Hearing from Showalter after Day Two of minicamp

SARASOTA, Fla. - The most interesting nugget of news today involved South Korean pitcher Suk-min Yoon, who won't be invited to major league camp next month, according to manager Buck Showalter. Yoon was removed from the 40-man roster and outrighted to Triple-A Norfolk on Aug. 30 after going 4-8 with a 5.74 ERA in 23 games, including 18 starts, with the Tides. He's set to make $1.75 million this season as part of his three-year deal that's worth a guaranteed $5.575 million. "Maybe he'll throw better this year," Showalter said. "I hope so." Yoon didn't sign with the Orioles until the middle of February and he didn't start pitching until a month later due to a delay in obtaining his work visa. He fell so far behind that he had no chance to make the club out of spring training. The Orioles didn't include Yoon among their September call-ups, figuring he wasn't going to contribute and not wanting for him to debut in a pennant race. Third baseman Manny Machado arrives in camp on Wednesday so the Orioles can check his right knee. Showalter said he hasn't maintained a steady dialogue with Machado this winter. "I get a lot of feedback on him and about him," Showalter said. "I don't sit here and go down a list. I'm going to leave him alone. I asked (third base coach) Bobby Dickerson on the phone today, and he said it's the best he's felt in a long time right now. It's good to hear. "He's probably not real happy about having to make the trek over here. He doesn't have to make the trek. It's completely voluntary. That's what I told him on the phone." The Sarasota portion of the Orioles' minicamp concludes on Wednesday, and pitching coach Dave Wallace and bullpen coach Dom Chiti will fly to Los Angeles later that night. The group waiting for them includes Miguel Gonzalez, Zach Britton, Brian Matusz and Tim Berry. Wei-Yin Chen and Zach Davies are possibilities. Bud Norris isn't available. Showalter offered a quick review on some of the pitchers and catchers he's seen this week. "(Mychal) Givens is interesting. He's getting his arm slot down a little lower," Showalter said. "Dave and Dom were impressed with the conversation with Brian Gonzalez. He seems like a mature kid. Hunter Harvey was good on the mound healthy. Jonah Heim has put on 12 pounds. He's 6-3 ¾, 212 (pounds). That's pretty cool. (Jon) Keller kid is impressive. If he stays healthy. His numbers are legit. Tyler Wilson, you ever look at his background? He's a guy who's won everywhere he's been. High school, four years of college, minor leagues. He's not a guy who is going to velocity-gun you, but he just wins games. His wife is a broadcaster for women's basketball at Virginia. He's got good pitchability." Showalter said that in hindsight, he wishes that he had invited pitcher Bobby Bundy to minicamp. Dylan Bundy won't be brought along slowly in spring training. Showalter said the right-hander, who underwent "Tommy John" surgery in June 2013, will be "a regular pitcher." "He's crossed every hurdle," Showalter said. "He's treated like anybody else. He's crossed every physical hurdle and then some." The Orioles respect Bundy's worth ethic, but they've wanted him to scale back since they signed him to a major league contract as the fourth overall pick in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft. "He's still one of our best workers. He's just working smarter," Showalter said. "In years before, he would have gotten here 10 days before camp. He's going to get here a day or so. He told Dave and Dom, and instead of them going, 'Oh God,' they go, 'Good.' "That's what catches a lot of guys, especially high school guys, is how long the season is. We had some people play in October last year who had never played in October. You'll see a little different spring than we've had in the past with some guys, and I think they know it, too. "Tommy (Hunter) and Tilly (Chris Tillman), they know that Dave and Dom, they trust them. 'When they tell me to throw, I'll throw.' I think Tilly's kind of figured out you don't want to come in here ready to pitch on opening day. You almost take a step back sometimes, and then start up again. "(Bundy) is going to push. He's always pushing. You never have to push him forward. The only thing you have to do with Dylan is pull him back." Showalter currently has nine outfielders on his spring training roster and doesn't want to exceed 10. He's still leaning toward bringing seven catchers. Left-hander Cesar Cabral, signed to a minor league deal, won't be in major league camp. The Orioles will play intrasquad games on March 1 and 2. They're not expected to be open to the public. Adam Gladestone is returning this season as replay coordinator. Showalter was asked whether both Rule 5 pitchers, Jason Garcia and Logan Verrett, could make the 25-man roster. "Sure," he replied. "You're not even taking into consideration that someone may get hurt because it hasn't been a common occurrence the last couple of years. I think a lot of the work that everybody does kind of helps with that curve. I don't want to say that we're due, but odds are somebody's going to have some issues physically in camp. But am I saying it's going to take somebody being hurt for them to make the club? No, not necessarily. We were asking the same questions about Mac (T.J. McFarland). We'll figure out a way to make room for them if we want to keep them. "If I was another club, the one team I wouldn't want to be taking my guys in the Rule 5 draft would be the Orioles, because they know there's a pretty good track record there. And not doing it just to keep them. I mean, Mac and (Ryan) Flaherty have been pretty big contributors for us. "Mac's a guy that may move to another level. He was pretty good last year, the last two or three months. What people miss about him is he's only 24 years old. His makeup is as good as it gets."