2014 Norfolk Tides Media Guide - Player Bios

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DOB: 12/8/81 Opening Day Age: 32 Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 B/T: R/R Birthplace: San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, MX Resides: San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, MX Acquired: Signed as a minor league free agent on 1/15/14 2013: Made Boston’s Opening Day roster and split the season between the Red Sox and Triple-A Pawtucket...Had five separate stints with Boston, where he was 4-1 with a 4.45 ERA (15 ER, 30.1 IP) in six starts and 0-0 with a 6.75 ERA (5 ER, 6.2 IP) in five relief appearances...All eight of his appearances with Pawtucket came as a starter, as he held IL opponents to a .254 average...Placed on Pawtucket’s disabled list with a left oblique strain on July 22 and missed the remainder of the season...Pitched for Mexico in the World Baseball Classic, allowing two runs on five hits in 3.0 innings of his only appearance. 2012: Served as Boston’s primary closer while Andrew Bailey was on the DL... Recorded a career-high 25 saves, 9th-most in the American League... Became the 12th Red Sox pitcher to tally 25 saves in a season since saves became an official stat in 1969... Collected three saves longer than 1.0 inning, 3rd-most in AL. 2011: In first season with Boston, earned Red Sox Pitcher of the Year and Unsung Hero honors from the Boston Chapter of the BBWAA... Among AL hurlers with at least 100.0 innings pitched, ranked 3rd in ERA (2.61), 2nd in opponent AVG (.204), 2nd in opponent SLG (.321), and 10th in WHIP (1.11)... Set careerhighs in innings (114.0) and strikeouts (80)... Went 9-1 with a 2.03 ERA in relief and topped the majors with 93.0 innings out of the bullpen over 51 relief appearances...Ranked among AL relief leaders in ERA (6th), wins (1st), and opponent AVG (9th, .193). 2010: Made first career Opening Day roster as a member of the New York Yankees... Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings of relief on April 6 at Boston to earn a win in the Yankees first victory of 2010... Also picked up wins on April 30 vs. Chicago (AL) and May 8 at Boston...Became just the second pitcher since 1900 to record at least three wins in a season while pitching 12.0 innings or fewer (also the Mets Don Florence in 1995)... Limited to just 10 games with New York due to a strained lower back. 2009: Began season with Scranton/WB and was 2-0 with a 3.80 ERA in four starts... Recalled from Scranton/WB on May 4 and made debut that night vs. Boston, allowing four hits and two earned runs while striking out a career-high seven batters in a season-high 4.1 IP. 2008: Struck out Toronto’s Lyle Overbay for first Major League punchout, August 31...Earned first Major League win on September 9 at Anaheim. PERSONAL: Alfredo Aceves was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on January 15, 2014... His father, Alfredo Aceves, was a first baseman in the Mexican League... His older brother, Jonathan Aceves, was a catcher in the Chicago White Sox organization and for the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican League... Originally signed as a free agent in 2001 by the Toronto Blue Jays.

YR 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

Team W-L DSL Blue Jays (R) 2-1 Yucatan (MEX) 1-2 Yucatan (MEX) 1-1 Yucatan (MEX) 4-2 Yucatan (MEX) 9-8 Monterrey (MEX) 8-5 Monterrey (MEX) 11-5 Tampa (A) 4-1 Trenton (AA) 2-2 Scranton/WB (AAA) 2-3 NEW YORK (AL) 1-0 09 Scranton/WB (AAA) 2-0 NEW YORK (AL) 10-1 10 NEW YORK (AL) 3-0 Trenton (AA) 0-0 Scranton/WB (AAA) 0-0 11 Pawtucket (AAA) 0-1 BOSTON (AL) 10-2 12 BOSTON (AL) 2-10 13 Pawtucket (AAA) 4-2 BOSTON (AL) 4-1 GCL Red Sox (R) 0-0 Mexican League Totals 34-23 Minor League Totals 16-10 Major League Totals 30-14

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ERA 3.10 3.00 3.35 4.55 4.32 4.50 3.64 2.11 1.80 4.12 2.40 3.80 3.54 3.00 5.63 7.36 5.63 2.61 5.36 4.25 4.86 0.00 4.06 3.31 3.69

G 10 23 27 17 22 19 18 8 7 10 6 4 43 10 4 3 2 55 69 8 11 2 126 58 194

GS 1 4 2 11 21 19 18 8 7 8 4 4 1 0 3 2 2 4 0 8 6 0 75 43 15

CG 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0

SV 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 25 0 0 0 1 1 29

IP 29.0 45.0 43.0 65.1 145.2 124.0 106.1 47.0 50.0 43.2 30.0 23.2 84.0 12.0 8.0 3.2 8.0 114.0 84.0 48.2 37.0 2.1 529.1 264.0 361.0

H R ER 29 13 10 42 22 15 49 17 16 64 33 33 155 77 70 126 65 62 96 46 43 32 16 11 37 10 10 42 21 20 25 8 8 18 11 10 69 36 33 10 5 4 10 5 5 4 4 3 6 6 5 84 37 33 80 51 50 48 25 23 42 21 20 0 0 0 532 260 239 226 111 97 310 158 148

HR 1 0 3 4 12 15 6 1 3 6 4 3 10 1 1 0 0 8 11 10 8 0 40 25 42

BB 3 20 18 37 44 26 33 8 6 13 10 5 16 4 1 5 4 42 31 17 22 1 178 63 125

SO 24 25 29 37 101 95 70 37 35 42 16 18 69 2 7 4 6 80 75 39 24 1 357 213 266


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DOB: 12/16/87 Opening Day Age: 26 Height: 6-5 Weight: 215 B/T: R/L Birthplace: Hollywood, FL Resides: Davie, FL Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent on 11/18/13 2013: Spent entire season with Triple-A Memphis in the St. Louis organization, where he ranked among Pacific Coast League qualifiers in WHIP (2nd, 1.18), average against (5th, .237) and ERA (10th, 4.10)... Among PCL starters, had the lowest batting average against (.228, 11-for-439) while allowing the fewest baserunners per nine innings pitched (9.88)...Among Cardinals minor leaguers, he tied for third with nine wins and was tied for fourth among Cardinals farmhands with 117 strikeouts...Led the Redbirds in wins (nine), starts (21), innings pitched (131.2) and strikeouts (117)...Posted a 2.87 ERA (25 ER, 78.1 IP) in 14 games (11 starts) at home...Allowed three earned runs or less in 16 of his 21 starts...Tossed a seven inning complete game shutout on June 2 at Omaha, allowing three hits and two walks while striking out five... Struck out a season-high nine on two occasions: May 18 at Tacoma and July 19 vs. Oklahoma City... Opposing batters hit just .172 (21-for-122) when leading off an inning against him. 2012: Spent majority of season with Triple-A Memphis, where he went 3-8 with a 4.55 ERA in 16 starts... Held right-handers to a .256 average (66-for-258) while lefties batted .321 (26-for-81)...Limited batters with runners in scoring position to hit .225 (18-for-80), while RISP w/ 2 outs were limited to a .111 average (4-for-36)...Posted a 3.52 ERA (9 ER, 23 IP) in four April starts...Fanned a career-best 11 batters over seven scoreless frames for win on June 12 vs. Nashville...Missed a month of action after being placed on the disabled list with left shoulder soreness on June 20...Made a pair of scoreless starts (6.0 IP) for the rookie-level Cardinals in the Gulf Coast League in July...Activated from disabled list on July 20; went 0-1 with a 1.17 ERA (1 ER, 7.2 IP) and 14 strikeouts in two starts for the Redbirds...Returned to the disabled list on July 27 with the same injury and missed the remainder of the season...Pitched for Venados de Mazatlan of the Mexican Winter League following the campaign, where he went 2-1 with a 3.74 ERA (22 ER, 53.0 IP) and 49 strikeouts in 10 starts. 2011: Split season between Double-A Springfield and Triple-A Memphis, combining to go 8-9 with a 3.93 ERA (69 ER, 158.0 IP) and 128 strikeouts in 28 games (26 starts)...Co-led all Cardinals minor leaguers with 26 games started, ranked second with 158.0 innings pitched, tied for fourth with eight wins, and ranked fifth in strikeouts...Went 4-1 with a 2.93 ERA (20 ER, 61.1 IP) and 48 strikeouts in 10 starts over two stints for the Springfield Cardinals...Held Texas League southpaws to a .159 average (7-for-44)...Pitched eight innings in back-to-back starts on April 20 at Tulsa and April 27 at Northwest Arkansas, striking out a combined 15 batters while walking only one...Called up to Memphis on May 11 and went 4-8 with a 4.56 ERA (49 ER, 96.2 IP) and 80 strikeouts in 18 games (16 starts) over two stints for the Redbirds...As a starter, struck out 74 batters while allowing 36 walks in 90.1 innings...Made his debut on May 12 vs. Sacramento, tossing three scoreless innings with two strikeouts...Recorded season-high nine strikeouts on July 22 vs. OKC...Sent to Springfield on July 26 and made four starts (2-1, 3.10 ERA, 16 K) before returning to Memphis on August 13...Pitched best performance of the season on September 1 vs. Albuquerque, tossing six scoreless innings of two-hit ball with five strikeouts for the victory. CAREER: Named Midwest League Pitcher of the Week from June 2-8, 2008...Recognized as Cardinals Minor League Pitcher of the Month for June, 2008...Named Florida State League Pitcher of the Week for August 18-24, 2008...Named Appalachian League Pitcher of the Week for July 2-8, 2007. PERSONAL: Nicholas Scott Additon was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on November 18, 2013...Originally selected by St. Louis in the 47th round of the of the 2006 draft...Spent one season at Indian River Community College in Fort Pierce, Florida...Attended Western High School in Davie, Florida.

YR Team W-L 07 Johnson City (R) 2-1 Batavia (A) 1-0 08 Quad Cities (A) 9-5 Palm Beach (A) 2-0 09 Palm Beach (A) 4-3 Springfield (AA) 2-3 10 Springfield (AA) 9-6 11 Springfield (AA) 4-1 Memphis (AAA) 4-8 12 GCL Cardinals (R) 0-0 Memphis (AAA) 3-8 13 Memphis (AAA) 9-7 Minor League Totals 49-42

ERA 3.76 0.00 2.50 0.50 3.06 3.19 4.43 2.93 4.56 0.00 4.55 4.10 3.65

G GS 14 9 3 0 25 19 3 3 19 15 8 8 28 27 10 10 18 16 2 2 16 16 24 21 170 146

CG 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

SV 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

IP 52.2 5.1 119.0 18.0 79.1 48.0 150.1 61.1 96.2 6.0 87.0 131.2 855.1

H R ER 56 23 22 2 0 0 92 41 33 11 2 1 69 40 27 36 21 17 155 75 74 50 23 20 94 52 49 3 0 0 92 47 44 117 63 60 777 387 347

HR 6 0 12 1 1 5 22 8 14 0 10 15 94

BB 11 1 35 5 37 21 53 15 40 0 41 38 297

SO 61 5 108 13 66 26 109 48 80 7 81 117 721

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DOB: 11/3/88 Opening Day Age: 25 Height: 6-6 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Phoenix, AZ Resides: Phoenix, AZ Acquired: Trade with Pittsburgh on 7/12/13 in exchange for IF Russ Canzler 2013: Opened the season with Double-A Altoona in the Pirates system, where he posted a 1.32 ERA in seven games before being promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis on April 14...Posted a 2.79 ERA in 22 relief outings for the Indians before being traded to Norfolk in exchange for IF Russ Canzler on July 12... Pitched to a 6.27 ERA in 15 games (one start) for the Tides...Allowed 12 earned runs over his first 7.0 innings with Norfolk (15.43 ERA) before allowing 11 earned runs over his final 26.0 innings (3.80 ERA)...Between Norfolk and Indianapolis, combined to allow just three of 16 inherited runners to score. 2012: Spent the majority of the season with Double-A Altoona, where he went 5-4 with three saves in 26 games (11 starts)...Opened the season in the bullpen, where he went 1-0 with three saves over his first seven appearances, all of which were scoreless...Made 11 starts over a 12-game stretch from May 15 to July 17, going 3-3 with a 4.91 ERA (32 ER, 58.2 IP)...Returned to the bullpen for the final six outings of the season...Overall, went 2-1 with three saves and a 2.77 ERA (8 ER, 26.0 IP) in 15 relief outings. 2011: Made 42 appearances (one start) for Double-A Altoona, posting a 4.12 ERA...Did not allow an earned run in nine straight appearances (16.0 IP) from April 18 to May 15...Did not walk a batter in nine outings (17.1 IP) during the month of May as he registered a 1.04 ERA...Posted a 2.88 ERA (16 ER, 50.0 IP) in 28 appearances prior to the All-Star break and a 6.66 ERA (18 ER, 24.1 IP) in 14 outings after the break. 2010: Split the season between Class-A Bradenton and Double-A Altoona...Named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week of 5/24-6/1 after going 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA (1 ER, 13.0 IP), 10 strikeouts and eight hits allowed over wins at Akron (May 24) and vs. Reading (May 29). 2009: Tabbed by Baseball America as San Francisco’s 4th-best prospect entering the season...Also ranked by the same publication as the 9th-best right-handed starter in all of baseball and as having the “Best Curveball” in the Giants farm system entering the 2009 season...Became the first Altoona pitcher to homer in a game since Randy Galvez in 2001 when he took Harrisburg’s Eric Arnesen deep on 8/19 at Metro Bank Park...Ranked by Baseball America as Pittsburgh’s 7th-best prospect following the season. 2008: Named to the California mid-season and post-season All-Star teams...Was also selected as the MiLB.com Class A Advanced Starting Pitcher-of-the-Year...Led California League in ERA (2.79), tied for 3rd in the league in wins (13) and ranked 4th in strikeouts (124). PERSONAL: Timothy Curtis Alderson was acquired by Baltimore from Pittsburgh in exchange for IF Russ Canzler, 7/12/13...Re-signed with Baltimore as a minor league free agent after the 2013 season... Originally selected by San Francisco in the 1st round (22nd overall) of the 2007 draft...Traded from San Francisco to Pittsburgh in exchange for IF Freddy Sanchez, 7/29/09...Was ranked by Baseball America as the 33rd-best pro prospect following his senior year of high school after he went 12-0 with a 1.05 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 73.0 innings for Horizon High School (AZ)...Led Horizon HS to the Arizona 5A state title in 2007.

YR 07 08 09

Team AZL Giants (R) San Jose (A) San Jose (A) Connecticut (AA) Altoona (AA) 10 Altoona (AA) Bradenton (A) 11 Altoona (AA) 12 Indianapolis (AAA) Altoona (AA) 13 Altoona (AA)

W-L 0-0 13-4 1-1 6-1 3-1 7-6 4-3 0-4 0-0 5-4 1-0 Indianapolis (AAA) 3-1 Norfolk (AAA) 1-2 Minor League Totals 44-27

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ERA 0.00 2.79 4.15 3.47 4.66 5.62 6.98 4.12 4.50 4.25 1.32 2.79 6.27 4.11

G 3 26 5 13 7 18 9 42 2 26 7 22 15 195

GS 2 26 5 13 7 18 7 1 0 11 0 0 1 91

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 5

IP 5.0 145.1 26.0 72.2 38.2 89.2 38.2 74.1 4.0 84.2 13.2 42.0 33.0 667.2

H R ER 4 0 0 125 48 45 31 12 12 76 31 28 39 23 20 112 60 56 47 32 30 70 39 34 5 2 2 89 45 40 4 3 2 40 16 13 39 23 23 681 334 305

HR 0 4 4 5 4 10 5 6 1 7 0 5 4 55

BB SO 0 12 34 124 3 20 14 46 13 18 27 59 13 25 27 57 2 4 26 62 2 17 10 38 10 26 181 508


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DOB: 12/2/90 Opening Day Age: 23 Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Santo Domingo, DR Resides: Santo Domingo, DR Acquired: Selected from Boston in Major League portion of Rule 5 Draft, 12/12/13 2013: Spent entire season with Double-A Portland in the Boston organization, where he was an Eastern League midseason All-Star...Went 1-for-2 in the EL All-Star Game...Ranked fifth in the Eastern League with 81 runs batted in, a total that ranked third among all Red Sox minor leaguers...Set career-highs in home runs (16), RBI, games (131), at-bats (507), runs (67) and walks (42)...His 16 home runs tied for the thirdmost among Red Sox farmhands...Ranked among Eastern League leaders in April in home runs (T-2nd, 5), extra-base hits (T-4th, 12), RBI (T-6th, 18), doubles (T-7th, 8), OPS (9th, .928) and average (15th, .319)...Belted two home runs on April 7 vs. Trenton during a stretch of four straight two-hit games to open the season...Hit a first inning inside-the-park grand slam at Binghamton, May 24 - it was the franchise’s second ever inside-the-park grand slam, joining George Lombard (6/24/04 at Erie)...Made 73 appearances at third base, 23 at first base and served as the designated hitter in 35 games...Hit a home run once every 21.9 at-bats against left-handed pitching (seven homers in 153 at-bats) compared to one home run every 39.3 at-bats against right-handers (nine home runs in 354 at-bats)...Tied Portland’s franchise record with eight at-bats on July 12 at Binghamton. 2012: Spent year with Class-A Salem, where he tied for 3rd in High-A with 36 doubles, and ranked 5th in the Carolina League and 7th among Red Sox minor leaguers with a career-high .300 average...Also finished among CL leaders in doubles (T-1st), hits (T-3rd, 136), and total bases (4th, 208), all career highs...Also set career highs in runs (62), homers (12), walks (33), and stolen bases (10)...Placed 2nd in the league among qualifying 3rd basemen with a .948 fielding percentage (14 errors in 271 total chances...Named the Red Sox Minor League Offensive Player of the Month for July after batting .333 (36-for-108) with 10 doubles, five homers, 15 RBI, 12 walks and 15 runs, including reaching base in 16 consecutive plate appearances from July 22-25...Selected as a CL Post-Season All Star...After the season, played in 22 games for Surprise of the Arizona Fall League. 2011: In 111 games between High-A Salem and Single-A Greenville, posted a .199 AVG with 18 doubles, four homers, and 46 RBI...Started 75 games at first base and 26 at third base...Transferred to Greenville on 6/28 and hit .313 (15-for-48) with runners in scoring position. 2010: In his third year at Greenville he set career highs in games (127), at-bats (487), and RBI (55)...Led the Drive in games, at-bats, and hits...Batted .322 (37-for-115) with five home runs over his last 29 games. 2009: Combined to hit .220 (90-for-410) with four home runs and 46 RBI between Greenville and ShortA Lowell...Went 3-for-12 (.250) in three playoff tilts for the Spinners...After the season, ranked by Baseball America as the No. 19 prospect in the New York-Penn League. 2008: Split his first pro season with the Gulf Coast Red Sox and Greenville, hitting a combined .262 (60-for-229) with three homers and 22 RBI...Was the youngest player in the South Atlantic League and 3rd youngest in the GCL...Began his pro career with four straight multi-hit games at the GCL. PERSONAL: Michael Gabriel Almanzar was selected by Baltimore from Boston in the Major League portion of the Rule 5 Draft, 12/12/13...Originally signed by Boston as an international free agent, 7/2/07...Is the son of former Major League RHP Carlos Almanzar, who pitched in 210 games from 1997-2005 with Toronto, San Diego, New York (AL), Cincinnati and Texas...Carlos Almanzar also pitched in the International League as a member of the Syracuse Chiefs (1997-98), Columbus Clippers (2001), Louisville Bats (2002-03) and Richmond Braves (2006).

YR Team 08 GCL Red Sox (R) Greenville (A) 09 Greenville (A) Lowell (A) 10 Greenville (A) 11 Salem (A) Greenville (A) 12 Salem (A) 13 Portland (AA) Minor League Totals

AVG .348 .207 .207 .230 .246 .182 .220 .300 .268 .250

G 23 35 49 59 127 61 50 124 131 659

AB 89 140 188 222 487 220 177 454 507 2484

R 16 12 13 29 56 18 15 62 67 288

H 2B 31 6 29 5 39 7 51 7 120 27 40 8 39 10 136 36 136 29 621 135

3B 1 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 12

HR 1 2 3 1 10 2 2 12 16 49

RBI BB SO 11 8 15 11 5 39 17 9 53 29 16 52 55 30 114 15 9 55 31 6 38 54 33 77 81 42 100 304 158 543

SB 3 0 0 1 4 3 1 10 13 35

OBP .414 .238 .261 .288 .294 .223 .267 .353 .328 .302

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DOB: 11/7/88 Opening Day Age: 25 Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Camaguey, Cuba Resides: Camaguey, Cuba Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 7/24/13 2013: Spent first professional season in the United States, batting .342 with four home runs and 10 RBI in 22 games between three different levels in the Oriole system...After signing with Baltimore on July 24, he joined the GCL Orioles on August 12...Batted .444 (4-for-9) in three games with the GCL Orioles before joining Class-A Frederick on August 15...Collected seven multi-hit games in 10 contests with the Keys, over which he batted .436 (17-for-39) with two home runs and seven RBI...Went 4-for-5 with a home run, two doubles and three runs scored, August 17 vs. Winston-Salem...Promoted to Double-A Bowie on August 26 and closed out the season with the Baysox, batting .194 over his final nine games of the regular season... Appeared in 19 games for Surprise of the Arizona Fall League, batting .239/.268/.313 with nine RBI. PERSONAL: Dariel Alvarez was signed by Baltimore as a non-drafted free agent on July 24, 2013...Before being signed by Baltimore, he played professionally with Camaguey in Cuba for five seasons, batting .297 with 37 home runs and 180 runs batted in...After defecting to Mexico in 2012, he hit .317/.355/.464 in 192 plate appearances for Tuxpan of the Mexican League.

