Orioles keep 14 pitchers on opening day roster (updated)

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  Roch Kubatko

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  April 05, 2015 3:29 pm

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Orioles didn’t announce any trades by the 3 p.m. deadline, but they did pull off a few surprises.
Steve Clevenger is on the 25-man roster as the backup catcher. The Orioles reassigned Ryan Lavarnway to minor league camp. And reliever Ryan Webb remains on the team after clearing waivers.
The Orioles are carrying 14 pitchers on opening day. One will come off after Chris Davis is removed from the restricted list.
The Orioles also reassigned outfielder Nolan Reimold and…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Orioles didn’t announce any trades by the 3 p.m. deadline, but they did pull off a few surprises.

Steve Clevenger is on the 25-man roster as the backup catcher. The Orioles reassigned Ryan Lavarnway to minor league camp. And reliever Ryan Webb remains on the team after clearing waivers.

The Orioles are carrying 14 pitchers on opening day. One will come off after Chris Davis is removed from the restricted list.

The Orioles also reassigned outfielder Nolan Reimold and placed Matt Wieters, J.J. Hardy, David Lough and Jimmy Paredes on the 15-day disabled list.

The injured players are eligible to return on April 11 except for Paredes, who must stay on the DL until April 16.

Here’s the full 25-man roster:

PITCHERS (14)
35 Brach, Brad
53 Britton, Zach
16 Chen, Wei-Yin
39 Gausman, Kevin
61 Garcia, Jason
50 Gonzalez, Miguel
29 Hunter, Tommy
31 Jimenez, Ubaldo
17 Matusz, Brian
25 Norris, Bud
56 O’Day, Darren
30 Tillman, Chris
58 Webb, Ryan
40 Wright, Wesley

CATCHERS (2+1)
45 Clevenger, Steve
36 Joseph, Caleb
32 Wieters, Matt*

INFIELDERS (4+3)
1 Cabrera, Everth
19 Davis, Chris^
3 Flaherty, Ryan
2 Hardy, J.J.*
13 Machado, Manny
38 Paredes, Jimmy*
6 Schoop, Jonathan

OUTFIELDERS (5+1)
12 De Aza, Alejandro
10 Jones, Adam
9 Lough, David*
28 Pearce, Steve
23 Snider, Travis
27 Young, Delmon

* – Denotes player on the 15-day disabled list
^ – Denotes player on the restricted list

Update: Ubaldo Jimenez will start the fifth game of the season on Saturday against the Blue Jays at Camden Yards. Chris Tillman will get an extra days rest.

The Orioles want to keep the ball in Jimenez’s hand after a strong spring.

Executive vice president Dan Duquette reminded reporters on a conference call that deals can be made despite the roster being set.