Monday Bird Droppings: Adam Jones, Orioles ambassador

Obviously, the baseball world was in shock yesterday with the untimely deaths of Yordano Ventura and Andy Marte and the Super Bowl seems to take up lot of air/space in the sporting press over late January/early February, but that's okay...there's not a whole lot going on in Birdland right now.

Adam Jones runs baseball clinic in San Diego | MLB.com
Number 10 had a busy weekend in his hometown.

Roster closer to completion - School of Roch
Roch games out the rest of the Warehouses possible moves.

Analysts on board with Orioles staying all in on power in 2017 - Baltimore Sun Jon Meoli talks to Cliff Floyf and Doug Glanville about the Birds.

Camden Depot: A Decade of Orioles AAA Catchers "Some that you recognize, some that you've hardly even heard of..."

The most surprising moves of the MLB offseason (so far). | Sports on Earth
It probably WON'T surprise you that the Mark Trumbo deal is absent from this list, but I honestly was surprised the O's went with Welington Castillo.

The O's reunited with Miguel Tejada on this day in 2010 and inked Wilson Betemit in 2012. On this day in 2014, the Rays signed Grant Balfour after the Orioles had nixed a deal on the grounds of a failed physical. Worked out pretty well for the O's.

If January 23 is your birthday, happy birthday to you! You share your day with the estimable Sherman Obanso and Cord Phelps.