YR Team 13 GCL Orioles (R) Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) Minor League Totals

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AVG G .444 3 .436 10 .194 9 .342 22

AB 9 39 31 79

R 2 5 2 9

H 4 17 6 27

2B 2 2 0 4

3B 1 0 0 1

HR 1 2 1 4

RBI 2 7 1 10

BB 1 2 1 4

SO 1 1 9 11

SB 0 1 0 1

OBP .500 .463 .219 .373


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DOB: 10/3/88 Opening Day Age: 25 Height: 6-2 Weight: 220 B/T: R/L Birthplace: Commack, NY Resides: Commack, NY Acquired: Trade with Arizona on 5/12/12 in exchange for IF Josh Bell 2013: Spent the majority of the season with Norfolk, his first action at the Triple-A level...30 of his 37 appearances were longer than 1.0 inning, including 23 outings in which he tossed at least 2.0 innings... Registered 82 strikeouts in 76.1 innings, as he struck out at least one batter in 35 of his 37 games... Held left-handed batters to a .244 average (30-for-123) with 40 strikeouts...Posted a 7.20 ERA over his first six outings before pitching to a 2.58 ERA (19 ER, 66.1 IP) over his final 31 appearances...Recalled to Baltimore twice but did not pitch over those two stints, May 12-13 and June 7...Struck out a season-high six over 2.2 shutout innings, June 15 vs. Louisville...Pitched to a 1.83 ERA (7 ER, 34.1 IP) in his final 15 games (beginning July 1), including a 0.87 ERA (2 ER, 20.2 IP) in eight August games...Made Major League debut on September 27 vs. Boston to become the sixth player to make his MLB debut with the Orioles in 2013 (Belfiore, Zach Clark, Kevin Gausman, T.J. McFarland, Jonathan Schoop and Henry Urrutia)...The first MLB batter he faced was David Ortiz, who homered on a 2-1 pitch for his 431st career home run - tying him with Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. for 45th place on the all-time list. 2012: Began the season with Class-A Visalia in the Diamondbacks organization, posting a 2.37 ERA in 12 games...Held left-handers to a .150 average (3-for-20) with the Rawhide, allowing three singles while striking out 11 without issuing a walk...Acquired by the Orioles on May 12 and joined Double-A Bowie...Finished second on the Baysox in holds (8) and fourth in appearances (28)...Struck out a seasonhigh four batters in 2.0 innings on May 22, his first Bowie appearance...Did not allow a run over six appearances, June 14-30...Held lefties to a .160/.218/.200 line in 50 at-bats against with Bowie, striking out 19...Following the season, pitched for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League. 2011: Began the season as a starter, going 1-2 with a 7.30 ERA (30-ER, 37.0-IP) in eight starts before joining the bullpen on June 1…Went 3-2 with a 4.71 ERA (22-ER, 42.0-IP) in 27 appearances as a reliever, registering 46 strikeouts…Allowed one earned run or less in 22 of his 27 relief outings...Struck out reliefhigh five in 3.0 innings, July 30. 2010: Spent entire season with Class-A South Bend and ranked 18th in the Northwest League with a 3.99 ERA despite posting a 3-10 record...Led the club in starts (25), innings pitched (126.1) and strikeouts (105)...Over five starts in May, posted a 1.96 ERA (5-ER, 23.0-IP) with 19 strikeouts…Set a season-high with eight strikeouts, May 21 at Lake County...Registered at least seven strikeouts on four occasions. 2009: Spent first pro season with rookie-level Missoula, making his professional debut on July 2 vs. Great Falls…Made his first start of the season, July 16 at Casper, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings….Over six starts in July, posted a 1.77 ERA (7-ER, 35.2-IP) with 35 strikeouts…Tossed a season-high 8.0 scoreless innings and struck out a season-high nine batters, August 28 at Billings. PERSONAL: Michael John Belfiore was acquired by the Baltimore Orioles from the Arizona Diamondbacks for IF Josh Bell on May 12, 2012...Originally selected in the first round (45th overall) by Arizona in the 2009 draft out of Boston College, the fourth-highest pick in BC history...Was an ABCA All-America Second Team, All-Northeast Region First Team, and All-ACC Second Team as a junior in 2009, when he played first base and pitched for the Eagles...Graduated from Commack High School (NY)...Was a 2006 Suffolk County Hall of Fame inductee.

YR 09 10 11 12

Team Missoula (R) South Bend (A) Visalia (A) Visalia (A) Bowie (AA) 13 Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

W-L ERA 2-2 2.17 3-10 3.99 4-4 5.92 0-0 2.37 5-1 2.85 2-1 3.18 0-0 13.50 16-18 3.75 0-0 13.50

G 14 25 35 12 28 37 1 151 1

GS 11 25 8 0 0 0 0 44 0

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0

IP 58.0 126.1 79.0 19.0 47.1 76.1 1.1 406.0 1.1

H R ER 59 29 14 139 75 56 86 58 52 13 5 5 43 20 15 81 27 27 3 2 2 421 214 169 3 2 2

HR 2 6 17 2 2 8 2 37 2

BB SO 13 55 42 105 57 79 5 28 21 50 29 82 1 0 167 399 1 0

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DOB: 6/6/88 Opening Day Age: 25 Height: 6-1 Weight: 165 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Maracaibo, Venezuela Resides: San Francisco Zulia, Venezuela Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 11/21/13 2013: Split the campaign between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket in the Red Sox system, batting .261 with a home run and 26 RBI in 67 games...Between the two levels, batted .329 (24-for-73) against left-handed pitching...Appeared defensively at all three outfield positions, playing 47 games in center field, 16 games in right field and four games in left field...Had 10 multi-hit games with the Pawsox, including a season-high three hits on May 8 vs. Gwinnett and July 20 at Durham...With Pawtucket, hit .467 (7-for-15) with nine RBI with runners in scoring position and two outs...Played in seven games for Caracas of the Venezuelan Winter League, batting .333 (2-for-6). 2012: Batted .254 (51-for-201) with 10 doubles, 17 RBI, and 20 runs in 64 games between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket after enduring three stints on the DL...Did not commit an error in 107 total chances at all three outfield positions...Hit .345 (19-for-55) in his first 17 games with the Sea Dogs from April 15- May 5 after beginning the season on the DL...Promoted to Triple-A on May 24 but then missed most of June with two trips to the DL...After the season, played in 22 regular season games and then went 8-for-20 (.400) in five playoff contests for Caracas of the Venezuelan Winter League. 2011: Hit .261 (74-for-283) with 20 doubles, three home runs, and 30 RBI in 85 games between Class-A Salem, Portland and Pawtucket...Did not commit an error in a combined 144 total chances at all three outfield positions...Transferred from Salem to Pawtucket on May 8 and then to Portland on August 8...After the season, played in 26 games for Caracas of the Venezuelan Winter League. 2010: Appeared in a career high 119 games between Class-A Greenville and Salem...Earned South Atlantic League Mid-Season All-Star honors...Led Drive qualifiers in AVG (.281) and SLG (.457)...Named SAL Player of the Week for 6/28-7/6 (.524, 11-for-21, 3 HR, 9 RBI)... Transferred to Salem on 8/7...Hit .250 (8-for-32) with one homer and 7 RBI in 15 games for Caracas of the Venezuelan Winter League. 2009: Ranked among Class-A Lowell leaders in games (1st, 70), sacrifice hits (T-1st, 2), sacrifice flies (T-1st, 3), and at-bats (2nd, 252)...Paced club qualifiers with a .315 clip (28-for-89) in July...Hit .339 (21-for-62) over his last 16 regular-season tilts, 8/21-9/6...Named Red Sox Minor League Defensive Player of the Month for August/September...Went 2-for-12 (.167) in three playoff games. 2007: Named Red Sox Minor League Latin Program Player of the Year after leading the Dominican Summer League with a .349 average (80-for-229)...Also ranked among DSL leaders in doubles (T-1st, 19), OBP (3rd, .455), hits (T-4th, 80), and SLG (5th, .498). PERSONAL: Ronald Jose Bermudez was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on November 21, 2013...Originally signed by the Red Sox as an international free agent on 9/10/2005.

YR 06 07 08 09 10

Team DSL Red Sox (R) DSL Red Sox (R) Lowell (A) Lowell (A) Greenville (A) Salem (A) 11 Salem (A) Pawtucket (AAA) Portland (AA) 12 Pawtucket (AAA) Portland (AA) 13 Pawtucket (AAA) Portland (AA) Minor League Totals

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AVG .257 .349 .201 .258 .281 .239 .194 .261 .292 .163 .278 .258 .268 .266

G 47 65 57 70 95 24 9 57 19 17 47 46 21 574

AB 179 229 214 252 363 71 31 180 72 43 158 163 71 2026

R H 2B 30 46 9 37 80 19 24 43 9 31 65 11 55 102 28 7 17 6 5 6 3 20 47 15 6 21 2 5 7 1 15 44 9 22 42 10 11 19 1 268 539 123

3B 5 3 3 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 20

HR 0 3 3 1 10 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 23

RBI BB SO 12 21 38 39 42 34 17 11 47 27 9 54 54 30 81 6 6 13 3 2 4 21 9 26 6 2 22 2 2 11 15 7 29 17 6 30 9 6 15 228 153 404

SB 7 12 4 12 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 46

OBP .345 .455 .245 .294 .342 .308 .265 .295 .311 .213 .311 .289 .321 .323


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DOB: 11/21/84 Opening Day Age: 29 Height: 6-0 Weight: 175 B/T: L/L Birthplace: San Diego, CA Resides: San Diego, CA Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 1/3/14 2013: Began the season playing for Triple-A Toledo in the Tigers system...Stole 15 bases in 17 attempts for the Mud Hens...Claimed off waivers by Kansas City on June 4 and appeared in 48 games for Triple-A Omaha...Swiped 13 bases in 15 attempts with the Storm Chasers...Traded to Boston for RHP Clayton Mortensen on August 27... Appeared in 13 regular season games for the Red Sox where he had five hits in nine at-bats...Made three postseason pinch-running appearances (one in the ALDS, one in the ALCS and one in the World Series), going 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts en route to earning his first career World Series ring...His three postseason steals improved him to 29-for-29 in major league stolen base attempts. 2012: Signed by the Tigers as a minor league free agent on November 9, 2011...Had his contract purchased by the Tigers from Toledo on May 23 - made his major league debut that night at Cleveland, collecting a double off Zach McAllister for his first major league hit...Tied for second among American League rookies with 21 stolen bases...Became the 13th rookie in Tigers history to steal 20-or-more bases...Received the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association Tigers Rookie of the Year Award...Hit safely in each of his first six games (May 23-28), becoming the first Tigers player since at least 1918 to hit safely in each of his first six games to begin his major league career...Belted his first major league home run on June 24 at Pittsburgh, a two-run shot off Kevin Correia in the first inning...Established a career high with five hits on June 17 versus Colorado... Appeared in 11 postseason games for the Tigers, hitting .192 (5-for-26) with two doubles and two stolen bases. 2011: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as a minor league free agent on April 21, 2011... Assigned to Double A Carolina where he led the Southern League with 40 stolen bases...Collected a season-high four hits on May 20 versus Chattanooga...Batted .320 (31-for-97) in 26 games during May...Compiled a 15-game hitting streak August 9-24, batting .383 (23-for-60)...Hit .337 (34-for-101) in 28 August games. 2010: Eastern League Player of the Week for June 7-13 -- batted .500 (8-for-16) with a double, home run, five RBI and four stolen bases in five games during the week...Claimed off waivers by San Diego from Philadelphia on July 14 -- assigned to Double-A San Antonio by the Padres. 2009: Earned both Eastern League mid- and post-season all-star honors with Reading...Ranked second in the Eastern League with 48 stolen bases, while finishing fourth in games played (135) and tied for fourth in at-bats (516) and runs scored (89)...Topped all league outfielders with a .993 fielding percentage...Voted the best baserunner in the Eastern League by Baseball America. 2008: Named to the Florida State League’s postseason All-Star squad after hitting .272 with 51 stolen bases for Class-A Clearwater...Led the league in games (134) and steals (51) while ranking among league leaders in at-bats (2nd, 511), walks (2nd, 65) and hits (4th, 139). 2007: Named Philadelphia’s Minor League Player of the Year...Was a South Atlantic League All-Star. PERSONAL: Quintin Lonell Berry was signed by Baltimore as a free agent on January 3rd, 2014... Originally selected by Philadelphia in the fifth round of the 2006 draft out of San Diego St. University... Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 25th round of the June 2003 draft, but did not sign... High school teammate of Orioles outfielder Adam Jones (Morse High School, San Diego).

YR 06 07 08 09 10

Team Batavia (A) Lakewood (A) Clearwater (A) Reading (AA) Reading (AA) San Antonio (AA) 11 Carolina (AA) Louisville (AAA) 12 Toledo (AAA) DETROIT (AL) 13 Toledo (AAA) Omaha (AAA) Pawtucket (AAA) BOSTON (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

AVG .219 .312 .272 .266 .210 .209 .297 .056 .270 .258 .168 .222 .125 .625 .259 .268

G 62 126 134 135 66 33 93 4 39 94 49 48 3 13 792 107

AB 210 487 511 516 238 110 320 18 159 291 167 144 8 8 2888 299

R 34 86 63 89 35 11 64 2 18 44 16 18 1 5 437 49

H 2B 46 2 152 19 139 24 137 17 50 10 23 1 95 16 1 0 43 8 75 10 28 8 32 2 1 0 5 0 747 107 80 10

3B 2 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 14 6

HR 0 3 3 5 2 1 6 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 23 3

RBI BB SO SB OBP 13 25 51 19 .314 44 61 85 55 .395 43 65 103 51 .360 28 63 118 48 .355 25 33 50 23 .312 8 10 28 4 .293 41 52 83 40 .399 0 0 4 2 .056 11 22 46 19 .368 29 25 80 21 .330 15 23 45 15 .278 16 26 34 13 .343 0 1 2 2 .300 4 1 2 3 .667 244 381 649 291 .353 33 26 82 24 .339

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DOB: 3/18/91 Opening Day Age: 23 Height: 6-1 Weight: 168 B/T: L/L Birthplace: San Diego, CA Resides: San Marcos, CA Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 50th round of the 2009 draft 2013: Spent entire season with Class-A Frederick, where he led the Keys in wins (11), starts (27) and innings pitched (152.0)...His 11 wins tied with RHP Mike Wright for the most among Orioles minor leaguers, and he ranked among O’s farmhands in strikeouts (5th, 119) and ERA (8th, 3.85)...He ranked among Carolina League leaders in wins (T-1st, 11), starts (2nd, 27), innings pitched (2nd, 152.0), home runs allowed (T-1st, 13) and lowest walks per nine innings pitched ratio (5th, 2.37)...Named the Orioles Organizational Pitcher of the Month for April after going 2-1 with a 3.21 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 28.0 innings...For the season, held left-handed batters to a .217 average (38-for-175) and allowed just seven extra-base hits to left-handed hitters...Went 7-3 with a 3.27 ERA over his final 14 starts of the season...Tied his career-high with 11 strikeouts on April 17 vs. Lynchburg...Tossed at least 5.0 innings in 23 of his 27 starts, including a season-high 8.0 innings on July 3 vs. Wilmington...Pitched for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League, going 2-0 with a 1.84 ERA (3 ER, 14.2 IP) in seven games (two starts)...Named to Arizona Fall League “Fall Stars” team...Added to Baltimore’s 40-man roster on November 20. 2012: Split the season between Class-A Delmarva (10 starts), Class-A Frederick (15 games, 13 starts) and Double-A Bowie (one start), combining to go 7-13 with a 5.04 ERA...His 109 strikeouts between the three levels ranked third among Orioles farmhands...Struck out a career-high 11 over 7.0 innings against Carolina on August 15...Ranked fourth on Frederick’s staff with 75.0 innings pitched...Made his Double-A debut on September 2 in a loss at Harrisburg. 2011: Spent entire season with Class-A Delmarva, leading the Shorebirds in games started (26) while ranking second in innings pitched (116.2) and strikeouts (96). 2010: Spent first pro season with GCL Orioles, posting a 1.35 ERA in 14 relief appearances...12 of his 14 outings were scoreless, including six straight games from July 12 to August 5...Held opposing batters to a .181 average (13-for-72) while yielding just two extra base hits. PERSONAL: Timothy D. Berry was selected by Baltimore in the 50th round of the 2009 draft out of San Marcos (CA) High School...Attended the same high school as fellow O’s farmhand LHP Sebastian Vader.

YR 10 11 12

Team GCL Orioles (R) Delmarva (A) Delmarva (A) Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) 13 Frederick (A) Minor League Totals

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W-L 0-1 3-7 2-7 5-5 0-1 11-7 21-28

ERA 1.35 5.17 5.02 4.32 37.8 3.85 4.46

G 14 26 10 15 1 27 93

GS 0 26 10 13 1 27 77

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IP 20.0 116.2 52.0 75.0 1.2 152.0 417.1

H R ER 13 9 3 107 70 67 60 38 29 83 44 36 7 9 7 156 80 65 426 250 207

HR 0 11 3 6 0 13 33

BB SO 14 23 61 96 17 44 20 61 2 4 40 119 154 347


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DOB: 9/11/85 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 B/T: S/R Birthplace: St. Louis, MO Resides: St. Louis, MO Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 1/14/14 2013: Earned a spring training invite with San Francisco...Hit .435 (10-for-23) with two home runs and six RBI in 13 spring games...Named the Harry S. Jordan Award winner, an award given to the best performance in spring training by a player in his first year at big league camp (past winners include Tim Lincecum (2007) and Brandon Belt (2011))...Suffered an oblique injury at the end of spring training and opened the season on the disabled list...Assigned to Class-A San Jose and made first appearances of the season on May 17...Hit safely in each of his first eight games, one of four hitting streaks he registered of at least six games...Appeared defensively in 39 games at second base and 17 at third base...His 49 walks ranked second on the team. 2012: Spent entire season with Triple-A Fresno, where he ranked among Pacific Coast League leaders in on-base percentage (3rd, .422) and average (6th, .332)...His .422 OBP ranked as the fifth-best in Fresno’s franchise history...Opened the season by hitting .just 171 in April, but rebounded to hit .351 with a .438 on-base percentage from May 1 to the end of the season...Hit .565 (26-for-46) with 10 RBI and eight multihit contests in 14 games in May before being placed on the disabled list from May 22-31 with a sprained left thumb...Went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI, May 9 vs. Iowa; also had four-hit performances on June 15 vs. Salt Lake and August 1 vs. Nashville...Hit .333 (29-for-87) against left-handers and .332 (83-for-250) against right-handers...Hit .409 (18-for-44) with runners in scoring position and two outs... Batted .403 (31-for-77) in the eighth inning and later. 2011: Appeared in only 19 games with Fresno after being placed on the disabled list with a concussion on May 3, suffered when he was struck in the temple by a line drive during batting practice. 2010: Spent the majority of the season with Fresno in his first action at the Triple-A level...Named to the Pacific Coast League midseason All-Star squad...Registered more walks (66) than strikeouts (63) while posting a .397 on-base percentage...Reached base safely in 32 straight road contests from May 12 to August 7, the longest stretch in the PCL in 2010; hit .298 (34-for-114) with a .434 on-base percentage over that span...Assigned to Double-A Richmond on August 26 and appeared in 12 games with the Flying Squirrels, hitting safely in each of his final 10 contests. 2009: Spent entire season with Double-A Connecticut, where he led the Eastern League with a .333 batting average and a .429 on-base percentage...Also ranked among EL leaders in runs (2nd, 93), hits (4th, 150) and walks (5th, 67)...Went 5-for-5 with three runs scored, June 19 at Altoona...Reached base safely in 51 straight games from May 8 to July 7, a mark that was 24 games longer than any other on-base streak in the EL in 2009...Over his 51-game on-base stretch, he batted .368 (71-for-193) while posting a .456 OBP. 2008: Split the season between Class-A Augusta and Class-A San Jose...Combined to hit .315 with one home run and 43 RBI in 87 games between the two clubs. 2007: Spent the majority of his first pro season with Class-A Salem-Keizer, where he batted .342 in 42 games...Registered more walks (26) than strikeouts (21) while posting a .453 on-base percentage. PERSONAL: Brock Lee Bond was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on January, 14 2014... Originally selected by San Francisco in the 24th round of the 2007 draft...The Giants had intended to select OF Casey Bond out of Lipscomb University with the 24th round pick, but a clerical error led to San Francisco selecting Brock Bond with the 24th round pick instead (Casey, who was selected by San Francisco in the 25th round, is out of baseball and is currently an actor, having portrayed RHP Chad Bradford in the 2011 movie “Moneyball”)...Attended the University of Missouri in 2006 and 2007 after transferring from the University of Arkansas...Was a college teammate of 2013 Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer...Graduated from Lindbergh (St. Louis, MO) High School where he earned All-State honors in both baseball and football...As a quarterback at Lindbergh HS, he led the football team to the first state championship game in school history.

