"Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts is not participating in baseball-related activities and has no target for his return, but he still believes he will play at some point this season.

"I can't really put a timetable on anything, just because we don't really have one right now," Roberts said following the Orioles' 12-9 win over the Red Sox on Saturday night.

Roberts dismissed the notion that Thursday's endoscopy would slow his return, and said the test was simply done for personal reasons.

"Everything's good," he said.

Manager Dave Trembley said earlier in the week that Roberts was suffering from flu-like symptoms, and the test was more of a precautionary measure, given the different medications Roberts has been taking to treat the herniated disk in his lower back.

"The stomach has nothing to do with it, really," Roberts said. "I don't know where the stomach thing came from. Yeah, I came out of the game [on April 9] because of the stomach, but it turned into my back again, so that's what we are dealing with at this point." "