikes. His four-seam velocity held over the course of the game, and both his slider and sweeper were missing plenty of bats. As we’ve come to expect, the average exit velocity on balls in play against his fastball was 90.2 mph, and he had just one whiff on the pitch. He will continue to need to work around having a hittable fastball, but the rest of the arsenal looks good so far. He’s worth a gamble as a late-round pick in fantasy drafts.

Snelling’s path to a spot in Miami’s season-opening rotation spot evaporated following the addition of Chris Paddack earlier this spring but he still looked sharp in a handful of Grapefruit League outings. It’ll come down to either Braxton Garrett or Janson Junk for the final spot in the rotation. The 22-year-old southpaw is one of the top pitching prospects in baseball and should be fantasy relevant once he arrives in the big leagues given his strikeout upside and pitcher-friendly home ballpark. He’s a name to keep on early-season watch lists, especially in deeper mixed leagues.

He struck out three and walked one while throwing 61 percent strikes. He also had just a seven percent whiff rate and allowed five hard-hit balls in under four innings. Pérez’s velocity is up from where it was in 2025, which is good, and he figures to see some innings for the Braves if he sticks around after spring training. Assuming that he doesn’t beat out Bryce Elder for the final spot in the rotation.