YR Team 07 AZL Giants (R) Salem-Keizer (A) 08 Augusta (A) San Jose (A) 09 Connecticut (AA) 10 Fresno (AAA) Richmond (AA) 11 Fresno (AAA) 12 Fresno (AAA) 13 San Jose (A) Minor League Totals

AVG .227 .342 .333 .297 .333 .285 .261 .246 .332 .240 .300

G 18 42 42 45 122 117 12 19 106 92 615

AB 44 158 150 155 450 403 46 57 337 367 2167

R 4 41 28 26 93 62 8 6 59 54 381

H 2B 10 0 54 10 50 6 46 6 150 21 115 24 12 3 14 1 112 15 88 16 651 102

3B 2 2 0 0 5 4 1 2 2 3 21

HR 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 7

RBI BB SO 6 6 3 19 26 21 24 13 20 19 20 31 33 67 69 35 66 63 4 3 10 3 7 8 31 48 41 39 49 63 213 305 329

SB 2 7 6 9 13 9 0 1 3 6 56

OBP .345 .453 .401 .394 .429 .397 .320 .338 .422 .339 .398

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DOB: 2/20/86 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 6-0 Weight: 195 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Starksville, MS Resides: Mableton, GA Acquired: Selected by O’s in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft, 12/12/13 2013: Opened season with Texas, appearing in one game before being designated for assignment on April 9...Claimed by the Chicago Cubs on April 19...Appeared in 72 games with the Cubs, batting .202 with seven stolen bases in 104 at-bats...Hit a two-run homer as part of a 2-for-5 performance on May 27 at Chicago (AL) - it was his first home run since July 4, 2010 vs. Chicago (AL) with Texas...Had a game-winning pinchhit single on June 13 vs. Cincinnati, giving the Cubs a 6-5, 14-inning victory...Hit .265 (13-for-49) in 36 games on the road compared to .145 (8-for-55) in 36 games at Wrigley Field...Designated for assignment on August 3 and outrighted to Triple-A Iowa on August 7...Spent the remainder of the season with the ICubs, batting .260 in 24 games...Ended the season on a seven-game hitting streak, over which he hit .304 (7-for-23) with four doubles and four runs scored. 2012: Spent entire campaign with Triple-A Round Rock…Ranked among Pacific Coast League leaders in hits (2nd, 162), triples (T-9th, 8), runs (T-15th, 78), and stolen bases (T-16th, 20)... Set an Express franchise record with his 162 hits...Hit a career-high 10 home runs after totaling nine home runs in 264 games over his previous four minor league seasons...Batted .305 (50-for-164) with 15 extra-base hits against lefthanded pitching...Compiled a .993 fielding percentage along with six outfield assists...Belted two home runs in a game for the first time in his pro career, May 17 vs. Fresno...Compiled a 21-game hitting streak from May 12-June 12, which was tied for the fourth-longest hitting streak in the PCL in 2012. 2011: Opened the season with the Rangers and started 28 games in center…Was just 7-for-39 (.179) in season’s first 15 games before hitting .340 (17-for-50) over his next 17 contests…Had a 10-game hitting streak from April 30-May 10, over which he hit .353 (12-for-34)… Batted .300 (9-for-30) vs. left-handers and hit .450 (9-for-20) with runners in scoring position…Drove in three runs on May 7 vs. New York (AL)… Had one error in 72 total chances...Suffered strained hamstring on May 13 and was placed on disabled list the following day...Activated from the DL and optioned to Round Rock on June 3...Swiped 16 bases in just 32 games with the Express, second-most on the club... Sustained a left ankle injury on July 8 vs. Memphis and underwent season-ending ulnar ligament repair surgery on July 18. 2010: Spent entire season with Texas, starting 121 games in center and one game in left...Led the team with four triples and ranked among team leaders in sac bunts (2nd, 8), steals (T-3rd, 15), games (5th, 137) and at-bats (5th, 438)...Tied with the Angels’ Erick Aybar for the major league lead in bunt hits (17) and ranked second in the majors behind Ichiro Suzuki (59) in infield hits (39)...Was on all three postseason rosters, going 1-for-9 in eight total games (Was 1-for-4 as a pinch-hitter - single in Game One of World Series). CAREER: Made his major league debut on 6/29/09, with his first MLB hit and RBI coming as a pinch-hitter on 7/1/09 off the Angels’ Jered Weaver...Swiped four bases, 8/15/09 vs. Boston...Hit first big league home run on 8/20/09 off of Minnesota’s Anthony Swarzak...His 19 steals in 2009 ranked 4th among A.L. rookies. PERSONAL: Julio Alberto Borbon was selected by Baltimore in the minor league phase of the 2013 Rule 5 draft, December 12, 2013...Originally selected by Texas as the 35th overall pick in the 2007 Draft...Attended the University of Tennessee, where he helped lead the Volunteers to the 2005 College World Series...Played for the 2006 USA Baseball National Team that won a gold medal at the FISU World Championship Tournament in Havana, Cuba...Was born in Starksville, MS, where his father, Julio C. Borbon, taught at Mississippi State University.

YR Team 07 Spokane (A) AZL Rangers (R) 08 Bakersfield (A) Frisco (AA) 09 Oklahoma (AAA) TEXAS (AL) 10 TEXAS (AL) 11 TEXAS (AL) Frisco (AA)

Round Rock (AAA)

12 Round Rock (AAA) 13 TEXAS (AL) CHICAGO (NL) Iowa (AAA) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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AVG .172 .250 .306 .337 .307 .312 .276 .270 .000 .298 .304 .000 .202 .260 .304 .272

G 7 2 66 60 96 46 137 32 1 32 126 1 72 24 414 288

AB 29 8 291 255 407 157 438 89 4 131 533 1 104 73 1731 789

R 1 0 47 40 71 30 60 10 0 27 78 1 10 10 274 111

H 5 2 89 86 125 49 121 24 0 39 162 0 21 19 527 215

2B 0 1 20 12 12 4 11 1 0 10 23 0 3 5 83 19

3B 0 0 0 2 7 0 4 3 0 4 8 0 1 0 21 8

HR 0 0 2 5 2 4 3 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 19 8

RBI BB SO SB OBP 2 2 3 3 .226 0 1 1 0 .333 36 15 30 36 .346 22 14 32 17 .380 34 33 40 25 .367 20 15 28 19 .376 42 19 59 15 .309 11 3 9 6 .305 0 0 1 0 .000 14 14 22 16 .376 56 37 69 20 .349 0 0 0 0 .000 3 12 22 7 .284 1 12 15 5 .360 165 128 213 122 .357 76 49 118 47 .318


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DOB: 4/12/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-6 Weight: 215 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Freehold, NJ Resides: Nashville, TN Acquired: Trade with San Diego on 11/25/13 in exchange for RHP Devin Jones 2013: Split the season between Triple-A Tucson and San Diego, making 33 relief appearances with both teams...Had five different stints with San Diego: April 1-May 18, June 23-25, July 8-14, August 24-26 & September 3 through the end of the season...Yielded four earned runs in 0.2 innings of his season debut (April 1 vs. NYM) but yielded just seven earned runs with San Diego the rest of the year, posting a 2.08 ERA (7 ER, 30.2 IP)...Did not allow an earned run in 27 of his 33 outings with San Diego, including each of his final six outings...Held National League left-handers to a .232 average (13-for-56)...With Tucson, held right-handed batters to a .198 average (19-for-96) and held all batters to a .138 average (4-for-29) with RISP and two outs...Posted a 10.13 ERA (6 ER, 5.1 IP) over his first four appearances with Tucson before pitching to a 1.85 ERA (8 ER, 39.0 IP) over his final 29 games...Between Tucson and San Diego, posted a 2.22 ERA (16 ER, 65.0 IP) in 55 games at night and a 7.83 ERA (9 ER, 10.1 IP) in 11 day contests. 2012: Made his first career Opening Day roster, spending the majority of the season in the Majors with San Diego...Made a career-high 67 relief appearances, second-most on the club behind Luke Gregerson (77)...Led all National League rookies with 67 games pitched (3rd in MLB) and finished with the secondmost strikeouts (75) among all NL rookie relievers (5th in MLB)...Allowed just five of his 46 inherited runners to score for SD, or 10.9% of inherited runners, the second-best percentage among all qualifying Major League relievers...Struck out 75 batters in 66.2 IP for a 10.1 strikeouts per 9.0 IP ratio (his 75 strikeouts led all Padre relievers)...Held right-handed hitters to a .188 (28-for-149) average while lefties hit .239 (22-for-92) off him for San Diego...Allowed 11 home runs on the season, tied for third-most among NL relievers...Earned his first career win on August 10 at PIT, working 2.0 innings in the Padres come-frombehind win that day...In 10 outings total for Tucson, went 2-1 with a 2.79 ERA (3 ER/9.2 IP) and five strikeouts against just one walk. 2011: Split the majority of the season between Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A Tucson, also seeing his first Big League action over the last month of the season...Selected from Tucson on August 31 and made his Major League debut that day at Dodger Stadium, working 1.1 scoreless frames with three strikeouts... Named a Texas League Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star...Recorded the 100th save of his professional career on July 1 for the Missions at Northwest Arkansas...Led the Texas League in saves and games finished (40) despite being promoted to Triple-A on July 6...His 34 saves overall ranked fourth-most among all minor league pitchers...Named PCL Pitcher of the Week August 22-28. 2010: The California League’s Pitcher of the Year posted a league-record 41 saves and a 2.47 ERA for the Class-A Lake Elsinore Storm...Honored as the Padres’ organizational Pitcher of the Year…Fanned 74 while walking only 11 over 62 appearances en route to a 5-2 record...Named both a post-season and mid-season Cal League All-Star...Notched a 2.84 ERA (4 ER, 12.2 IP) with a 1-1 record in 11 Arizona Fall League games for the Peoria Saguaros...Selected to play for the West Division in the AFL Rising Stars game. 2009: Honored as the MLB.com Class-A Relief Pitcher of the Year, pitching the entire season at Class-A Fort Wayne...Tallied a Midwest League-leading 33 saves in 60 appearances, notching a 1.27 ERA...Honored as Midwest League mid-season and post-season All-Star. PERSONAL: Brad Brach was acquired by Baltimore from San Diego in exchange for RHP Devin Jones on November 25, 2013...Originally selected by San Diego in the 42nd round of the 2008 draft...Attended Monmouth (NJ) University, where he finished as the school’s all-time leader in career wins (29) and strikeouts (277)...His brother, Brett, is a pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization, and the pair were teammates at both Monmouth University and Freehold Township High School (NJ)...Also lettered in basketball in high school, where he ended his career with 86 career three-pointers made.

YR 08 09 10 11

Team W-L AZL Padres (R) 1-1 Fort Wayne (A) 3-3 Lake Elsinore (A) 5-2 San Antonio (AA) 2-2 Tucson (AAA) 1-3 SAN DIEGO (NL) 0-2 12 Tucson (AAA) 2-1 SAN DIEGO (NL) 2-4 13 Tucson (AAA) 4-3 SAN DIEGO (NL) 1-0 Minor League Totals 18-15 Major League Totals 3-6

ERA 2.01 1.27 2.47 2.25 3.90 5.14 2.79 3.78 2.84 3.19 2.34 3.70

G 18 60 62 42 25 9 10 67 33 33 250 109

GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 4 33 41 23 11 0 3 0 3 0 118 0

IP 22.1 63.2 65.2 44.0 27.2 7.0 9.2 66.2 44.1 31.0 277.1 104.2

H 21 36 50 32 28 9 11 50 43 36 221 95

R 5 10 20 11 13 5 3 28 15 15 77 48

ER 5 9 18 11 12 4 3 28 14 11 72 43

HR 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 11 5 3 16 14

BB 5 11 11 5 7 7 1 33 14 19 54 59

SO 33 82 74 64 30 11 5 75 44 31 332 117

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DOB: 5/16/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 5-11 Weight: 162 B/T: L/R Birthplace: Panorama City, CA Resides: Weatherford, TX Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 35th round of the 2008 draft 2013: Split the season between Norfolk and Double-A Bowie as he combined to hit .274 with 13 home runs and 79 RBI...His 79 runs batted in ranked second among all Orioles minor leaguers...Between the two levels, he appeared defensively at first base (23 games), second base (74 games), third base (seven games), shortstop (one game), left field (12 games) and right field (19 games)...Put together a 21-game hitting streak with Norfolk from June 4-25, over which he batted .350 (28-for-80) with a home run and nine RBI...The 21-game stretch was the longest streak in the IL in 2013, and it tied for the 3rd-longest streak in Tides franchise history, three games shy of the franchise record of 24 games set by Gregg Jefferies in 1988...Since Columbus’ Brandon Watson set the IL record with a 43-game hitting streak in 2007, only three IL players have registered longer hitting streaks than Britton: Josh Anderson (27, RMD, 2008), Randy Ruiz (ROC, 24, 2008) and Jose Constanza (22, GWN, 2012)...Britton also put together an 18-game road hitting streak from May 23 to July 5, over which he hit .357 (25-for-70)...Belted a grand slam and tied his career-high with five RBI, May 17 vs. Lehigh Valley...Hit two homers for Bowie on April 18 at Akron. 2012: Spent the majority of the season with Double-A Bowie, except for three games with Norfolk...His .289 average between the two levels ranked third among Orioles minor leaguers, while his .294 average with Bowie ranked 12th in the Eastern League...Named to the EL midseason All-Star team, where he went 0-for-1 with a walk in the contest...Ranked among Baysox leaders in hits (3rd, 111), RBI (3rd, 54), doubles (4th, 23) and games (4th, 99)...Went 5-for-6 with two doubles and an RBI on April 12 at Erie, one of just 14 five-hit games in the EL in 2012...Belted a grand slam on August 17 vs. Trenton...His batting average with Bowie never dropped below .276...Batted .330 (33-for-100) vs. left-handed pitching while with the Baysox...Hit .300 (36-for-120) with RISP, including .314 (16-for-51) with RISP and two outs. 2011: Split the season between Class-A Frederick and Double-A Bowie...His .297 average between the two stops led all Orioles minor leaguers...Opened the season with Frederick, where he reached base safely in 24 of his first 25 games..Hit safely in his last nine games with the Keys, batting .436 (17-for-39) with two home runs and 18 RBI...Drove in a run in eight straight games from May 11-19, a stretch that included six multi-RBI games and a five-RBI game on May 12 at Lynchburg...Promoted to Bowie on May 20...Hit just .150 (3-for-20) over his first eight games with the Baysox, then hit .293 (71-for-242) the remainder of the season...Hit .371 (46-for-124) in 37 road games and .203 (28-for-138) in 45 home contests... Hit safely in 12 straight contests from June 10-July 5, batting .354 (17-for-48) with a home run and seven RBI over that span...Hit safely in 14 consecutive road contests, June 10-July 29, a stretch that was tied for the thirdlongest in the Eastern League during the 2011 season. 2010: Spent the majority of the season with Frederick, appearing in 31 games at first base, 18 games at second base and 31 games at third base...Set a career-high with four hits on June 17 at WinstonSalem...Promoted to Norfolk on September 1 and appeared in five games with the Tides...Registered first Triple-A hit on September 3 vs. Charlotte. PERSONAL: Buck C. Britton was selected by Baltimore in the 35th round of the 2008 draft out of Lubbock Christian University, where he majored in Criminal Justice...Hit .367 with nine home runs and 44 RBI his senior year for LCU, which finished the 2008 season 53-4...Transferred to LCU after playing at Stephen F. Austin his sophomore year and Lon Morris Junior College as a freshman...Was a multiple All-District performer at Canyon High School (TX) and Weatherford High School (TX)...His younger brother, Zach, enters the 2013 season having appeared in 40 games (39 starts) for the Baltimore Orioles.

YR Team 08 Bluefield (R) 09 Bowie (AA) Delmarva (A) Aberdeen (A) Frederick (A) 10 Frederick (A) Norfolk (AAA) 11 Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) 12 Norfolk (AAA) Bowie (AA) 13 Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) Minor League Totals

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AVG .289 .000 .455 .241 .243 .260 .111 .341 .282 .100 .294 .291 .255 .278

G 47 1 3 17 13 99 5 25 82 3 99 61 62 517

AB 149 3 11 54 37 334 18 91 262 10 377 247 220 1813

R H 2B 19 43 5 0 0 0 1 5 2 4 13 3 3 9 1 35 87 16 1 2 0 9 31 9 40 74 19 0 1 0 54 111 23 38 72 12 19 56 10 223 504 100

3B 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 9

HR 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 3 3 0 9 8 5 34

RBI BB SO 14 20 20 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3 9 2 2 7 48 22 54 0 1 3 30 8 7 33 19 40 0 0 3 54 37 60 52 19 34 27 17 32 266 148 270

SB 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 5 0 5 5 1 26

OBP .372 .000 .455 .293 .282 .314 .158 .400 .338 .100 .357 .340 .313 .336


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DOB: 12/22/87 Opening Day Age: 26 Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Panorama City, CA Resides: Weatherford, TX Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 3rd round of the 2006 draft 2013: Split the season between Norfolk and Baltimore, making 19 starts with the Tides and pitching in eight games (seven starts) for the Orioles...Had three stints with the Orioles (April 25-30, June 18-July 9 and September 2-5)...With the O’s, he set his season-high with five strikeouts on June 24 vs. Cleveland and he tossed a season-high 7.0 innings on July 4 at Chicago (AL)...With Norfolk, he finished 12.0 innings shy of qualifying among minor league leaders, where his 2.98 groundout/flyout ratio would have ranked second among all full season pitchers (trailing the 3.01 ratio posted by Class-A Wisconsin’s Tyler Wagner)...With the Tides, he went 5-1 with a 3.15 ERA (19 ER, 54.1 IP) in nine road starts and 1-4 with a 5.51 ERA (30 ER, 49.0 IP) in 10 starts at Harbor Park...Went 3-0 with a 2.19 ERA over his final four starts with Norfolk, a run that included an outing on August 28 at Charlotte in which he struck out a season-high eight and registered 13 groundouts...Ranked second on the Tides pitching staff with nine Quality Starts (trailing the 11 registered by Josh Stinson)...Held Triple-A left-handers to a line of .208/.299/.317 in 101 at-bats. 2012: Placed on Baltimore’s 15-day disabled list with left shoulder impingement, March 26...Transferred to the 60-day disabled list, June 3...Made three rehab starts between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk, going 2-0 with a 2.50 ERA...Activated from the DL and optioned to Norfolk, June 6...Recalled by Baltimore on July 17 and made five starts, posting an 8.10 ERA (21-ER, 23.1 IP) before being optioned back to Norfolk on August 8...Tossed season-high 8.0 innings and struck out career-high 10 on August 30 vs. Chicago (AL)...Pitched to a 0.78 ERA (3-ER, 34.2 IP) in his five victories. 2011: Had his contract selected from Norfolk on April 3 and made his major league debut that night at Tampa Bay, picking up the win as he allowed one earned run over 6.0 innings...With an 11-11 record, became the first Orioles starter with more than 20 or more decisions in a season to post a .500 or better record since Erik Bedard went 15-11 in 2006...Struck out six in his debut, including Elliot Johnson in the first inning for his first major league strikeout...Recorded five hits in three interleague starts, going 5-for-8 with a double, a homer and two RBI…According to Elias, his five hits were the most in one season by an AL pitcher since the creation of the designated hitter in 1974...Struck out a career-high seven September 17 against Los Angeles (AL). CAREER: Named the #2 prospect in the O’s system by Baseball America after the 2010 season...Received the Jim Palmer Award as the Orioles top minor league pitcher in 2010...Named to the 2010 Eastern League midseason All-Star Team...Named the Orioles Organizational Pitcher of the Month for June, 2010 when he went 3-0 with a 0.66 ERA in four starts...Named Carolina League Pitcher of the Year in 2009, when he ranked among CL leaders in ERA (2nd, 2.70), strikeouts (2nd, 131), batting average against (3rd, .232), innings pitched (4th, 140.0), walks (4th, 55) and wild pitches (1st, 21)...Named to CL midseason and postseason All-Star teams in 2009. PERSONAL: Zachary Grant Britton was selected by Baltimore in the third round of the 2006 draft out of Weatherford High School (TX)...Had an offer to attend Texas A&M before siging with Baltimore...His older brother, Buck, is an infielder in the Orioles system.

YR 06 07 08 09 10

Team Bluefield (R) Aberdeen (A) Delmarva (A) Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) 11 Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) 12 Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) Baltimore (AL) 13 Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

W-L 0-4 6-4 12-7 9-6 7-3 3-4 0-2 0-1 11-11 1-0 4-2 5-3 6-5 2-3 48-38 18-17

ERA 5.29 3.68 3.12 2.70 2.48 2.98 5.40 1.80 4.61 0.75 4.91 5.07 4.27 4.95 3.38 4.77

G GS 11 11 15 15 27 27 25 24 15 14 12 12 3 3 1 1 28 28 2 2 9 9 12 11 19 19 8 7 139 137 48 46

CG 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IP 34.0 63.2 147.1 140.0 87.0 66.1 11.2 5.0 154.1 12.0 51.1 60.1 103.1 40.0 721.2 254.2

H R ER 35 22 20 64 33 26 118 68 51 123 64 42 76 33 24 63 31 22 14 11 7 3 1 1 162 93 79 8 4 1 49 29 28 61 37 34 112 59 49 52 23 22 665 355 271 275 153 135

HR 4 1 9 6 4 3 3 0 12 0 5 6 5 4 40 22

BB 20 22 49 55 28 23 2 1 62 3 20 32 46 17 269 111

SO 21 45 114 131 68 56 15 3 97 11 37 53 75 18 576 168

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DOB: 11/15/92 Opening Day Age: 21 Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 B/T: S/R Birthplace: Tulsa, OK Resides: Sperry, OK Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 2011 draft 2014: Included in several preseason lists of the Top 100 prospects in the game, including Baseball Prospectus (#15), MLB.com (#20), and ESPN’s Keith Law (#31). 2013: Missed the entire season after undergoing “Tommy John” surgery on his right elbow on June 27... Named by Baseball America as the top prospect in the Orioles system following the season...Also named by Baseball America as having the Best Curveball among O’s minor leaguers. 2012: Awarded the Jim Palmer Award as the Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Year...Went a combined 9-3 with a 2.08 ERA (24 ER, 103.2 IP) in 23 starts with three affiliates (119 strikeouts, 28 walks)...Named to the Carolina League All-Star team and tossed a scoreless inning, June 19 in the Carolina/California League All-Star Game...Was named to the Baseball America Minor League All-Star Team...Named O’s Minor League Pitcher of the Month in April (30.0 consecutive scoreless IP)...Began pro career with ClassA Delmarva, going 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (30.0 IP), 40 strikeouts and two walks in eight starts...Promoted to Class-A Frederick, where he went 6-3 with a 2.84 ERA (18 ER, 57.0 IP), 66 strikeouts and 18 walks in 12 starts... Won his Keys debut, May 29 and was third on the club with six wins...Wrapped up his minor league season with Double-A Bowie, going 2-0 with a 3.24 ERA (6 ER, 16.2 IP), 13 strikeouts and eight walks in three starts... Earned the win (6.0 IP, 1 ER, 7 K) in game one of the Eastern League Playoffs over Akron, September 5...Overall, held minor league hitters to a .186 average (67-for-361), with right-handers batting .165 (39-for-236)... Recalled from Double-A Bowie on September 19 and made his MLB debut on September 23 at Boston (0.2 IP)...Made debut at 19 years, 313 days old, the first O’s player to debut before turning 20 since RHP Mike Adamson, July 1, 1967 (19 years, 291 days)...Along with Manny Machado, became the first pair of Orioles teammates to debut in same season by age 20 since 1964 (Paul Blair & Frank Bertaina)...Tossed scoreless ninth inninng in home debut vs. Toronto, September 25...After the season, was named #1 prospect in Orioles system by Baseball America, and the same publication named him in their “Best Tools” feature as having the Best Fastball and Best Curveball in the O’s organization... Named the #2 prospect in all of baseball by MLB.com, trailing Texas infielder Jurickson Profar. PERSONAL: Dylan Matthew Bundy was selected Baltimore in the first round (4th overall) of the 2011 draft...Attended Owasso High School (OK), where he was named the 2011 Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year, Baseball America High School Player of the Year, USA Today National Player of the Year and Louisville Slugger Player of the Year...Named the Gatorade State Player of the Year in 2009, 2010 and 2011, the first player to ever win the award three times...As a senior, he had a 0.25 ERA and 158 strikeouts in 71 innings pitched...His older brother, Bobby, is in an infielder who was selected by the Orioles in the eighth round of the 2008 draft.

