"When the Orioles assemble for their first pitcher and catcher workouts less than two weeks from now, there will be a number of difficult challenges facing manager Buck Showalter and the coaching staff.

Like figuring out who everybody is.

The deal that sent Jeremy Guthrie to the Colorado Rockies for two more right-handers increased the number of pitchers on the 40-man roster to 21, and the number arriving at the Ed Smith Stadium for the first workout on Feb 19. could top 30 when you add in all the non-roster invitees.

New executive vice president Dan Duquette made it his top priority to bolster the Orioles' organizational pitching depth, so none of this should be particularly surprising, but there has been so much turnover this winter that it's fair to wonder how much might be too much."