The Birds continue to roll in Spring play. Brian Roberts is making us deal with the fact that he can hit; Strop contributed a walk and 5 Ks before heading off to the WBC; and Jake Arrieta, T.J. McFarland and Jair Jurrjens have 10 walks and a strikeout between them. Work out those kinks, gents!

More notes, in-game observations " Britt's Bird Watch How much does the defense of Brian Roberts matter to you if he's able to produce at the plate?

School of Roch: Conor Jackson's trying to add another chapter to his comeback story The Orioles are the latest team to be intrigued by Jackson's pre-valley fever numbers. Does he offer enough to stick around?

Markakis scratched from O's lineup with neck spasms | orioles.com: News This was mentioned last night. Here's a little more detail.

Bundy, Gausman will stay around---for now | CSN Baltimore Cuts are coming soon. Are there enough innings to go around?

Camden Depot: Do the Orioles have the 4th worst farm system in baseball? Boogie.

Michael Weiner: qualifying offer system "hasn’t worked out" | HardballTalk MLBPA head Weiner was out and about in Florida yesterday and he held court on various matters.

Will Ohman cut by Nationals during spring training game | Big League Stew - Yahoo! Sports Always liked the "O" man, so this sort of rubs me wrong the way.

It's the birthday of Sam Perlozzo and Nerio Rodriguez...and because he's got a great name and is probably a Dan Duquette/Fred Ferreira signing, shout out to Hiram Bocachica, as well.