YR Team 12 Delmarva (A) Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) BALTIMORE (AL) 13 Injured Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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W-L 1-0 6-3 2-0 0-0 -9-3 0-0

ERA G 0.00 8 2.84 12 3.24 3 0.00 2 --2.08 23 0.00 2

GS 8 12 3 0 -23 0

CG 0 0 0 0 -0 0

SV IP H 0 30 5 0 57 48 0 16.2 14 0 1.2 1 ---0 103.2 67 0 1.2 1

R 2 20 7 0 -29 0

ER 0 18 6 0 -24 0

HR 0 5 1 0 -6 0

BB 2 18 8 1 -28 1

SO 40 66 13 0 -119 0


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DOB: 7/20/84 Opening Day Age: 29 Height: 5-9 Weight: 180 B/T: S/R Birthplace: San Cristobal, DR Resides: San Cristobal, DR Acquired: Re-signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 1/10/14 2013: Made his first Opening Day roster with the Orioles after being claimed off waivers from Minnesota in November, 2012...Had a season-long five-game hitting streak, April 12-22, over which he hit .333 (6-for-18) with two doubles and two runs scored...Collected a season-high two stolen bases, May 10 at Minnesota...Hit eventual game-winning home run and drove in a season-high three, June 25 vs. Cleveland...Scored game-winning run as a pinch-runner, September 17 at Boston...Did not play again after colliding with Nick Markakis in short right field, September 23 at Tampa Bay. 2012: Made Twins Opening Day roster for fourth consecutive season, as he was Minnesota’s Opening Day second baseman on April 6 at Baltimore...Tied career-high with four RBI, July 28 vs. Cleveland...Was successful in 21 of 22 stolen base attempts (95.5%), raising his career totals to 71-for-80 (89%)...Ranked second in baseball in stolen base percentage, and his 95.5% success rate set a club record...Finished with a season high 10-game hitting streak, batting .464 (13-for-28) during the stretch. 2011: Made Twins Opening Day roster as a shortstop, going 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI in his first game, April 1 at Toronto...Tied career-high with four hits June 4 at Kansas City (last done in 2007)...Hit first and second homers in back-to-back games June 19 vs. San Diego and June 21 at San Francisco...Recorded 50th career stolen base (second of the game) July 26 at Texas. CAREER: Also made Twins Opening Day roster in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012...Had walk-off two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning and tied a career-high with four RBI, October 2, 2010 vs. Toronto...Hit walk-off RBI single in bottom of the 12th inning in the AL Central tiebreaker game vs. Detroit, October 6, 2009, advancing Minnesota to the ALDS vs. the New York Yankees...Connected for first major league home run on May 19, 2008 (off Texas’ Scott Feldman)...Won the 2008 Charles O. Johnson Award, given annually to the Most Improved Minnesota Twin...Appeared in first major league game on September 1, 2006 in a pinch-hitting appearance at Yankee Stadium...Recorded first MLB hit on September 28, 2006, a single off of Kansas City’s Luke Hudson...Named Twins Minor League Player of the Year in 2006 after hitting .318 with 50 stolen bases between Class-A Fort Myers and Double-A New Britain. PERSONAL: Alexi Casilla Lora was re-signed by BAL as a free agent, 1/10/14...Originally signed by Anaheim as a non-drafted free agent, 2/21/03...Is a ‘03 graduate of Enedia Puello Renville High School (DR).

YR Team 03 DSL Angels (R) 04 Cedar Rapids (A) AZL Angels (R) Provo (R) 05 Arkansas (AA) Salt Lake (AAA) Cedar Rapids (A) 06 Fort Myers (A) New Britain (AA) MINNESOTA (AL) 07 Rochester (AAA) MINNESOTA (AL) 08 Rochester (AAA) Beloit (A) MINNESOTA (AL) 09 Rochester (AAA) MINNESOTA (AL) 10 Fort Myers (A) GCL Twins (R) New Britain (AA) MINNESOTA (AL) 11 MINNESOTA (AL) Fort Myers (A) 12 MINNESOTA (AL) 13 BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

AVG .298 .310 .258 .333 .211 .256 .325 .331 .294 .250 .269 .222 .219 .571 .281 .340 .202 .167 .143 .350 .276 .260 .000 .241 .214 .297 .248

G 33 9 45 4 7 13 78 78 45 9 84 56 32 2 98 40 80 3 5 6 69 97 1 106 62 485 577

AB 124 29 163 12 19 39 308 323 170 4 320 189 96 7 385 156 228 12 14 20 152 323 2 299 112 1814 1692

R 21 6 29 4 4 3 62 56 28 1 53 15 11 2 58 21 25 0 1 1 26 52 0 33 15 302 225

H 37 9 42 4 4 10 100 107 50 1 86 42 21 4 108 53 46 2 2 7 42 84 0 72 24 538 419

2B 3 2 1 1 0 0 11 12 10 0 13 5 3 0 15 3 7 0 1 0 7 21 0 17 4 60 76

3B 2 1 4 1 0 0 3 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 1 23 15

HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 9 12

RBI BB SO SB OBP 15 16 14 28 .396 1 5 4 1 .412 10 15 10 24 .332 1 4 0 1 .529 4 2 3 1 .286 1 3 6 1 .310 17 29 31 47 .392 33 30 36 31 .390 13 18 20 19 .375 0 2 1 0 .500 20 34 50 24 .345 9 9 29 11 .256 2 18 18 4 .350 1 2 1 0 .667 50 31 45 7 .333 17 11 23 9 .379 17 22 36 11 .280 1 2 2 1 .286 0 3 0 0 .294 0 3 1 1 .435 20 13 17 6 .331 21 28 45 15 .322 0 0 0 0 .000 30 16 52 21 .282 10 9 20 9 .268 136 195 219 192 .372 157 130 245 80 .302

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DOB: 2/19/89 Opening Day Age: 25 Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Samana, Dominican Republic Resides: La Romana, Dominican Republic Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 12/19/13 2013: Opened the season with Double-A Richmond in the San Francisco system, posting a 3.34 ERA in 14 games (two starts) with the Flying Squirrels...Registered 44 strikeouts in 32.1 innings pitched, holding Eastern League batters to a .205 average...Right-handed batters hit just .088 against him (5-for-57) with 22 strikeouts...His first 12 appearances came out of the bullpen before he made two starts for Richmond at the end of May...As a starter with Richmond, he posted a 3.24 ERA (3 ER, 8.1 IP) with 15 strikeouts and 10 hits allowed... Promoted to Triple-A Fresno on May 31 and made his first five appearances with the Grizzlies as a starter, over which he went 0-5 with a 9.00 ERA (26 ER, 26.0 IP)...Rejoined the bullpen on June 28 and made each of his final 18 appearances in relief, going 4-0 with a 4.35 ERA (15 ER, 31.0 IP)... Posted a 3.16 ERA in 11 home games (two starts) with Fresno, but was 1-3 with a 9.19 ERA in 12 games (three starts) on the road. 2012: Split the season between Double-A Frisco and Triple-A Round Rock, combining for a 4-1 record with a 3.54 ERA (22 ER, 56.0 IP) in 35 relief appearances...Pitched at the Triple-A level for the first time in his career...With Fresno, posted a 0.93 ERA (1 ER, 9.1 IP) in seven home games and a 9.00 ERA (9 ER, 9.0 IP) in seven road contests...Landed on the disabled list twice with inflammation in his right elbow (June 2027 and July 16-23)...Was a non-roster invitee to Rangers spring training for the second-consecutive year. 2011: Opened the season on the disabled list with a foot fracture - activated on April 14...Spent the entire season with Double-A Frisco, ranking second on the club with 42 appearances... Allowed six earned runs in 0.1 innings of his season debut, but posted a 3.76 ERA (12 ER, 28.2 IP) over his next 27 appearances... Converted nine of 14 saves chances, the second-most on the club... Rated as the Rangers’ #23 prospect by Baseball America prior to the season. 2010: Spent the bulk of the campaign with Class-A Advanced Bakersfield before a late-season promotion to Frisco, combining to go 1-3 with a 2.11 ERA (13 ER, 55.1 IP) and 67 strikeouts in 39 relief appearances... Added to Texas’ 40-man roster, November 19. 2009: Spent entire season with Class-A Hickory...Teamed with Martin Perez and Tyler Tufts on a 7.0 inning no-hitter, April 11 vs. Bowling Green - he tossed a scoreless 7th inning to complete the no-hitter. 2008: Ranked among team leaders at Class-A Clinton in appearances (T-4th, 36), innings pitched (4th, 90.1) and saves (T-2nd, 4). 2007: Named the Northwest League’s fifth-best prospect and the Rangers’ 14th-best prospect by Baseball America following the season. PERSONAL: Fabio Castillo was signed by Baltimore as a free agent on December 19, 2013... Originally signed by Texas as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, 2005... Later signed by San Francisco as a minor league free agent on November 14, 2012.

YR Team 06 AZL Rangers (R) DSL Rangers (R) 07 Spokane (A) 08 Clinton (A) 09 Hickory (A) 10 Bakersfield (A) Frisco (AA) 11 Frisco (AA) 12 Frisco (AA)

W-L 0-0 1-4 3-5 2-5 3-6 1-3 0-0 3-6 2-1 Round Rock (AAA) 2-0 13 Richmond (AA) 2-2 Fresno (AAA) 4-5 Minor League Totals 23-37

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ERA 0.00 3.46 5.92 5.28 4.05 1.92 4.91 6.36 2.89 4.82 3.34 6.47 4.63

G 1 7 14 36 40 36 3 42 21 14 14 23 251

GS 1 6 14 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 37

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0 4 2 6 0 9 0 0 0 0 21

IP 3.0 26.0 62.1 90.1 80.0 51.2 3.2 52.1 37.1 18.2 32.1 57.0 514.2

H R ER 1 0 0 21 13 10 73 46 41 88 65 53 87 45 36 41 15 11 3 2 2 58 40 37 28 15 12 17 10 10 25 15 12 75 44 41 517 310 265

HR 0 0 4 11 5 2 0 6 1 2 1 6 38

BB SO 2 4 12 37 27 46 47 78 25 67 26 65 4 2 23 37 12 28 14 13 17 44 26 51 235 472


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DOB: 7/21/85 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 6-0 Weight: 195 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Resides: Keelung City, Taiwan Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as an international free agent, 1/10/12 2013: Spent entire season with Baltimore, his second season with the Orioles...Was on the 15-day DL, May 13 - July 10, with a right oblique strain...In his 10 home starts, was 4-2 with a 3.62 ERA (26 ER, 64.2 IP) with seven Quality Starts...In his 13 road starts, was 3-5 with a 4.48 ERA (36 ER, 72.1 IP) and six Quality Starts...His 2.82 ERA before the All-Star break was the sixth-lowest in the AL among starters with eight or more starts...The O’s have scored just 38 runs (2.1 per game) in his 18 career losses and have scored 96 runs (5.1 per game) in the 19 games when he recorded a win...Orioles are 3-10 in his career when he works fewer than 5.0 innings, but when he pitches 5.1 or more innings, they are 27-15, including a 13-2 mark when he works 7.0 or more innings (Chen is 11-1 in those 15 outings, with his only loss coming August 4, 2013 vs. Seattle)... Since August 15, 2012, he has a 1-7 record within the division and is 7-4 against the rest of MLB...His 19 career wins are the second-most by a Taiwanese-born pitcher in major league history behind Chien-Ming Wang (62)…Chen passed Hong-Chih Kuo (13 wins) for second place with his April 26 win at Oakland...Had surgery following the season to remove bony ossicles from his right knee. 2012: Became the first Taiwanese-born player in Orioles history...Led club with 32 starts, the only Baltimore pitcher to make more than 20 starts...Struck out 12 in 5.1 IP vs. Oakland on July 29 to break Chien-Ming Wang’s major league record for strikeouts in a game by a Taiwanese-born pitcher...It was the most strikeouts by an Orioles pitcher since Erik Bedard tied the franchise-record with 15 K’s on July 7, 2007 at Texas...His 12 wins are most by a Baltimore pitcher since Erik Bedard won 13 in 2007...Began his major league career 4-0, the first Orioles starting pitcher to begin a season 4-0 since Erik Bedard in 2006...Won first major league game April 17 at Chicago (AL) to become the fourth Taiwanese-born pitcher in ML history to win a game, joining fellow countrymen Chien-Ming Wang (61 wins), Hong-Chih Kuo (13) and Chin-hui Tsao (4)...Allowed a home run to Derek Jeter, the first batter he faced in the majors April 10 vs. New York (AL), becoming the first pitcher since Cleveland’s Zach Putnam to allow a home run to the first batter he faced in the big leagues (Adrian Beltre, September 13, 2011 in Texas)...Struck out Curtis Granderson for his first MLB strikeout...Finished among AL qualifying rookies in IP (1st, 192.2), wins (T-4th, 12), strikeouts (3rd, 154), games started (1st, 32), opponent’s average (4th, .250) and ERA (6th, 4.02)...Earned the win in game two of the ALDS vs. New York (6.1 IP, 8 H, 2-R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K), becoming the third Taiwanese-born pitcher in ML history to record a postseason victory. 2011: Spent fourth consecutive season with the Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball...Posted a 2.68 ERA (164.2 IP, 49 ER) in 25 games (24 starts)...Was fourth consecutive year in which his ERA was lower than 3.00...Posted a better than 3:1 K-to-BB ratio for the fourth consecutive season...Combined to go 36-30 with a 2.48 ERA (631.1 IP, 174 ER) and 500 strikeouts in 117 games (88 starts) in four seasons with the Dragons. 2010: Set career-highs with 13 wins, 27 starts, 188.0 innings pitched and 153 strikeouts. 2009: Led the league with a 1.54 ERA, 0.93 WHIP and four shutouts in 164.0 innings. 2008: Went 7-6 with a 2.90 ERA (114.2 IP, 37 ER) in 39G (14 GS) in his first season with Chunichi at the age of 22…Member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the Beijing Olympics…Went 1-0 in two starts in the games, tossing 7.0 shutout innings in a 5-0 win over the Netherlands on August 13. 2004: Member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the Athens Olympics. PERSONAL: Wei-Yin Chen was signed by Baltimore as a non-drafted free agent on January 10, 2012...Married to Yi-Wen Tsai, and their son Karsten was born on November 12, 2012.

YR 08 09 10 11 12 13

Team Chunichi (JPN) Chunichi (JPN) Chunichi (JPN) Chunichi (JPN) BALTIMORE (AL) Bowie (AA) BALTIMORE (AL) Japanese Lg. Totals Major League Totals Minor League Totals

W-L 7-6 8-4 13-10 8-10 12-11 1-0 7-7 36-30 19-18 1-0

ERA 2.90 1.54 2.87 2.68 4.02 3.00 4.07 2.48 4.04 3.00

G 39 24 29 25 32 2 23 117 55 2

GS 14 23 27 24 32 2 23 88 55 2

CG 1 5 3 4 0 0 0 13 0 0

SV 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 8 0 0

IP 114.2 164.0 188.0 164.2 192.2 12.0 137.0 631.1 329.2 12.0

H R ER 101 40 37 113 32 28 166 63 60 138 57 49 186 97 86 9 4 4 142 62 62 518 192 174 328 159 148 9 4 4

HR 7 10 21 9 29 0 17 47 46 0

BB 33 40 49 31 57 2 39 153 96 2

SO 107 146 153 94 154 8 104 500 258 8

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DOB: 2/21/88 Opening Day Age: 26 Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 B/T: L/R Birthplace: Taitung, Taiwan Resides: Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 11/18/13 2013: Signed with Texas during the offseason and spent the entire season with Double-A Frisco...Tied for the Texas League lead with 36 doubles, a mark that led all Rangers minor leaguers...Ranked among Frisco team leaders in doubles (1st, 36), hits (2nd, 125), runs (2nd, 61), RBI (2nd, 52) and home runs (5th, 11)... Hit .291 (75-for-258) on the road...Reached base safely in 22 consecutive road games from June 10 to July 30, the second-longest stretch in the TL in 2013 - over that span he hit .378 (34-for-90) with a .412 OBP... Belted two home runs and drove in three, May 17 vs. San Antonio...Hit safely in 13 of 14 games from June 16 to July 1, over which he hit a league-best .453 (24-for-53) with two home runs, seven RBI and a .473 OBP - collected nine multi-hit games over that span to raise his average from .220 to .264...Batted .323 (41-for-127) in 32 games as a designated hitter...Made first professional pitching appearance on July 10 at Corpus Christi, taking the loss after allowing an unearned run in 0.2 innings of an 8-7, 16-inning setback. 2012: Split time between Double-A Jackson and Triple-A Tacoma in the Mariners system, combining to hit .249 with seven home runs and 48 RBI...Opened the year at Jackson and appeared in three games before being promoted to Tacoma and making his Triple-A debut on April 9...Collected his first Triple-A hit as part of a three-hit game vs. Colorado Springs, April 11...Amassed 11 multi-hit games over his 40 games with Tacoma before being assigned back to Jackson on May 26...Hit safely in a season-high 10 straight games, July 5-20...Appeared in eight postseason games with Jackson, batting .276 (8-for-29) with five RBI as the Generals lost in four games to the Mobile BayBears in the Southern League championship. 2011: Began the season with Double-A Portland in the Boston system before being traded to the Seattle Mariners...Appeared in 120 games between Portland and Double-A Jackson, combining to bat .302 (136for-451) with 79 runs, 44 doubles, four triples, 18 home runs and 86 RBI...Was an Eastern League midseason and postseason All-Star…Selected to play for the World squad in the All-Star Futures Game in Phoenix (0-for-3, R, BB, K)...Named the Topps/Minor League Baseball Eastern League Player of the Year after hitting .340 with 37 doubles and 18 home runs in 88 games with Portland... Acquired by Seattle, along with OF Trayvon Robinson, at trade deadline from Boston in exchange for LHP Erik Bedard and RHP Josh Field...At time of trade he ranked 3rd in the minors with 59 extra base hits... Appeared in 32 games for Jackson, batting .208 (27-for-130) with seven doubles and 10 RBI...Played for Peoria in the Arizona Fall League, where he hit .263 (20-for-76) in 20 games. 2010: Finished second on Double-A Portland with 35 doubles and 3rd in games (121)...Hit .323 (40-for-124) with runners in scoring position and .311 (46-for-148) after the All-Star break... Set a career high in walks (31)... Hit his first career grand slam on July 26 at Binghamton. 2009: Appeared in 85 games for Class-A Salem in the Carolina League…Made the transition from second base to the outfield…Hit .350 (7-for-20) with two home runs in five playoff games…Played for Chinese Taipei in the World Baseball Classic, where he hit .286 (2-for-7). 2008: Hit .303 in 83 games for Class-A Lancaster, his last full season as a second baseman...Played for Taiwan in the Beijing Olympics, batting .323 (10-for-31) in seven games. 2007: Appeared in 97 games for Class-A Greenville...Registered 36 of his 41 runs batted in against righthanded pitching...Batted .349 (22-for-63) with nine RBI in the eighth inning or later. 2006: Played for Taiwan’s national teams in several international youth and junior aged competitions. PERSONAL: Chih-Hsien Chiang was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on November 18, 2013...Originally signed by Boston as an international free agent on October 20, 2005...Traded from Boston to Seattle, along with OF Trayvon Robinson, in exchange for LHP Erik Bedard and RHP Josh Fields, July 31, 2011...Played for the 2009 Chinese Taipei World Baseball Classic team...His brother, Chih-Tsung Chiang, played for the La New Bears in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan.

YR Team 06 GCL Red Sox (R) Lowell (A) 07 Greenville (A) 08 Lancaster (A) 09 Salem (A) 10 Portland (AA) 11 Portland (AA) Jackson (AA) 12 Tacoma (AAA) Jackson (AA) 13 Frisco (AA) Minor League Totals

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AVG .287 .278 .262 .303 .264 .260 .340 .208 .245 .252 .263 .272

G 33 9 97 83 85 121 88 32 40 77 125 790

AB 122 36 355 320 299 438 321 130 159 290 476 2946

R 12 6 35 47 37 54 68 11 14 27 61 372

H 2B 35 8 10 0 93 27 97 19 79 21 114 35 109 37 27 7 39 6 73 18 125 36 801 214

3B 2 3 2 2 3 1 4 0 0 3 2 22

HR 1 1 5 9 6 11 18 0 2 5 11 69

RBI BB SO 12 4 11 8 2 9 41 22 81 59 18 52 38 24 48 65 31 64 76 25 61 10 6 30 11 5 21 37 17 57 52 23 88 409 177 522

SB 2 1 1 2 2 2 6 1 0 3 0 20

OBP .318 .308 .310 .337 .323 .312 .402 .255 .265 .289 .298 .317


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DOB: 7/11/83 Opening Day Age: 30 Height: 5-10 Weight: 194 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Wilmington, DE Resides: Newark, DE Acquired: Re-signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 1/7/14 2013: Opened season with Norfolk, and was Tides Opening Day starter on April 5 vs. Durham...Promoted to Baltimore on April 30 and made his Major League debut, May 1 at Seattle, allowing three earned runs on three hits and two walks in 1.2 innings... Struck out Jesus Montero for his first big league strikeout... Designated for assignment on May 4 and began transformation into a knuckleballer... Joined Bowie, going 1-4 with an 8.39 ERA in six games...Transferred from Bowie to Rookie Gulf Coast, where he went 0-2 with a 6.50 ERA...Finished his season with Frederick, going 1-7 with a 9.74 ERA (44.1 IP, 48 ER) in 10 games. 2012: Promoted to Norfolk on August 5 after going 10-5 with a 3.19 ERA in 20 games with Double-A Bowie... Selected to 2012 Eastern League All-Star team after going 7-4 with a 3.82 ERA in 16 games (15 starts) for the Baysox... Went 5-2 with a 1.75 ERA in eight games (seven starts) with Norfolk...His 15 wins between Bowie and Norfolk led all Orioles minor leaguers... His 2.79 ERA between Bowie and Norfolk led all O’s farmhands... Tossed his first career nine-inning complete game in his final outing of the year, August 31 vs. Gwinnett...Tossed at least 5.0 innings in all 26 of his starts (19 with Bowie, seven with Norfolk)...Won nine straight decisions between Bowie and Norfolk, May 28-July 25...Was added to Baltimore’s 40-man roster on October 31. 2011: Spent entire season with Bowie, leading the club in wins (10) and innings pitched (138.2) while ranking third in strikeouts (81)...Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week April 25-May 2, when he was 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA in 13 innings...Pitched at least 5.0 innings in 21 of his 23 starts. 2010: Spent time with four O’s affiliates, going 2-9 with a 4.37 ERA in 30 games (15 starts)…Went 0-3 with a 4.09 ERA (10-ER, 22.0-IP) in four starts with Norfolk, as the Tides totaled eight runs in his four outings. CAREER: Made Triple-A debut May 30 at Syracuse and earned first win June 4 at Scranton/WB... Was Class-A Aberdeen’s Opening Night starter in 2007, earning the win after allowing two hits in five shutout innings...Won his first professional game for Bluefield on June 22, 2006 at Elizabethton. PERSONAL: Zachary Higgins Clark was signed by Baltimore as a non-drafted free agent on May 26, 2006...Attended the University of Maryland at Baltimore County... Ranked second in UMBC history in starts (41), sixth in strikeouts (179), eighth in innings pitched (242.2) and eighth in appearances (53)...As a senior he was named team captain and batted .341 with 33 RBI and authored a 20-game hit streak.

YR Team 06 Bluefield (R) Aberdeen (A) 07 Frederick (A) Aberdeen (A) Delmarva (A) 08 Delmarva (A) Norfolk (AAA) Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) 09 GCL Orioles (R) 09 Bowie (AA) Frederick (A) Norfolk (AAA) 10 Delmarva (A) Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) Frederick (A) 11 Bowie (AA) 12 Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) 13 Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) Bowie (AA) GCL Orioles (R) Frederick (A) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

W-L ERA 5-4 2.11 1-1 7.36 0-1 11.05 3-1 1.03 2-3 3.10 1-2 4.11 1-2 5.40 2-2 3.25 4-2 3.60 0-0 0.00 2-1 5.06 0-0 1.13 0-0 3.86 0-0 0.00 1-1 3.41 0-5 4.13 2-3 5.25 10-9 5.00 10-5 3.19 5-2 1.75 1-2 4.56 0-0 16.20 1-4 8.63 0-2 6.75 1-7 9.74 52-59 4.21 0-0 16.20

G GS 13 13 3 2 3 1 5 4 10 9 6 1 4 4 12 4 10 10 4 4 13 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 14 2 6 4 9 9 24 23 20 19 8 7 5 5 1 0 6 5 4 4 10 10 196 140 1 0

CG 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

IP 64.0 11.0 7.1 26.1 58.0 15.1 18.1 27.2 60.0 9.0 26.2 8.0 4.2 2.0 37.0 28.1 48.0 138.2 121.1 46.1 25.2 1.2 24.0 17.1 44.1 869.1 1.2

H R ER 56 26 15 20 10 9 14 11 9 19 6 3 57 30 20 15 8 7 23 13 11 23 13 10 57 27 24 5 1 0 34 16 15 4 2 1 5 2 2 1 0 0 38 18 14 32 15 13 58 31 28 161 79 77 112 47 43 38 10 9 30 19 13 3 3 3 32 26 23 21 15 13 51 53 48 906 478 407 3 3 3

HR 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 4 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 4 11 8 1 1 0 2 1 3 57 0

BB SO 19 58 3 5 3 1 7 20 9 37 4 8 6 11 5 11 13 25 0 9 8 16 2 7 3 3 0 1 6 19 10 16 12 38 42 81 38 66 16 32 7 20 2 1 20 17 6 8 42 20 281 529 2 1

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DOB: 4/5/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-0 Weight: 195 B/T: L/R Birthplace: Baltimore, MD Resides: Baltimore, MD Acquired: Traded from Chicago-NL, along with RHP Scott Feldman, in exchange for RHPs Jake Arrieta & Pedro Strop, 7/2/13

2013: Began the year in Chicago (NL) but appeared in just eight games before he was hampered by an oblique strain (April 13 vs. SF), landed on the 60-day disabled list the following day...Played in 15 rehab games with Triple-A Iowa, June 3-21...Reinstated from the DL and optioned to Iowa, June 28... Traded to Baltimore, along with RHP Scott Feldman, on July 2, 2012... Became the 22nd Maryland-born Oriole in club history when he debuted for Baltimore, September 13 at Toronto...Collected first hit and RBI (as an Oriole) with a game-tying two-run double in the 7th inning of that game...Hit safely in all four games in which he played for the O’s, with the team going 3-1 in those games... In four minor league stops in the Cubs and Orioles organizations, batted .327/.405/.453 with four homers and 21 RBI in 43 games...Hit safely in 16 of his final 18 games with Norfolk, batting .354 (23-for-65) with two home runs and 11 RBI. 2012: Broke camp with the Cubs for the first time in his career and went on to play in 69 games for Chicago where he batted .201 (40-for-199) with 12 doubles, one home run and 16 RBI...Appeared in 51 games at catcher (making 49 starts) while throwing out six of 51 attempted basestealers... Played nine games at first base, including three starts, in his first career action at that position; also appeared at third base in one game... Hit his first career home run, June 29 vs. Houston, a two-run shot off Bud Norris. 2011: Combined to bat .319 (127-for-398) with 30 doubles, four triples, eight home runs and 54 RBI in 120 games between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa… Saw his first action in the majors as a September call-up... Named a mid-season Southern League All-Star for Double-A Tennessee for the second season in a row...Hit safely in 21 of 25 games with Triple-A Iowa, including a hit and a walk in his two pinch-hit opportunities, recorded 11 multi-hit games...Recorded a career-high four RBI in Iowa’s 11-10 comeback win over Tucson May 20, including a game-winning walk-off single...His pinch-hit, walk-off single in a 3-2 victory over Fresno, August 6, gave the I-Cubs their 3,000 Triple-A win. 2010: Named to the midseason Southern League All-Star team and went on to hit .317 (86-for-271) with 24 doubles, five homers and 47 RBI for Double-A Tennessee...Named the Southern League Hitter of the Week for August 16-22 where he hit .500 (11-for-22) with five doubles, two homers and 11 RBI. 2009: Combined to hit .290 (89-307) with 33 runs, 16 doubles, four triples, one homer and 36 RBI in 94 games with Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa…Spent the majority of the season with Iowa, batting .265 (61-230) with 12 doubles and 26 RBI in 68 contests…Batted .364 (28-77) in 26 games with Tennessee before his May 27 promotion to the I-Cubs. PERSONAL: Steven Scott Clevenger was acquired by Baltimore on 7/2/13 from the Cubs, along with RHP Scott Feldman, in exchange for RHP’s Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop...Originally selected by Chicago (NL) in the seventh round of the 2006 draft... Raised in Glen Burnie, MD where he attended Mount Saint Joseph HS and was a teammate of RHP Gavin Floyd... Hit .347 as a first-team All-Southland Conference shortstop in his only year at Southeastern Louisiana University before transferring to Chipola College (FL) in 2006.

YR Team 06 Boise (A) 07 Boise (A) Daytona (A) 08 Tennessee (AA) Daytona (A) 09 Tennessee (AA) Iowa (AAA) 10 Tennessee (AA) 11 Iowa (AAA) Tennessee (AA) CHICAGO (NL) 12 Iowa (AAA) CHICAGO (NL) 13 CHICAGO (NL) Iowa (AAA) GCL Orioles (R) Aberdeen (A) Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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AVG .286 .373 .323 .247 .313 .364 .265 .317 .407 .295 .250 .462 .201 .125 .327 .231 .389 .324 .267 .311 .204

G 63 22 43 29 84 26 68 88 25 95 2 5 69 8 15 4 5 20 4 592 83

AB 220 83 164 89 284 77 230 271 86 312 4 13 199 8 52 13 18 71 15 1983 226

R H 2B 35 63 8 10 31 9 21 53 8 5 22 5 36 89 20 12 28 4 21 61 12 37 86 24 9 35 3 42 92 27 1 1 1 5 6 2 16 40 12 1 1 0 14 17 5 0 3 0 4 7 0 12 23 2 1 4 1 263 616 129 19 46 14

3B 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0

HR 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 5 3 5 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 27 1

RBI BB SO 21 26 28 18 4 6 24 13 5 15 10 10 39 39 41 10 10 8 26 15 31 47 20 28 15 9 7 39 35 39 0 0 0 3 2 0 16 16 39 0 1 3 11 9 7 1 0 3 1 2 0 11 10 9 2 0 2 281 204 222 18 17 44

SB 5 0 0 0 7 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0

OBP .363 .398 .368 .314 .393 .443 .309 .367 .454 .363 .400 .533 .260 .222 .426 .214 .450 .402 .267 .373 .262


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DOB: 7/1/80 Opening Day Age: 33 Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Las Matas de Santa Cruz, DR Resides: Las Matas de Santa Cruz, DR Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 2/24/14 2013: Despite missing 50 games due to an MLB suspension, batted .266 with 27 home runs and 76 RBI in 109 games/starts with Texas…Had at least 22 HR and 76 RBI for a fifth consecutive season…Was named an All-Star for the second time in his career (also 2009)...Hit a grand slam and pair of three-run home runs in a span of four games from April 21-24...Led all Rangers in HR (7) and RBI (22) in June...Hit .338 (51-for151) with 2 outs, the 2nd-highest figure in the A.L. (Miguel Cabrera, .355) and 5th-best in majors (minimum 150 PA’s)...His 76 RBI ranked 2nd on the club despite sitting out nearly one-third of the season. 2012: Played his first full season in the major leagues without a stint on the disabled list or in the minor leagues…Ranked among the A.L. leaders in doubles (4th, 45), XBH (9th, 69), and games (T10th, 159). 2011: Appeared in 124 games with Texas... Set a postseason series home run and RBI record after hitting six home runs and collecting 13 RBI during the ALCS vs Detroit...Named ALCS MVP. 2010: Despite playing in just 108 games due to injuries, ranked among team leaders in steals (2nd, 17), doubles (3rd, 31), homers (3rd, 22), RBI (4th, 78) and hits (5th, 127)...Set career high in triples (3). 2009: In first full major league season, led the Rangers in homers (career-high 33) and slugging (.524), was 2nd in OBP (.332) and walks (49-tied) and placed 3rd in RBI (76), runs (75) and stolen bases (20)... Selected to the A.L. All-Star team as an injury replacement for Angels’ Torii Hunter...Lost to Prince Fielder in the finals of the State Farm All-Star Home Run Derby. 2008: Named Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player and Rangers organization Tom Grieve Minor League Player of the Year at Triple-A Oklahoma...Led all of MiLB with a .693 slugging percentage. PERSONAL: Nelson Ramon Martinez Cruz Jr. was signed by Baltimore as a free agent on February 24, 2014...Originally signed by the New York Mets as a non-drafted free agent on Feb. 23, 1998...Father, Nelson Cruz Sr., played professional baseball in the Dominican Republic.

YR Team 98 DSL Mets (R) 99 DSL Mets (R) DSL Mets2 (R) 00 DSL Mets (R) 01 AZL Athletics (R) 02 Vancouver (A) 03 Kane County (A) 04 Modesto (A) Midland (AA) Sacramento (AAA) 05 Huntsville (AA) Nashville (AAA) MILWAUKEE (NL) 06 Nashville (AAA) TEXAS (AL) 07 Oklahoma (AAA) TEXAS (AL) 08 AZL Rangers (R) Oklahoma (AAA) TEXAS (AL) 09 OK. City (AAA) TEXAS (AL) 10 OK. City (AAA) Frisco (AA) TEXAS (AL) 11 Frisco (AA) Round Rock (AAA) TEXAS (AL) 12 TEXAS (AL) 13 TEXAS (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

AVG .271 .200 .278 .351 .250 .276 .238 .345 .313 .231 .306 .269 .200 .302 .223 .352 .235 .250 .342 .330 .000 .260 .211 .364 .318 .182 .455 .263 .260 .266 .298 .268

G 30 35 36 69 23 63 119 66 67 4 68 60 8 104 41 44 96 1 103 31 3 128 5 3 108 3 3 124 159 109 909 804

AB 70 90 115 259 88 214 470 261 262 13 248 208 5 371 130 162 307 4 383 115 10 462 19 11 399 11 11 475 585 413 3280 2891

R 10 7 20 60 11 23 65 54 51 4 45 33 1 68 15 32 35 1 93 19 0 75 1 1 60 1 3 64 86 49 583 404

H 2B 19 0 18 4 32 4 91 14 22 3 59 14 112 26 90 27 82 14 3 1 76 19 56 13 1 1 112 22 29 3 57 9 72 15 1 1 131 18 38 9 0 0 120 21 4 1 4 1 127 31 2 1 5 0 125 28 152 45 110 18 976 192 774 171

3B 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 17 8

HR RBI BB SO SB OBP 1 13 7 21 6 .363 0 11 6 21 6 .255 1 21 16 27 14 .366 15 80 33 56 17 .434 3 16 4 29 6 .283 4 25 9 58 12 .316 20 85 29 128 10 .292 11 52 24 73 8 .407 14 45 26 69 8 .377 1 2 1 7 0 .286 16 54 31 71 10 .388 11 27 30 62 9 .382 0 0 2 0 0 .429 20 73 42 100 17 .378 6 22 7 32 1 .261 15 45 21 34 1 .428 9 34 21 87 2 .287 0 1 2 1 0 .500 37 99 56 87 24 .429 7 26 17 28 3 .421 0 0 1 5 1 .091 33 76 49 118 20 .332 0 4 2 5 0 .273 0 1 1 0 1 .385 22 78 38 81 17 .374 0 1 1 0 0 .250 3 4 2 1 0 .538 29 87 33 116 9 .312 24 90 48 140 8 .319 27 76 35 109 5 .327 172 659 344 855 150 .371 157 489 250 711 65 .327

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DOB: 1/7/79 Opening Day Age: 35 Height: 6-1 Weight: 247 B/T: L/R Birthplace: Flemington, NJ Resides: New Hope, PA Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 2/5/14 2013: Signed with Tampa Bay to a minor league contract with a spring training invite...Released by the Rays on March 23...Did not play the rest of the season. 2012: Attended spring training with Houston before being released on March 27...Signed with the Yankees on March 28 and spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Scranton/WB...Ranked fourth among Yankees minor leaguers with 20 home runs...Led the International League with a .400 on-base percentage and ranked among IL leaders home runs per at-bat ratio (2nd, 1/16.85) and walks (3rd, 81)... Made all 98 of his appearances with Scranton as a designated hitter...Had three multi-homer games... Released by the Yankees on August 1...Signed as a minor league free agent by Toronto and spent the remainder of the season with Triple-A Las Vegas...Batted .200/.397.617 in 16 games with the 51s. CAREER: Has not played a defensive position since making 16 appearances in the outfield for Oakland in 2010...Led the American League in walks (377) and strikeouts (673) from 2007-10...Twice named AL Player of the Week, May 7-13, 2007 and April 28-May 4, 2008...Hit his 100th MLB home run, 9/13/10 at Kansas City...Led Oakland in home runs for three straight seasons, 2007-09...Led the AL in strikeouts from 200709, the first player to lead the AL in strikeouts for three straight seasons since Minnesota’s Bobby Darwin did it from 1972-74...Set an AL record with 197 strikeouts in 2008...Walked or struck out in 269 of his 507 plate appearances (53.1 %) with Oakland in 2007 to become the first player in MLB history to walk or strikeout in at least half of his plate appearances...Led all minor leaguers with 143 walks in 2006...Made Baltimore’s Opening Day roster in 2004...Named MVP of 2002 Triple-A All-Star game...Hit a ninth-inning, game-tying two-run home run off Cubs closer Antonio Alfonseca for first MLB home run, 8/2/02...Picked up first big league hit against Milwaukee’s Mark Leiter, 10/7/01...Played in 2000 All-Star Futures Game in Atlanta... Named Arizona’s Minor League Player of the Year in 1999. PERSONAL: John Joseph Cust III was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on February 5, 2014...Originally selected by Arizona in the first round (30th overall) of the 1997 draft...Graduated from Somerville (NJ) Immaculata High School...His father, Jack Jr., was an outfielder at Seton Hall.

YR Team AVG 97 AZL Dbacks (R) .306 98 South Bend (A) .242 Lethbridge (R) .345 99 High Desert (A) .334 00 El Paso (AA) .293 01 Tucson (AAA) .278 ARIZONA (NL .500 02 Colorado Springs (AAA) .265 COLORADO (NL) .169 03 Ottawa (AAA) .285 BALTIMORE (AL) .260 04 BALTIMORE (AL) .000 Ottawa (AAA) .235 05 Sacramento (AAA) .257 06 Portland (AAA) .293 SAN DIEGO (NL) .333 07 Portland (AAA) .300 OAKLAND (AL) .256 08 OAKLAND (AL) .231 09 OAKLAND (AL) .240 10 Sacramento (AAA) .273 OAKLAND (AL) .272 11 SEATTLE (AL) .213 Lehigh Valley (AAA) .250 12 Scranton/WB (AAA) .249 Las Vegas (AAA) .200 13 Did not play -Minor League Totals .281 Major League Totals .242

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G 35 16 73 125 129 135 3 105 35 97 27 1 102 134 138 4 25 124 148 149 33 112 67 6 98 16 -1267 670

AB 121 62 223 455 447 442 2 359 65 333 73 1 344 479 441 3 80 395 481 513 110 349 225 20 337 50 -4303 2107

R 26 5 75 107 100 81 0 74 8 55 7 0 55 95 97 1 17 61 77 88 21 50 19 3 63 7 -881 311

H 37 15 77 152 131 123 1 95 11 95 19 0 81 123 129 1 24 101 111 123 30 95 48 5 84 10 -1211 510

2B 11 3 20 42 32 24 0 24 2 18 7 0 15 28 23 0 7 18 19 16 6 19 15 2 14 1 -270 96

3B 1 0 2 3 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -18 2

HR 3 0 11 32 20 27 0 23 1 9 4 0 17 19 30 0 9 26 33 25 4 13 3 1 20 0 -225 105

RBI 33 4 56 112 75 79 0 55 8 58 11 0 55 75 77 0 20 82 77 70 19 52 23 2 66 6 -792 323

BB 31 5 86 96 117 102 1 83 12 80 10 0 65 115 143 0 19 105 111 93 33 68 44 3 81 16 -1075 444

SO 39 20 71 145 150 160 0 121 32 94 25 1 127 153 124 1 29 164 197 185 33 127 87 3 127 21 -1417 819

SB 2 0 15 1 12 6 0 6 0 5 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 3 -58 6

OBP .447 .294 .530 .450 .440 .415 .667 .407 .295 .422 .357 .000 .358 .402 .467 .333 .430 .408 .375 .356 .444 .395 .344 .348 .400 .397 -.426 .374


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DOB: 3/17/86 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 6-3 Weight: 232 B/T: L/R Birthplace: Longview, TX Resides: Dallas, TX Acquired: Trade with Texas, along with RHP Tommy Hunter, in exchange for RHP Koji Uehara, 7/30/11

2013: Set Orioles franchise records and led MLB with 53 home runs, 96 extra-base hits and 370 total bases...Named Most Valuable Oriole...Finished third in AL MVP voting...Named to his 1st career AL All-Star Team and was the leading vote getter (8.2 million) among all players...Participated in the HR Derby at Citi Field... Won his first career Silver Slugger Award...Named AL Player of the Month for April (.348/.442/.728 9 HR and 28 RBI in 27 games)...Won two AL Player of the Week Awards (April 1-7 and May 27-June 2)... Led the majors in RBI (138), becoming the second Oriole to lead the majors (Miguel Tejada in 2004)... Became third Oriole to lead majors in XBH, joining Frank Robinson (85 in 1966) and Cal Ripken, Jr. (85 in 1991)...96 XBH tied for 29th in MLB history and he was the first player since Derrek Lee (99) in 2005 to record 96 or more XBH in a season...Led the majors with 138 RBI, which were the fourth-most in a season in Orioles history behind Miguel Tejada’s 150 in 2004, Rafael Palmeiro’s 142 in 1996 and Jim Gentile’s 141 in 1961... Led MLB in HR and RBI, becoming the 39th player to accomplish the feat...Hit 28 homers at Oriole Park, setting a franchise record, breaking Frank Robinson’s mark (27 HR at Memorial Stadium ‘66)... Set a club record with 199 strikeouts, topping Mark Reynolds’ 196 in 2011...Became third player in MLB history to have 50 home runs and 40 doubles in a season, joining Ruth (59 HR, 44 2B, ‘21) and Belle (52 HR, 50 2B, for Cleveland in 1995)...His 53 HR were 26th-most in baseball history and were the most in the majors since Jose Bautista hit 54 in 2010...Became the fifth player since 2003 to hit 53 or more, joining Bautista, Alex Rodriguez (54, ‘07), David Ortiz (54, ‘06) and Ryan Howard (58, ‘06)...His 50-HR as a first baseman are the most in the AL since 1974...Broke Rafael Palmeiro’s club mark for most HR in consecutive seasons (81 during the 1997-98 seasons) with 86 between the 2012-13 seasons. 2012: Appeared in the outfield for the first time in his career (20 games)... Named AL Co-Player of the Week with Justin Verlander for the week ending September 30 (7 G, .423 AVG, 5 HR, 10 RBI, 8 R)...Earned the win with 2.0 scoreless innings pitched May 6 at Boston, becoming the first AL position player to earn a victory on the mound since Rocky Colavito for New York (AL) in 1968...Had three-HR vs.Toronto on August 24... Hit a HR in six-straight games September 26-October 1, tying the club record set by Reggie Jackson in 1976... Joined Adam Jones to become the fifth pair of Orioles teammates to hit 30+ in the same season (6th time in franchise history)... Hit first career grand slam July 31 at New York (AL). CAREER: Finished fifth on the Rangers in home runs (21) and sixth in RBI (59) in 2009...Made MLB debut as a pinch-hitter on June 26, 2008 at Houston and singled off of Oscar Villareal in his first plate appearance...Named Rangers Minor League Player of the Year in 2007. PERSONAL: Christopher Lyn Davis was acquired by Baltimore, along with RHP Tommy Hunter, from Texas in exchange for RHP Koji Uehara on July 30, 2011…Selected by Texas in the fifth round of the 2006 draft out of Navarro College (TX)...Selected by the Yankees in 50th round of the 2004 draft out of Longview High School (TX), but did not sign…Also selected in the 35th round of the 2005 draft by the Angels, but did not sign...Hosted youngsters from Promise House, which embraces homeless, runaway, and at-risk teens, giving them needed support, encouragement, and hope to live a better life, for a Rangers game and Christmas party in 2009 and 2010.

YR Team 06 Spokane (A) 07 Bakersfield (A) Frisco (AA) 08 Frisco (AA) Ok. City (AAA) TEXAS (AL) 09 Ok. City (AAA) TEXAS (AL) 10 Ok. City (AAA) TEXAS (AL) 11 Round Rock (AAA) TEXAS (AL) Bowie (AA) BALTIMORE (AL) 12 BALTIMORE (AL) 13 BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

AVG .277 .298 .294 .333 .333 .285 .327 .238 .327 .192 .368 .250 .500 .276 .270 .286 .318 .266

G 69 99 30 46 31 80 44 113 103 45 48 28 2 31 139 160 472 596

AB 253 386 109 186 111 295 165 391 398 120 193 76 6 123 515 584 1807 2104

R 38 69 21 43 25 51 27 48 67 7 39 9 2 16 75 103 331 309

H 2B 70 18 115 28 32 7 62 14 37 7 84 23 54 12 93 15 130 31 23 9 71 14 19 3 3 1 34 9 139 20 167 42 574 132 559 121

3B 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 4

HR 15 24 12 13 10 17 6 21 14 1 24 3 0 2 33 53 118 130

RBI BB SO 42 23 65 93 22 123 25 13 27 42 13 44 31 13 29 55 20 88 30 25 39 59 24 150 80 37 105 4 15 40 66 11 58 6 5 24 0 1 2 13 6 39 85 37 169 138 72 199 409 158 492 360 179 709

SB 2 3 0 5 2 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 4 16 11

OBP .343 .340 .371 .376 .402 .331 .418 .284 .383 .279 .405 .296 .625 .310 .326 .370 .375 .327

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DOB: 5/1/87 Opening Day Age: 26 Height: 5-11 Weight: 198 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Resides: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 12/19/13 2013: Spent the entire season with Triple-A Indianapolis in the Pirates organization...Batted .319 in 103 games for Indy and was just 44 plate appearances shy of qualifying among the International League leaders, where his .319 average would have ranked second in the league...His average never dipped below the .300 mark from April 27 through the end of the season...Played predominantly second base (68 games), but also appeared defensively at third base (11 games) and shortstop (six games)... Ranked second in the IL with a .377 average (26-for-69) in July, and also ranked among IL leaders for the month in on-base percentage (2nd, .449) and doubles (2nd, 8)...Batted .366 (26-for-71) when leading off an inning... Hit .324 against right-handers and .305 against left-handers. 2012: Opened the season on the DL after suffering a strained left oblique during Spring Training... Recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque on May 29 to take the place of the injured Mark Ellis on the active roster... Went 3-for-13 (.231) with two walks and a sacrifice in 15 pinch-hitting appearances with the Dodgers... Drove in a career-high three runs and delivered a game-winning two-run double on May 22 at Arizona... Part of a package traded to Boston in the August 25 trade that brought IF Adrian Gonzalez, RHP Josh Beckett, OF Carl Crawford and IF Nick Punto to Los Angeles. 2011: Saw his first Major League action during three different stints with the Dodgers…Selected to the Opening Day roster after batting .317 with two doubles and three RBI in 28 Spring Training games... Made his Major League debut on April 1 vs. San Francisco and went hitless in three at-bats… Collected his first big league hit on April 16 vs. the Cardinals, a single off of Kyle McClellan... Finished the season with TripleA Albuquerque where he hit .310 with 19 doubles, eight home runs, 59 RBI and 61 runs in 100 games. 2010: Spent the entire season with Triple-A Albuquerque, playing in 130 games, which was second on the club... Hit .296 with seven homers, 70 RBI and 33 doubles…Ranked third on the Isotopes with 89 runs scored and 158 hits... Was successful in six of his seven stolen base attempts... Was named by Baseball America as the best defensive second baseman in the Pacific Coast League in their year-end “tools” issue. 2009: Missed most of the season after breaking his left tibia in a Spring Training “B” game. 2008: Was the Dodgers’ Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year, hitting .324 and leading the Southern League with a .419 OBP for Double-A Jacksonville... Led all full-season Dodger minor leaguers with 91 runs scored and 76 walks... Selected as a midseason Southern League All-Star, but did not play due to his involvement in the Futures Game... Batted .353 (41-for-116) with runners in scoring position... Stole 16 bases and was caught just twice. 2007: Hit .287 in 121 games at Class-A Inland Empire... Rated as the Dodgers’ 13th-best prospect and as having the Best Strike-Zone Discipline in the Dodger organization by Baseball America. 2006: Led Class-A Columbus with 134 hits... Ranked by Baseball America as the sixth-best Dodger prospect and also tabbed as the organization’s Best Defensive Infielder prior to the season. PERSONAL: Ivan De Jesus Jr was signed by Baltimore as a free agent on December 19, 2013…Originally selected by the Dodgers in the second round of the 2005 Draft...Attended American Military Academy in Guaynabo, PR, the same school that produced catcher Geovany Soto...Is the son of former Major League infielder Ivan De Jesus, who enjoyed a 15-year major league career with Los Angeles (NL), Chicago (NL), Philadelphia, St. Louis, New York (AL), San Francisco and Detroit.

YR Team AVG 05 GCL Dodgers (R) .339 Ogden (R) .208 06 Columbus (A) .277 07 Inland Empire (A) .287 08 Jacksonville (AA) .324 09 AZL Dodgers (R) .200 10 Albuquerque (AAA) .296 11 LOS ANGELES (NL) .188 Albuquerque (AAA) .310 12 LOS ANGELES (NL) .273 Albuquerque (AAA) .295 Pawtucket (AAA) .385 BOSTON (AL) .000 13 Indianapolis (AAA) .319 Minor League Totals .300 Major League Totals .205

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G 33 20 126 121 128 4 130 17 100 23 60 7 8 103 832 48

AB 121 72 483 428 463 10 533 32 387 33 224 26 8 304 3051 73

R 18 4 65 69 91 1 89 2 61 5 32 5 0 36 471 7

H 2B 41 5 15 1 134 17 123 22 150 21 2 1 158 33 6 0 120 19 9 3 66 12 10 1 0 0 97 27 916 159 15 3

3B 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 17 0

HR 0 0 1 4 7 0 7 0 8 0 3 0 0 3 33 0

RBI BB SO 11 10 22 3 6 18 44 63 85 52 57 64 58 76 81 3 1 6 70 32 81 1 2 11 59 45 68 4 3 7 33 14 53 0 2 3 0 0 6 32 29 65 365 335 546 5 5 24

SB 8 3 16 11 16 0 6 0 4 1 1 1 0 5 71 1

OBP .389 .296 .361 .371 .419 .308 .335 .235 .389 .324 .333 .429 .000 .380 .371 .253


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DOB: 8/1/88 Opening Day Age: 25 Height: 6-5 Weight: 190 B/T: L/L Birthplace: La Vega, Dominican Republic Resides: La Vega, Dominican Republic Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 11/18/13 2013: In his first year spent primarily as a reliever, he spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Albuquerque in the Dodgers organization...Opened the year with Double-A Chattanooga and did not allow an earned run over three appearances before being promoted to Albuquerque on April 20...Ranked third among Pacific Coast League relievers with 11.26 strikeouts per nine innings pitched...Held left-handed batters to a .217 average (18-for-83) with 34 strikeouts while allowing just two extra-base hits...Allowed eight of 26 inherited runners to score...Did not allow an earned run in 34 of his 47 outings, and allowed more than one earned run in only five of his 47 appearances...Posted a 2.17 ERA (7 ER, 29.0 IP) with four saves in 21 road games...His 50 appearances between the two levels was a career-high. 2012: Claimed off waivers by Detroit from Cleveland on March 23...Spent the entire season with Double-A Erie in the Tigers organization...Tied for the team lead with two complete games: May 8 at Akron (6.0 IP) and June 15 at New Britain (9.0 IP)...In 12 relief outings he posted a 3.52 ERA (9 ER, 23.0 IP), and as a starter he was 5-8 with a 5.26 ERA (54 ER, 92.1 IP) in 18 outings...Struck out a season-high nine on April 27 vs. Binghamton...Fared better against right-handers, limiting them to a .247 batting average (82-for-332) with 67 strikeouts; Left-handed hitters hit .324 33-for-102)…Did not allow an earned run in six of his last seven appearances after August 10, posting a 1.23 ERA (2 ER, 14.2 IP) and limiting opponents to a.154 batting average (8-for-52) in that span…Following the season, pitched for Aguilas Cibaenas of the Dominican Winter League. 2011: Spent season with Double-A Akron in the Cleveland organization... Posted a 9.9 strikeout per nine inning ratio, the second-best of his career to date...Also walked 6.0 batters per nine innings...Posted a 4.62 ERA (40 ER, 78.0 IP) in 16 starts and did not allow an earned run in seven appearances as a reliever...Held left-handed batters to a .143 average (13-for-91) with 39 strikeouts. 2010: Placed on Cleveland’s 40-man roster prior to the season...Split the year between Class-A Kinston and Double-A Akron, making 26 starts after coming back from a strained left elbow ligament in 2009...Limited Carolina League batters to a .183 average (22-for-120), including a mark of .091 (3-for-33) by left-handed hitters...At the time of his promotion to Akron from Kinston he was 6th in the Carolina League in innings, tied for sixth in strikeouts and 2nd in WHIP. 2009: Missed the majority of the season with a strained ligament in his left throwing elbow. 2008: Selected as a Single-A South Atlantic League All-Star with Lake County, going 8-4 with a 1.69 ERA in 18 starts…Combined to rank among the Indians’ organizational leaders with 12 wins (T-1st), a 2.98 ERA (2nd) and 138 strikeouts (3rd), posting career-best 11.0 strikeouts and 3.2 walks per 9.0IP. PERSONAL: Kelvin Antonio De La Cruz was signed by the Orioles as a free agent on November 18, 2013...Originally signed by Cleveland as a non-drafted free agent, December 4, 2004.

YR 05 06 07

Team DSL Indians (R) GCL Indians (R) GCL Indians (R)

W-L ERA 3-3 2.36 1-2 10.98 3-0 0.50 Mahoning Valley (A) 2-4 3.98 08 Akron (AA) 1-0 7.20 Lake County (A) 8-4 1.69 Kinston (A) 3-2 6.44 09 Kinston (A) 2-0 1.50 AZL Indians (R) 0-2 9.39 10 Kinston (A) 2-2 2.91 Akron (AA) 5-6 5.77 11 Akron (AA) 5-6 4.19 12 Erie (AA) 5-8 4.92 13 Chattanooga (AA) 0-0 0.00 Albuquerque (AAA) 3-1 2.89 Minor League Totals 43-40 4.04

G GS 13 12 9 4 3 3 12 12 1 1 18 18 8 8 2 2 3 3 6 6 20 20 23 16 30 18 3 0 47 0 198 123

CG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3

SV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 10

IP 53.1 19.2 18.0 54.1 5.0 95.2 29.1 12.0 7.2 34.0 93.2 86.0 115.1 5.0 62.1 691.1

H R ER 49 23 14 32 29 24 7 1 1 41 27 24 4 4 4 71 23 18 35 22 21 6 2 2 10 8 8 22 14 11 98 68 60 70 42 40 115 65 63 4 1 0 62 23 20 626 352 310

HR 3 2 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 3 12 3 16 0 3 54

BB SO 16 39 13 15 2 20 34 53 3 4 34 96 25 36 2 19 5 5 8 28 64 77 57 95 50 92 0 6 35 78 348 663

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DOB: 1/13/87 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-4 Weight: 217 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Worcester, MA Resides: Gardner, MA Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 43rd round of the 2008 draft 2013: Began the season on the disabled list after offseason surgery on his right shoulder...Made his season debut with Double-A Bowie on June 11...Allowed only one earned run over his first six appearances with the Baysox (10.0 IP, 13 K, 3 BB)...Finished the season with a 3-0 record, ten saves and a 1.74 ERA in 19 relief appearances...Held left-handed hitters to a .167 batting average (7-for-42) while right-handers hit .176 (12-for-68)... Allowed only one home run in his 31.0 innings pitched. 2012: Started three games for Double-A Bowie from May 17-28, going 1-1 with a 1.50 ERA and working 6.0 innings in each start...Missed the rest of the season with right shoulder tendinitis...Recalled and placed on the 60-day disabled list by Baltimore on September 29...Activated on November 2 and outrighted to Norfolk on November 20. 2011: Spent the majority of the season with Class-A Frederick and Bowie, while also making one relief appearance with Norfolk...Combined to go 11-6 with a 3.32 ERA in 27 games (25 starts) between the three levels...His 129 strikeouts ranked second among Orioles minor leaguers, while his 3.32 ERA was third-best among O’s farmhands and his 11 wins tied for third-most in the system...Tossed four complete games (two each for Frederick and Bowie), a mark that tied for the third-most among all minor league pitchers... Allowed three runs or less in 11 of his 14 outings for Frederick while holding Carolina League batters to a .224 average...Made Triple-A debut in two-inning relief effort, June 23 at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre... Returned to Frederick and tossed a nine-inning three-hit shutout on June 27 vs. Wilmington, striking out six...Named the Carolina League Pitcher of the Week, June 27-July 4, after going 2-0 and striking out 10 in 17.1 scoreless innings…Named the Orioles Organizational Pitcher of the Month for June when he went 31 with a 1.13 ERA (4-ER, 32.0-IP) with 19 strikeouts in four games…Pitched into the eighth inning in each of his final six starts for Frederick, going 5-1 with a 0.92 ERA (5-ER, 48.2-IP) over that span...Made two starts for Bowie in April (0-1, 24.75 ERA), but joined the Baysox for good on July 14...Earned first DoubleA victory on July 14 vs. Richmond, striking out 10 while allowing seven hits and two runs in a complete game, nine-inning effort...Made 10 starts for Bowie after the All-Star break, going 3-4 with a 3.90 ERA (26ER, 60.0-IP)...Pitched at least 5.0 innings in each of his final eight starts for the Baysox. 2010: Spent the entire season with Frederick and ranked second on the Keys in games started (21) and innings pitched (128.0)…Struck out a career-high 11 batters, August 13 vs. Winston-Salem...Led the Carolina League with 19 home runs allowed...Posted a 4.28 ERA in 21 starts and a 6.00 ERA in three relief outings...Tossed at least 6.0 innings in 15 of his final 19 starts. 2009: Spent the season with Class-A Delmarva and tied for the Shorebirds lead in wins (8)…Finished second on the club in strikeouts (104)…Allowed two earned runs or less in eight of his first ten starts of the season...Posted a 2.47 ERA in 11 games (10 starts) at home. 2008: Combined to post a 0.82 ERA between rookie-level Bluefield and and Class-A Aberdeen in his first professional season...Struck out 24 while walking just two...Notched first pro victory in his first career outing after tossing 1.1 innings of scoreless relief on July 27 at Burlington...Earned first pro save by striking out five over three innings of scoreless relief on August 27 vs. Vermont. PERSONAL: Oliver Gardner Drake was selected by Baltimore in the 43rd round of the 2008 draft... Attended the United States Naval Academy, where he majored in Quantitative Economics...His 78 strikeouts during his senior season ranked as the 10th most in a season in Navy history...Attended Northfield Mount Hermon High School (MA), where he earned letters in baseball and hockey.

YR Team 08 Bluefield (R) Aberdeen (A) 09 Delmarva (A) 10 Frederick (A) 11 Norfolk (AAA) Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) 12 Bowie (AA) 13 Bowie (AA) Minor League Totals

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W-L 1-0 0-0 8-9 6-6 0-0 8-3 3-5 1-1 3-0 30-24

ERA 0.77 0.87 4.34 4.36 0.00 2.14 5.20 1.50 1.74 3.58

G 7 5 25 24 1 14 12 3 19 110

GS 0 0 24 21 0 13 12 3 0 73

CG 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4

SV 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 9

IP 11.2 10.1 130.2 128.0 2.0 96.2 64.0 18.0 31.0 492.1

H R ER 7 2 1 9 3 1 138 72 63 135 70 62 1 0 0 78 27 23 77 39 37 8 4 3 19 8 6 472 225 196

HR 1 0 6 19 0 1 8 1 1 37

BB SO 2 11 1 13 42 104 37 100 1 2 18 80 24 47 4 15 13 38 142 410


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DOB: 10/6/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-4 Weight: 235 B/T: R/R Birthplace: La Guaira, Venezuela Resides: La Guaira, Venezuela Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 11/20/13 2013: Went 1-4 with a 5.67 ERA in a major league career-high 37 games for Colorado...Also posted MLB career-highs in innings (46.0) and strikeouts (34)... Pitched to a 1.54 ERA (4 ER, 23.1 IP) over his first 13 appearances, April 2-May 14...Earned first major league victory in his season debut, tossing 1.2 shutout innings in a victory at Milwaukee, April 2...Held National League batters to a .136 average (3-for-22) with runners in scoring position and two outs...Struck out season-high three, April 30 at Los Angeles (NL)... Tossed a season-high 3.0 scoreless innings, May 10 at St. Louis...Allowed just two of 13 inherited runners to score... Appeared in one game for Triple-A Colorado Springs, June 28. 2012: Made a career-high 22 appearances for the Rockies in 2012…Also set a career-high with 21 strikeouts… Had two stints for the Rockies…Recalled for the first time, April 17, and optioned May 8…Was recalled for the final time on August 4 and spent the remainder of the season with the Rockies despite spending time on the 15-day disabled list, August 11-September 2, with right elbow inflammation… Issued his first career loss, May 4 vs. Atlanta after allowing two runs on two hits over 1.0 inning, the first decision of his career…Finished the season with five scoreless outings, allowing just five hits and one walk while striking out four over 7.0 innings, September 22-October 3…Made 32 appearances for Triple-A Colorado Springs, his third straight season with at least 30 appearances for the Sox…Had the second-best ERA (2.93) among Sox pitchers with at least 20 appearances, as well as the second-lowest opponent batting average (.240)…Had the third-most saves (5) on the Sox…Posted a 2.57 ERA (4 ER, 14.0 IP) in 13 outings in September/October…Held opponents to a .264 (23-for-87) average against, including lefties at .242 (8-for-33) and righties at .278 (15-for-54). 2011: Began the season with Triple-A Colorado Springs where he was used in late-inning relief…Was recalled by the Rockies for a spot relief outing, July 1 vs. Kansas City (IP, H)…Spent the rest of the season at Colorado Springs where he finished with a 3-1 record and a 3.18 ERA in 34 appearances…His .241 opponent average and 1.16 WHIP were the lowest among all Sky Sox pitchers. 2010: Made his MLB debut with a 1.0 inning outing on September 10 vs. Arizona, getting three fly outs on just eight pitches…Registered first big league strikeout on September 14 vs. San Diego (Ryan Ludwick)... Held opponents to a .190 (4-for-21) average in his five games with the Rockies…Was rated by Baseball America as the 27th-best prospect in the Rockies system following the season. 2009: Began his season with Single-A Modesto, working as the club’s primary set-up man from the beginning of the season to mid-June, when he was promoted to Double-A Tulsa…Had 34 strikeouts and just nine walks in his 28 games with Modesto…After the promotion to Tulsa in June, took over as a top set-up man in the bullpen…Following the season was added to the Rockies 40-man roster for the first time…Rated as the Rockies 20th-best prospect in the organization by Baseball America. 2008: In his first full professional season he spent the entire season with Single-A Asheville…Was one of five Tourists relievers to post a sub-3.50 ERA (3.22)…His 44 appearances were third-most on the team PERSONAL: Edgmer Escalona was signed by the Orioles as a free agent on November 19, 2013... Originally signed by Colorado as a non-drafted free agent on September 8, 2004 by scouts Rolando Fernandez, Orlando Medina and Frank Cartaya.

YR 05 06 07 08 09

Team W-L DSL Rockies (R) 2-2 DSL Rockies (R) 0-2 Casper Ghosts (R) 1-1 Asheville (A) 6-2 Modesto (A) 2-0 Tulsa (AA) 1-2 10 Colorado Springs (AAA) 3-5 COLORADO (NL) 0-0 11 Colorado Springs (AAA) 3-1 COLORADO (NL) 0-0 12 Colorado Springs (AAA) 3-3 COLORADO (NL) 0-1 13 Colorado Springs (AAA) 0-0 COLORADO (NL) 1-4 Minor League Totals 21-18 Major League Totals 1-5

ERA 1.64 7.11 4.05 3.22 2.48 2.45 6.00 1.50 3.18 1.75 2.93 6.04 0.00 5.67 3.63 4.50

G 20 14 18 44 28 31 57 5 34 14 32 22 1 37 279 78

GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 15 0

IP 38.1 19.0 26.2 78.1 32.2 36.2 69.0 6.0 39.2 25.2 40.0 22.1 1.1 46.0 381.2 100.0

H R ER 28 9 7 22 15 15 22 17 12 71 32 28 25 10 9 33 12 10 66 47 46 4 1 1 35 14 14 17 5 5 37 18 13 23 16 15 1 0 0 52 32 29 340 174 154 96 54 50

HR 1 1 1 9 3 5 17 0 4 3 2 5 0 8 43 16

BB SO 9 13 11 17 13 20 18 79 7 34 11 32 32 74 4 2 11 40 7 14 17 40 7 21 0 2 14 34 129 351 32 71

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DOB: 7/27/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 B/T: L/R Birthplace: Portland, ME Resides: Franklin, TN Acquired: Selected from Chicago-NL in Major League portion of the Rule 5 draft, 12/8/11

2013: Had three stints with the Orioles: March 31-May 18, May 29-August 27 and September 3-end of the season...Made his second straight Opening Day roster...Opened season with Baltimore and hit .133 (12-for-90) with two home runs and six RBI in 30 games before being optioned to Norfolk on May 18... Appeared in eight games with the Tides, batting .265 with two home runs and five RBI before being recalled to Baltimore on May 29...From May 29 through the end of the season with Baltimore, he batted .276 (43-for-156) with eight home runs and 21 RBI in 47 games...Had a career-high eight-game hit streak (a stretch that included six multi-hit games) from June 18-29, over which he batted .483 (14-for-29) with four home runs, six runs and nine RBI...Collected first career multi-HR game and had a season-high three runs batted in, June 23 at Toronto...Registered a career-high three hits, August 2 vs. Seattle. 2012: Made Baltimore’s Opening Day roster... Appeared defensively at second base (28 games), third base (17 games), right field (17 games), left field (7 games), first base (3 games) and shortstop (1 game)... Collected first MLB hit on April 26 vs. Toronto, a single off of Luis Perez...Made MLB debut on April 7 vs. Minnesota...Led off with his first major league home run on May 10 vs. Texas (Colby Lewis) to start a string of back-to-back-to-back homers to begin the game for the Orioles, the first time the feat had been accomplished in AL history...Hit first career grand slam and had career-high five RBI on September 28 vs. Boston...Stole first ML base on June 29 vs. Cleveland...Went 1-for-3 in AL Wild Card Game at Texas, becoming the first Rule 5 pick to play in a postseason game in the season immediately following his selection since Chad Fonville with the Dodgers in 1995...Played three games vs. New York in the ALDS and became the first Orioles rookie to homer in a postseason game as he batted .250 (2-for-8) in the series. 2011: His 88 RBI ranked third among Cubs farmhands and he tied for seventh in the system with 19 home runs...Named to Southern League All-Star Team... Had the second-most home runs (7) and third-most RBI (21) in the Southern League through April...Reached base safely in 16 straight home contests from May 9-June 5, and batted .383 (23-for-60) with a .456 OBP over that span...Promoted to Triple-A Iowa on July 14... Selected by Baltimore in the Rule 5 Draft on December 8, and was named the Orioles #7 prospect by Baseball America after the season. 2010: Opened the year with Tennessee and appeared in 23 games before being assigned to Class-A Daytona where he spent the remainder of the season...Ranked among Florida State League leaders in doubles (2nd, 34) and batting average (9th, .286)...Put together a 14-game hitting streak from May 18-June 1, the eighth-longest in the league during the 2010 season 2009: Spent the entire year with Class-A Peoria...His 20 homers led the Cubs farm system while his 81 RBI were third among Chicago farmhands. PERSONAL: Ryan Edward Flaherty was selected by Baltimore from the Chicago Cubs in the Rule 5 draft on December 8, 2011...Originally selected by the Cubs in the 2nd round of the 2008 draft out of Vanderbilt University...Was a Baseball America Third Team Preseason All-American his senior year at Vanderbilt...Was college teammates with future big leaguers David Price, Pedro Alvarez and Mike Minor...Set a Commodores school record with a 38-game hitting streak, 2007-2008...Started predominantly at second base for Team USA on a squad that won a silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro...Named Gatorade Maine High School Player of the Year as a senior at Deering High School (ME)... Lettered in baseball, football and basketball in high school...His father, Ed, is the head coach at Division III University of Southern Maine...Ed Flaherty was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2004 and has won two national titles (1991, 1997) with the Huskies.

YR 08 09 10

Team Boise (A) Peoria (A) Tennessee (AA) Daytona (A) 11 Tennessee (AA) Iowa (AAA) 12 Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) 13 Norfolk (AAA) Delmarva (A) Frederick (A) BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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AVG .297 .276 .183 .286 .305 .237 .289 .216 .265 .250 .286 .224 .278 .221

G 56 131 23 108 83 49 9 77 8 2 2 85 471 162

AB 219 485 71 420 302 173 38 153 34 8 7 246 1757 399

R H 2B 39 65 19 81 134 24 10 13 2 65 120 34 52 92 20 22 41 11 5 11 1 15 33 2 4 9 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 28 55 11 280 489 113 43 88 13

3B 2 5 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 1

HR 8 20 1 9 14 5 2 6 2 0 1 10 62 16

RBI BB SO 26 24 51 81 50 98 9 10 12 63 41 74 66 40 55 22 10 44 3 2 9 19 6 43 5 1 8 1 0 3 2 0 3 27 19 62 278 178 357 46 25 105

SB 4 7 1 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 23 3

OBP .369 .344 .286 .348 .384 .277 .341 .258 .286 .250 .286 .293 .345 .279


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DOB: 3/18/89 Opening Day Age: 25 Height: 6-3 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Wilton, CA Resides: Wilton, CA Acquired: Traded from Oakland, along with IF Jemile Weeks, in exchange for RHP Jim Johnson, 12/12/13

2013: Split time between Double-A Midland and Triple-A Sacramento within the Oakland organization... Between the two leagues, combined to hit .231 (74-for-321) with 14 doubles, 10 home runs, 30 RBI and 21 walks...Opened the year in Sacramento and appeared in two games before joining Midland on April 12...Homered four times over a three-game series in Tulsa, May 22-24; that stretch included a two-homer game on May 23...Promoted back to Sacramento on July 26 and spent the remainder of the season with the River Cats...Hit his lone home run for Sacramento in his first game back with the club, July 26 at Las Vegas... Played in nine games for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League, batting .222 (6-for-27) with a home run and four RBI. 2012: Spent most of the season with Class-A Potomac in the Washington organization where he batted .271 with five home runs and 46 RBI in 78 games‌Traded to Oakland in August in exchange for C Kurt Suzuki and was assigned to Double-A Midland...Hit .333 with two home runs and 11 RBI in 20 games with the RockHounds for a .283 average in 98 games overall...Was named to the Carolina League Midseason All-Star team...Appeared in 93 games at catcher and one at first base...Saw most of his action batting clean-up with 77 games, including 75 of his 78 games with Potomac...Hit in every spot in the order except first and third. 2011: Batted .288 with 13 home runs and 73 RBI in 123 games with Single-A Hagerstown in his first full professional season...Led the South Atlantic League in walks (82) and ranked second in on-base percentage (.409)‌Was a South Atlantic League Midseason All-Star...Threw out 39 of 154 (25.3%) attempted base stealers...Belted a grand slam and had a season-high five RBI May 5 against Lexington, beginning a streak of eight consecutive games with an RBI (15 RBI over that stretch). 2010: Made his professional debut with Vermont of the Short-Season New York-Penn League, batting .307 with four home runs and 40 RBI in 62 games...Tied for third in the NYPL in doubles (19) and ranked fourth in on-base percentage (.408)...Named to the NYPL Midseason All-Star Team...Led the Lake Monsters in doubles, RBI, on-base percentage and total bases (98). PERSONAL: David Freitas was acquired by Baltimore from Oakland on December 12, 2013, along with IF Jemile Weeks, in exchange for RHP Jim Johnson...Originally drafted by Washington in the 15th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft but was dealt to Oakland in a trade for catcher Kurt Suzuki, August 3, 2012...Graduated from Elk Grove (CA) High School in 2007, where he led his team to section championships from 2005-07...Attended Cosumnes River College (Sacramento, CA) where he was a Junior College All-American at catcher...Transferred to the University of Hawaii in 2010, where he was a teammate of current Cardinals farmhand Kolten Wong.

YR 10 11 12

Team Vermont (A) Hagerstown (A) Potomac (A) Midland (AA) 13 Midland (AA)

AVG .307 .288 .271 .333 .214 Sacramento (AAA) .268 Minor League Totals .276

G 62 123 78 20 61 29 373

AB 218 427 273 63 224 97 1302

R H 32 67 67 123 37 74 12 21 34 48 13 26 195 359

2B 19 30 22 6 6 8 91

3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HR 4 13 5 2 9 1 34

RBI BB SO 40 34 47 73 82 87 46 39 52 11 6 15 21 20 39 9 11 14 200 192 254

SB 2 2 0 0 0 0 4

OBP .408 .409 .374 .392 .285 .355 .377

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DOB: 12/21/84 Opening Day Age: 29 Height: 6-1 Weight: 204 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Merced, CA Resides: Rocklin, CA Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 21st round of the 2008 draft. Re-signed as a free agent, 1/7/14

2013: In his first season as a knuckleball pitcher, he went a combined 6-11 with a 4.43 ERA and 114 strikeouts between Double-A Bowie and Norfolk...Began using the pitch after working with Hall of Fame knuckleballer Phil Niekro during spring training...Ranked sixth among Orioles minor leaguers with 114 strikeouts...Threw a 7.0 inning no-hitter in game one of a doubleheader for Bowie vs. Harrisburg on June 30, walking three and striking out five in the contest - Bowie’s first no-hitter since Radhames Liz struck out eight in a nine inning no-hitter on June 1, 2007...One start prior to his no-hitter, Gamboa took a no-hitter into the eighth inning of his start vs. Altoona before yielding a leadoff single...Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 24-30...Named O’s organizational Pitcher of the Month in June after going 3-2 with a 2.02 ERA (8 ER, 35.0 IP)...Promoted to Norfolk on July 10 and made his final nine starts of the year with the Tides...Posted a 4.71 ERA over his first eight outings before surrendering eight earned runs in 1.1 innings of his final start, a loss at Charlotte on August 30...Pitched for Mayos de Navojoa in the Mexican Winter League, going 3-4 with a 2.64 ERA (19 ER, 64.2 IP) in 11 starts...Added to O’s 40man roster on November 20, but was not tendered a contract and became a free agent on December 2. 2012: Began the season with Double-A Bowie… Ranked 3rd on the Baysox with eight wins…Ranked fourth on the team in innings (92.0) and strikeouts (71)…Made 10 of his first 12 appearances out of the bullpen and went 2-0 with one save and a 1.59 ERA (4 ER, 22.2 IP)…Tossed 15.2 consecutive scoreless innings, April 24-May 10… Started in his final 11 games and went 6-4 with a 3.89 ERA (30 ER, 69.1IP) in 13 starts with Bowie… Pitched 7.0 innings and allowed one earned run while tying a season-high with seven strikeouts on August 22 at Richmond…Threw 6.0 shutout innings in his only start with Class-A Frederick, allowing two hits and striking out four…Earned a win in his Triple-A debut, May 17 vs. Charlotte. 2011: Spent the majority of the season with Double-A Bowie, his third consecutive year with the Baysox...Held Eastern League hitters to a .223 batting average against...Went 2-1 with four saves and a 1.13 ERA in 12 relief outings and 0-5 with a 4.54 ERA in nine starts...Opened the season as a starter, going 1-2 with a 4.22 ERA in five games (four starts) during the month of April...Placed on the disabled list May 1 and made two rehab appearances with Class-A Aberdeen before rejoining Bowie at the beginning of July...Did not allow a run over his final 14.1 innings. 2010: Made 24 of his first 25 appearances on the season out of the bullpen for Bowie before starting in his final 10 games of the season…In eight appearances (three starts) in July, pitched to a 2.01 ERA (5 ER, 22.1 IP)…Set a new career-high with seven strikeouts on July 29 against New Britain...Went 3-4 with two saves and a 3.50 ERA in 25 relief outings and 4-1 with a 3.98 ERA in 11 starts. 2009: Combined to go 11-0 with three saves and a 1.08 ERA in 39 relief outings between Delmarva, Frederick and Bowie...30 of his 39 outings were scoreless...Registered 75 strikeouts and 17 walks in 83.2 innings...His 11 victories tied with Jake Arrieta, Brian Matusz and Andy Mitchell for the most among Orioles minor leaguers...His ERA would have led all O’s farmhands, but he did not have enough innings pitched to qualify...Appeared in eight games for the Phoenix Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League. PERSONAL: Eduardo Gamboa was selected by Baltimore in the 21st round of the 2008 draft...Re-signed with Baltimore as a free agent, January 7, 2014...Attended the University of California-Davis...During his fifth-year senior season with the Aggies, he led the club with a 2.20 ERA and three complete games as he was named second team All-Big West...Ended his career with a complete game four-hit victory over Stanford during the Aggies' first-ever D-I regional game in their first official Division I season...Underwent “Tommy John” surgery during his junior year at UC-Davis...Graduated from Merced HS (CA), where he was named to the All-Central California Conference his junior and senior years.

YR Team 08 Bluefield (R) 09 Delmarva (A) Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) 10 Bowie (AA) 11 Aberdeen (A) Bowie (AA) 12 Norfolk (AAA) Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) 13 Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) Minor League Totals

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W-L 1-7 6-0 4-0 1-0 7-5 0-0 2-6 1-1 1-0 8-4 4-6 2-5 37-34

ERA 3.63 1.86 0.55 0.00 3.75 1.29 3.05 7.02 0.00 3.33 3.64 6.23 3.37

G 12 18 14 7 36 2 21 4 2 23 16 9 164

GS 12 0 0 0 11 0 9 3 1 13 16 9 74

CG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4

SV 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 10

IP 62.0 38.2 33.0 12.0 98.1 7.0 73.2 16.2 8.2 92.0 99.0 43.1 584.1

H R ER 64 31 25 30 8 8 27 3 2 7 3 0 97 45 41 4 1 1 60 30 25 20 13 13 2 0 0 103 41 34 82 49 40 41 35 30 537 259 219

HR 6 5 0 0 10 0 7 4 0 4 6 2 44

BB SO 14 41 3 35 7 29 7 11 27 83 0 9 12 50 5 9 0 6 17 71 31 79 28 35 151 458


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DOB: 9/12/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 B/T: S/L Birthplace: Trenton, NJ Resides: Ewing, NJ Acquired: Signed as a minor league free agent, 2/10/14. 2013: In his first season pitching primarily out of the bullpen, he spent the entire year with Double-A Montgomery of the Diamondbacks organization...Led BayBears with 47 games pitched...Tied for third in the Southern League with 12 holds...Registered 49 strikeouts in 43.2 innings...Allowed just seven of 36 inherited runners to score (19.4 %)...Held SL left-handers to a .194 average (13-for-67) with 25 strikeouts...Struck out a season-high six batters over a 3.0 inning relief outing, April 12 vs. Pensacola...Held opposing batters to a .100 average (2-for-20) with RISP and two outs. 2012: Signed by Seattle to a minor league free agent deal before the season... Split his time between Triple-A Tacoma and Double-A Jackson where he combined to go 6-9 with a 5.13 ERA in 24 games (21 starts)...Tossed a season-high 8.0 innings on August 1 vs. Oklahoma City, allowing one earned run on four hits while striking out four in a no-decision. 2011: Spent bulk of season with Double-A Trenton in the Yankees system… Recalled from minors on July 19 and made his Major League debut July 25 vs. Seattle, retiring Justin Smoak and Franklin Gutierrez on fly balls to wrap up a 10-3 Yankees victory…Optioned back to Trenton on July 29 and designated for assignment on September 11…Held Eastern League left-handed batters to a .259 batting average (21-for-81), while right-handers hit .336 (81-for-241)…Had two stints on the minor league disabled list: May 4-June 25 with a left groin strain and August 19-31 with a left finger laceration…Made one rehab appearance with Staten Island, throwing 5.0 shutout innings on June 21. 2010: Opened the season on the disabled list recovering from surgery to repair a torn ACL in his right knee… Joined Class-A Lake Elsinore of the Padres organization on May 31... Promoted to Portland on June 21 for his first Triple-A action, made five starts before returning to the disabled list on July 20 with a left ankle sprain.... Was designated for assignment on September 6 and claimed of waivers by the Yankees. 2009: Began the season on the disabled list recovering from surgery to repair a partially torn rotator cuff... Combined at three different levels to go 1-2 with a 5.56 ERA (21 ER, 34.0 IP) in 13 appearances (12 starts) with Single-A Lake Elsinore, Double-A San Antonio and the AZL Padres. 2008: Spent the entire season at Double-A San Antonio, posting a 7-7 record with a 3.82 ERA (129.2IP, 55ER) in 24 starts... Season was cut short on August 22 due to left shoulder soreness. 2007: Split the season between the Milwaukee and San Diego organizations following a July 25 trade to the Padres in exchange for RHP Scott Linebrink. 2006: Spent the entire season at Single-A West Virginia, joining the team at the end of May… Went 7-6 with a 3.45 ERA (34 ER, 88.2 IP) in 17 games (16 starts)… Tied for third-most starts on the team. PERSONAL: Stevenson Nathaniel Garrison was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on February 10, 2014...Originally selected by Milwaukee in the 10th round of the 2005 draft...Graduated from the Hun School of Princeton (NJ), the same high school attended by actor Ethan Hawke, NFL players Myron Rolle (safety) and Nick Williams (wide receiver) and Elliott Roosevelt, son of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

YR 05 06 07

Team W-L AZL Brewers (R) 2-2 West Virginia (A) 7-6 Brevard County (A) 8-4 Lake Elsinore (A) 2-3 08 San Antonio (AA) 7-7 09 AZL Padres (R) 0-2 Lake Elsinore (A) 0-0 San Antonio (AA) 1-0 10 Portland (AAA) 1-3 AZL Padres (R) 0-0 Lake Elsinore (A) 1-1 11 Staten Island (A) 0-0 NEW YORK (AL) 0-0 Trenton (AA) 4-8 12 Tacoma (AAA) 1-4 Jackson (AA) 5-5 13 Mobile (AA) 1-1 Minor League Totals 40-46 Major League Totals 0-0

ERA 2.86 3.45 3.44 2.79 3.82 6.20 1.17 9.00 8.87 3.00 3.14 0.00 0.00 5.95 5.86 4.74 3.30 4.20 0.00

G GS 11 4 17 16 20 20 7 7 24 24 9 9 2 1 2 2 5 5 3 3 9 3 1 1 1 0 17 16 7 7 17 14 47 1 198 133 1 0

CG 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

SV 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

IP 34.2 88.2 104.2 42.0 129.2 20.1 7.2 6.0 22.1 6.0 28.2 5.0 0.2 75.2 43.0 81.2 43.2 739.2 0.2

H R ER 39 13 11 86 38 34 105 58 40 32 15 13 123 59 55 22 14 14 5 2 1 9 6 6 34 22 22 5 2 2 28 13 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 102 58 50 54 29 28 100 47 43 40 16 16 788 392 345 0 0 0

HR 0 10 6 2 13 1 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 12 10 9 6 77 0

BB SO 5 28 22 77 28 74 6 28 37 108 5 22 2 7 1 3 7 17 1 8 10 13 1 4 0 0 20 46 4 20 20 38 14 49 183 542 0 0

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DOB: 1/6/91 Opening Day Age: 23 Height: 6-4 Weight: 185 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Centennial, CO Resides: Centennial, CO Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 2012 draft 2014: Rated by several publications among the Top 100 prospects in baseball, including Baseball Prospectus (#10), Baseball America (#20), ESPN.com (#23) and MLB.com (#31). 2013: Split the season between Double-A Bowie, Norfolk and Baltimore, going 6-11 with a 3.86 ERA (62 ER, 144.2 IP) in 36 games (20 starts)...Opened the year with Bowie, where he registered 49 strikeouts in 46.1 innings pitched, including a season-high 10 punchouts in his final game with the Baysox on May 17 at Trenton...Promoted to Baltimore and made his Major League debut on May 23 at Toronto, where he took the loss (5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K)...Recorded first MLB strikeout in that contest, fanning Edwin Encarnacion in the first inning...In five starts with the O’s he went 0-3 with a 7.66 ERA (21 ER, 24.2 IP) before being optioned to Norfolk on June 13...Made one start with Norfolk on June 19 vs. Indianapolis before being recalled to Baltimore on June 24, as he joined the O’s bullpen...Collected first MLB win on June 28 vs. New York (AL), tossing 4.1 shutout innings of relief...Optioned back to Norfolk on July 9... Pitched in seven games (six starts) during his second stint with the Tides, going 1-1 with a 2.73 ERA (9 ER, 29.2 IP), 29 strikeouts and eight walks...Recalled to Baltimore on August 28 and spent the remainder of the year in the O’s bullpen...Posted a 2.35 ERA (2 ER, 7.2 IP) with one walk and 13 strikeouts over his final seven relief appearances, September 13-28...Rated by Baseball America after the season as the #2 prospect in the Orioles system, and the same publication rated him as having the Best Fastball and Best Changeup among Orioles minor leaguers. 2012: Pitched in six games between Class-A Aberdeen and Class-A Frederick after being chosen in the first round (4th overall) of the 2012 draft...Made six starts between the two levels, each of which was 3.0 innings in length...Registered 18 strikeouts and one walk in 18.0 innings...Made pro debut on August 6 vs. State College, retiring all nine batters he faced (two by strikeout) in 3.0 innings of work...Followed that up by yielding one hit over 3.0 shutout innings on August 12 vs. Connecticut...Yielded one hit over 3.0 shutout innings, August 30 at Salem...Allowed two hits while striking out five over 3.0 innings in a playoff start for Double-A Bowie, September 7 vs. Akron...After the season, was ranked by Baseball America as the #2 prospect in the Orioles system, as well as having the Best Changeup in the O’s organization...Ranked by MLB.com as the #2 prospect in the O’s system and the 37th-best prospect in all of baseball entering 2013. PERSONAL: Kevin John Gausman was selected by Baltimore in the first round (4th overall) of the 2012 draft...Was selected in the sixth round of the 2010 draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers but did not sign... Attended Louisiana State University, where he was a First-Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game, ABCA) and First-Team All-SEC as a sophomore in 2012...Led the SEC and finished third in the nation with 135 strikeouts during his 2012 season at LSU...Was the third Orioles first-round pick out of LSU, joining IF Mike Fontenot (2001 - 19th overall) and RHP Ben McDonald (1989 - 1st overall)...His pitching coach at LSU was former O’s bullpen coach Alan Dunn (coached with Orioles from 2007-2010)...Was a two-time All-State selection at Grandview High School (CO)...Was a gold medal winner with the USA Baseball Junior National Team in 2009...His father, Clair, is a college football referee.

YR Team 12 Aberdeen (A) Frederick (A) 13 Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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W-L 0-0 0-1 2-4 1-2 3-5 3-7 3-5

ERA G 0.00 2 6.00 3 3.11 8 4.04 8 5.66 20 3.53 21 5.66 20

GS 2 3 8 7 5 20 5

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IP 6.0 9.0 46.1 35.2 47.2 97.0 47.2

H 1 10 44 36 51 91 51

R 0 6 21 16 30 43 30

ER 0 6 16 16 30 38 30

HR 0 3 3 1 8 7 8

BB 0 1 5 9 13 15 13

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DOB: 2/15/77 Opening Day Age: 37 Height: 6-1 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Cagua, Venezuela Resides: Weston, FL Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 1/31/14 2013: Played in 41 games for Milwaukee...Appeared defensively in 22 games at first base, 11 games at third base and three games at shortstop...Was 2-for-9 as a pinch-hitter...Released by Brewers on June 3. 2012: Batted .259 with four home runs and 15 RBI in 24 games with Milwaukee...Placed on the DL on May 6th with a torn ACL in his right knee (occured while sliding)...Underwent season-ending surgery on May 17...Prior to his season-ending knee injury, ranked second on the Brewers in RBI and ranked second among National League shortstops in that category, trailing only the Cubs’ Starlin Castro. 2011: Posted a .981 fielding %, which ranked 3rd in the NL and 5th in the ML from the shortstop position. 2010: Batted .250 with 23 home runs and 88 RBI in 157 games between Toronto and Atlanta...His 88 RBI and 42 doubles marked career highs and his 23 homers tied a career high (also 2004)...Led all Major League shortstops with 42 doubles...Ranked second in the Major Leagues in both home runs and RBI as a shortstop, trailing only the Rockies’ Troy Tulowitzki (27 HR, 95 RBI) in both categories. CAREER: Has appeared in five postseason series with Florida (2003), Boston (2009) and Atlanta (2010)... Batted .273 (6-for-22) with a home run and two RBI during the 2003 World Series as the Marlins defeated the Yankees in six games...Hit a 12th inning walk-off home run off of Jeff Weaver in Game 4 of the 2003 World Series, only the 13th walk-off homer in World Series history...Missed the 2008 season with a compression fracture of the left knee... Named to the 1999 NL All-Star team...Hit a solo home run off St. Louis’ Donovan Osborne for his first MLB hit, 8/25/98. PERSONAL: Alexander Gonzalez was signed to a minor league contract by Baltimore on January 31, 2014...Originally signed by the Florida Marlins as a non-drafted free agent on April 18, 1994... Later signed with Cincinnati on 11/20/06, traded to Boston on 8/4/09, signed with Toronto on 11/26/09, traded to Atlanta in 2010 and finally signed with Milwaukee on 12/12/11.

YR Team 94 DSL Marlins (R) 95 Brevard County (A) GCL Marlins (R) 96 GCL Marlins (R) Kane County (A) Portland (AA) 97 Portland (AA) 98 Charlotte (AAA) FLORIDA (NL) 99 FLORIDA (NL) 00 Brevard County (A) FLORIDA (NL) 01 FLORIDA (NL) 02 FLORIDA (NL) GCL Marlins (R) 03 FLORIDA (NL) 04 FLORIDA (NL) 05 FLORIDA (NL) 06 Pawtucket (AAA) BOSTON (AL) 07 CINCINNATI (NL) 08 Injured 09 Louisville (AAA) CINCINNATI (NL) BOSTON (AL) 10 TORONTO (AL) ATLANTA (NL) 11 ATLANTA (NL) 12 MILWAUKEE (NL) 13 MILWAUKEE (NL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

AVG .238 .203 .294 .390 .200 .235 .254 .277 .151 .277 .118 .200 .250 .225 .167 .256 .232 .264 .333 .255 .272 .000 .077 .210 .284 .259 .240 .241 .259 .177 .260 .246

G 66 17 53 10 4 11 133 108 25 136 4 109 145 42 5 150 159 130 1 111 110 4 68 44 85 72 149 24 41 416 1600

AB 282 59 187 41 10 34 449 422 86 560 17 385 515 151 12 528 561 435 3 388 393 13 243 148 328 267 564 81 113 1529 5746

R 39 6 30 6 2 4 69 71 11 81 1 35 57 15 0 52 67 45 0 48 55 1 16 26 47 27 59 8 14 229 663

H 67 12 55 16 2 8 114 117 13 155 2 77 129 34 2 135 130 115 1 99 107 1 51 42 85 64 136 21 20 397 1413

2B 9 2 7 3 0 0 16 20 2 28 0 17 36 7 1 33 30 30 0 24 27 0 12 10 25 17 27 4 3 58 332

3B 5 1 4 0 0 1 4 10 0 8 0 4 1 1 0 6 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 25 30

HR RBI BB SO 4 39 16 41 0 8 1 14 2 30 19 27 0 6 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 10 19 65 27 83 10 51 28 80 3 7 9 30 14 59 15 113 0 2 1 3 7 42 13 77 9 48 30 107 2 18 12 32 0 1 0 5 18 77 33 106 23 79 27 126 5 45 31 81 0 0 0 1 9 50 22 67 16 55 24 75 0 1 2 1 3 26 15 36 5 15 5 29 17 50 17 65 6 38 14 53 15 56 22 126 4 15 6 15 1 8 3 26 35 204 100 273 157 688 298 1164

SB 5 1 11 1 0 0 4 4 0 3 1 7 2 3 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 27 30

OBP .278 .230 .358 .419 .385 .297 .305 .330 .240 .308 .167 .229 .303 .296 .154 .313 .270 .319 .500 .299 .325 .000 .200 .258 .316 .296 .291 .270 .326 .203 .311 .290

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DOB: 5/27/84 Opening Day Age: 29 Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Guadalajara, Mexico Resides: Pacoima, CA Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 2/28/12 2013: In his 13 home starts, went 7-2 with a 3.53 ERA (32 ER, 81.2 IP) and nine Quality Starts as the Orioles were 10-3 in those 13 games... Worked at least six innings in 10 of his 13 home starts... Was 4-6 with a 4.08 ERA (40 ER, 88.1 IP) and 10 Quality Starts in 15 road starts and the Orioles were 5-10 in those 15 games...In his 17 starts through July 20, was 8-3 with a 3.34 ERA (40 ER, 107.2 IP) and 13 Quality Starts... In nine starts after July 20, was 3-5 with a 4.62 ERA (32 ER, 62.1 IP) and six Quality Starts... Went the first 33 starts of his career without losing consecutive decisions before losing July 25 at Kansas City and July 31 against Houston, tying Ken Dixon for the longest such streak to start a career by a pitcher in Orioles/St. Louis Browns history (Dixon went his first 33 career starts from September 22, 1984-June 16, 1986 without losing two straight decisions)...Made eight consecutive Quality Starts from June 6-August 20... The O’s won 12 straight home starts by Gonzalez from August 10, 2012-July 11, 2013 2012: Joined Norfolk’s roster from extended spring training on April 12...Over his first seven appearances he held International League batters to an .036 average (2-for-55) while striking out 22 and walking two in 17.2 innings... Named Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May as he was 2-1 with a 2.20 ERA in six games (two starts)... Had his contract selected by Baltimore on May 29 and made his major league debut that night vs. Toronto..Struck out five in that outing, including J.P. Arencibia for his first big league punchout... Was recalled on July 1 for the second time and remained with the O’s through the end of the season...Made first three appearances with Baltimore out of the bullpen before making first major league start on July 6 at Los Angeles (AL)...Allowed one run on three hits while striking out six Angels in that contest to earn first big league victory...During his first big league start, he used a glove given to him by Nick Adenhart, a former teammate in the Angels system, who was killed in a car accident on April 9, 2009...His 1.91 ERA (7-ER, 33.0-IP) in August was third in the American League behind Felix Hernandez and Bartolo Colon...Struck out a season-high nine over 7.0 innings in a win at New York (AL) on August 31... Started game three of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium and took a no-decision after allowing one run on five hits while striking out eight in 7.0 innings 2011: Split the season between Class-A Salem, Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket in the Red Sox system, going 0-7 with a 5.40 ERA in 18 games 2010: Spent entire season with Salem, going 6-4 with a 4.54 ERA in 17 games (16 starts)...Over a four-start stretch from July 17-August 3, went 4-0 with a 1.19 ERA (3-ER, 22.2-IP). 2009: Missed the entire season due to Tommy John surgery. 2008: Missed the entire season due to a knee injury. 2007: Went 8-4 with a 3.37 ERA in 30 games (19 starts) for Double-A Arkansas...Named to Texas League All-Star Team after ranking second in the circuit with a 3.37 ERA...His 3.37 ERA also ranked sixth among Angels minor leaguers...Named TL Pitcher of the Week for the week of July 9-16 and July 23-30...Ranked fifth in the league in walks per nine innings (2.89). PERSONAL: Miguel Angel Gonzalez was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, February 28, 2012...Originally signed by the Los Angeles Angels as a non-drafted free agent prior to the 2005 season... Selected by Boston in the major league phase of the Rule 5 draft on December 12, 2008.

YR Team W-L 05 Rancho Cuc. (A) 0-0 AZL Angels (R) 1-0 Cedar Rapids (A) 2-5 06 Rancho Cuc. (A) 1-0 Arkansas (AA) 0-2 07 Arkansas (AA) 8-4 08 Injured 09 Injured 10 Salem (A) 6-4 11 Salem (A) 0-1 Pawtucket (AAA) 0-1 Portland (AA) 0-5 12 Norfolk (AAA) 3-2 BALTIMORE (AL) 9-4 13 BALTIMORE (AL) 11-8 Minor League Totals 21-24 Major League Totals 20-12

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ERA 0.00 0.00 4.70 1.71 3.88 3.37 4.54 1.80 1.80 6.17 1.61 3.25 3.78 3.68 3.58

G 2 3 28 14 31 30 17 2 1 15 14 18 30 157 48

GS 0 0 0 0 0 19 16 2 1 6 6 15 28 50 43

CG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

SV 0 0 8 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0

IP 4.2 4.0 44.0 26.1 53.1 130.2 73.1 5.0 5.0 46.2 44.2 105.1 171.1 437.2 276.2

H R ER 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 30 23 17 5 5 41 23 23 128 53 49 82 42 37 5 1 1 2 1 1 55 41 32 22 12 8 92 38 38 157 81 72 399 208 179 249 119 110

HR 0 0 4 2 8 13 5 0 1 4 1 13 24 38 37

BB SO 2 3 0 7 8 42 2 24 17 38 42 81 18 47 2 4 2 5 19 45 10 53 35 77 53 120 122 349 88 197


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DOB: 1/10/88 Opening Day Age: 26 Height: 5-11 Weight: 159 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Houston, TX Resides: Chappell Hill, TX Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 15th round of the 2008 draft 2013: Spent entire campaign with Double-A Bowie where he posted a 2.95 ERA in 39.2 innings of relief... Tied a career-high with 46 strikeouts...Did not allow a run in 20.1 innings from April 12 - May 17, as he allowed just eight hits and six walks over that span while striking out 27...Registered saves in four straight appearances, May 2-17, all of which were multiple inning appearances...Named to the Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star team...Held opposing left-handers to a .188 average (9-for-48) with just one extrabase hit...Placed on disabled list on June 21, then activated again on July 12...Appeared in two games with Bowie before being placed on the disabled list for the remainder of the season...Pitched in 11 games for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League, going 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA (5 ER, 13.1 IP). 2012: Began the season with Class-A Frederick and did not allow a run in his first four appearances, totaling 7.2 innings‌ Led Frederick in WHIP (0.93)...Struck out a batter in all but one of his 20 appearances with the Keys, including a season-high five-strikeout performance on May 31 at Winston-Salem in his only start for Frederick...Sixteen of his 20 appearances for the Keys lasted at least 2.0 innings...First appeared for Double-A Bowie on July 13 at Reading...Struck out at least three in six of his 12 appearances with the Baysox...Went 1-1 with one save and a 1.42 ERA (2 ER, 12.2 IP) on the road for Bowie...Held left-handed hitters to a .150 (3-for-20) batting average with the Baysox. 2011: Pitched to a 2.52 ERA in 13 games with Class-A Delmarva...Struck out 10 batters in first appearance of the year over 3.2 innings of work on April 9 vs. Greensboro...Did not allow an earned run in final five appearances...Transferred to Frederick on June 2...Struck out 11 batters in final four games of the season. 2010: Earned his first professional win July 5 against Lowell when he pitched 3.0 innings of relief and struck out five‌ Pitched to a 2.08 ERA in nine appearances in July. 2009: Did not pitch as he was recovering from labrum surgery. 2008: Struck out the side in first professional appearance on June 23 against Elizabethton. PERSONAL: Jason I. Gurka was selected by Baltimore in the 15th round of the 2008 First Year Player Draft out of Angelina Junior College (TX).

YR 08 09 10 11

Team Bluefield (R) Injured Aberdeen (A) Delmarva (A) Frederick (A) 12 Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) 13 Bowie (AA) Minor League Totals

W-L 0-0 2-2 2-0 1-1 1-2 2-3 2-2 10-10

ERA 9.00 4.93 2.52 3.18 2.18 3.60 2.95 3.29

G 2 22 13 20 20 12 20 109

GS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 7

IP 3.0 38.1 25.0 28.1 45.1 20.0 39.2 199.2

H 5 27 28 19 30 19 35 163

R 3 22 11 10 12 8 13 79

ER 3 21 7 10 11 8 13 73

HR 1 4 4 2 1 3 2 17

BB 0 19 2 9 12 12 18 72

SO 5 46 33 34 43 22 46 229

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DOB: 8/19/82 Opening Day Age: 31 Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Tucson, AZ Resides: Tucson, AZ Acquired: Traded from Minnesota, along with IF Brendan Harris, in exchange for RHPs Jim Hoey & Brett Jacobsen, 12/9/10

2013: Earned his first career start as an American League All-Star (5,283,144 votes, 8th highest overall total in the AL) at the 2013 All-Star Game, his second career ASG (also 2007)…Won his second career Gold Glove, becoming the third shortstop in O’s history to win the award in consecutive years, joining Cal Ripken, Jr. (1991-92) and Mark Belanger (six straight, 1973-78)...Honored with first career Silver Slugger Award (as AL SS)...Is the only shortstop in MLB with at least 20 home runs in each of the last three seasons...Became fourth active player (and ninth since 1901) with three 25+ HR seasons at shortstop (A. Rodriguez, M. Tejada & T. Tulowitzki)...Had 10th career two-homer game, June 1 vs. Detroit (J. Verlander). 2012: Led American League shortstops in games played (158), putouts (244), assists (529) and fielding percentage (.992)…Led AL in assists and was second in at-bats (663) and plate appearances (713)...His fielding percentage was the highest by an Oriole since Mike Bordick (.998) in 2002...His assist total was the most by an AL shortstop since Cal Ripken (531) in 1989...Set season-high with five RBI and collected ninth career multi-HR game on September 11 vs. Tampa Bay...Had a career-high five hits on May 6 at Boston in a 17-inning game...Went 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI in AL Wild Card Game at Texas…Hit gamewinning RBI double in the 13th inning at New York in game four of the American League Divisional Series to send the series to a decisive fifth game...Hit .136 (3-for-22) in the ALDS. 2011: Hit a career-high 30 home runs and became the third Orioles shortstop to hit at least 30 homers in a season (Cal Ripken, 1991 and Miguel Tejada, 2004) ...Tied with Colorado’s Troy Tulowitzki for most home runs by a shortstop...Led American League shortstops in slugging percentage (.491), fielding percentage (.990), total chances per game (4.92) and assists per game (3.2)...Drove in a run in eight straight games from August 2-12, the fourth-longest streak in team history. 2010: Played his first season with Minnesota after being acquired from Milwaukee in exchange for outfielder Carlos Gomez, November 6, 2009…Was the Twins Opening Day shortstop...His 101 games played as a shortstop were the most for a Twins shortstop since Jason Bartlett in 2007 (138 games) CAREER: Recorded his 500th career hit on June 26, 2009 for Milwaukee vs. San Francisco with a solo home run off of Matt Cain...Had back-to-back four-hit games, July 3, 2008 at Arizona and July 4, 2008 vs. Pittsburgh...Ranked second among MLB shortstops in home runs (24) and third in RBI (74) during 2008 season....Selected to his first All-Star Game in 2008 as a reserve infielder and drew a walk off Seattle’s J.J. Putz in his only plate appearance...Missed majority of 2006 season with right ankle injury...Made major league debut on Opening Day in 2005...Singled off Rick White for first career hit, April 4, 2005 at Pittsburgh...Hit his first career home run off Randy Wolf, June 11, 2005 at Philadelphia. PERSONAL: James Jerry Hardy was acquired by Baltimore, along with IF Brendan Harris, from Minnesota in exchange for RHP Jim Hoey and RHP Brett Jacobsen, December 9, 2010...Originally selected by Milwaukee in the second round of the 2001 draft...Is a 2001 graduate of Sabino High School (AZ)... Appeared in an episode of The Young and the Restless which aired June, 20, 2007.

YR Team 01 AZL Brewers (R) Ogden (R) 02 High Desert (A) Huntsville (AA) 03 Huntsville (AA) 04 Indianapolis (AAA) 05 MILWAUKEE (NL) 06 MILWAUKEE (NL) 07 MILWAUKEE (NL) 08 MILWAUKEE (NL) 09 Nashville (AAA) MILWAUKEE (NL) 10 Beloit (A) MINNESOTA (AL) 11 Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) 12 BALTIMORE (AL) 13 BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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AVG .250 .248 .293 .228 .279 .277 .247 .242 .277 .283 .254 .229 .200 .268 .222 .269 .238 .263 .270 .260

G 5 35 84 38 114 26 124 35 151 146 18 115 3 101 3 129 158 159 326 1118

AB 20 125 335 145 416 101 372 128 592 569 71 414 10 340 9 527 663 601 1232 4206

R 6 20 53 14 67 17 46 13 89 78 7 53 0 44 2 76 85 66 186 550

H 5 31 98 33 116 28 92 31 164 161 18 95 2 91 2 142 158 158 333 1092

2B 2 5 19 7 26 10 22 5 30 31 2 16 0 19 0 27 30 27 71 207

3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 13

HR RBI BB SO 0 1 1 2 2 15 15 12 6 48 19 38 1 13 9 19 12 62 58 54 4 20 9 8 9 50 44 48 5 14 10 23 26 80 40 73 24 74 52 98 4 12 3 9 11 47 43 85 0 0 1 2 6 38 28 54 0 0 3 1 30 80 31 92 22 68 38 106 25 76 38 73 29 171 118 145 158 527 324 652

SB 0 1 9 1 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 17 8

OBP .286 .326 .327 .269 .368 .330 .327 .295 .323 .343 .284 .302 .333 .320 .417 .310 .282 .306 .333 .312


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DOB: 7/3/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-3 Weight: 260 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Indianapolis, IN Resides: Arlington, TX Acquired: Traded from Texas, along with IF Chris Davis, in exchange for RHP Koji Uehara, 7/30/11

2013: Made his second Orioles Opening Day roster... Tossed 86.1 innings as a reliever, 2nd most in the American League, and his 68 appearances were tied for second-most on the club...Tossed 2.0 or more innings 13 times, pitching to a 0.30 ERA (1 ER, 29.1 IP, 13 H, 3 BB, 22 K) in those games...Allowed one or fewer runs in 61 of his 68 games...Recorded first Major League save, April 20 vs. Los Angeles (NL)... Posted a 2.06 ERA (10 ER, 43.2 IP) in 34 games at OPACY...Posted a combined 2.18 ERA (8 ER, 33.0 IP) in 27 games vs. Boston (11 games), Tampa Bay (9 games) and New York (7 games)...Held right-handed hitters to a line of .141/.190/.154 in 159 plate appearances while lefties hit .294/.322/.535 in 177 plate appearances. 2012: Had five stints with the Orioles, setting career-highs in games (33), innings pitched (133.2) and strikeouts (77)... Began the season in the Baltimore rotation, where he went 2-1 with a 5.00 ERA (20 ER, 36.0 IP) in six starts before being optioned to Norfolk on May 7... Pitched a seven-inning complete game in his first career appearance with Norfolk, as he allowed a run on six hits in Norfolk’s 3-1 win over Scranton/WB on June 2... Rejoined the Orioles and made 13 relief appearances, pitching to a 3.71 ERA (7 ER, 17.0 IP) while improving his K/9 rate from 4.7 as starter to 8.5 out of the pen...Went 3-0 and posted a 0.71 ERA (1 ER, 12.2 IP) with 12 strikeouts in 10 September appearances out of the bullpen. 2011: Began the season on the disabled list for Texas after suffering a strained right groin on March 24... Appeared in eight games for Triple-A Round Rock, going 2-1 with a 3.92 ERA (9 ER, 20.2 IP) as a starter... Was reinstated from the disabled list on July 1 and made his season debut for Texas on July 2 at Florida... Traded to Baltimore on July 30 and appeared in 12 games for the Orioles, going 3-3 with a 5.06 ERA (39 ER, 69.1 IP). 2010: Began the season on the DL and made six starts for Triple-A Oklahoma City after being activated in late April…Joined the Rangers on June 5...Ranked among Texas staff in Quality Starts (3rd, 13), starts (T-3rd, 22), and innings (4th, 128.0)... Made three starts with Texas in the postseason, going 0-2 with a 5.56 ERA (7 ER, 11.1 IP, 1 BB, 13 K) in outings against Tampa Bay, New York and San Francisco. CAREER: Had the third-best winning percentage (.600), ninth-lowest ERA (4.10) and 10th-most wins among AL rookies in 2009...Picked up first major league victory on July 3, 2009 vs. Tampa Bay, his 23rd birthday...Was first big league pitcher to earn first MLB win on his birthday since the Rangers’ John Rheinecker on May 29, 2006 vs. Seattle...Made MLB debut on August 1, 2008 vs. Toronto, becoming the second player from the 2007 draft to reach the major leagues (Ross Detwiler, Washington). PERSONAL: Raymond Thomas Hunter was acquired by Baltimore, along with IF Chris Davis, in exchange for RHP Koji Uehara on July 30, 2011…Originally selected by Texas in the supplemental first round of the 2007 draft...Drafted by Tampa Bay in the 18th round of the 2005 draft but did not sign…Played at University of Alabama, where he was a freshman second-team All-American after going 10-3 with a 3.30 ERA in 20 games...Attended Indianapolis Cathedral High School (IN) where he played baseball and football...Was a back-to-back Junior Olympic Judo champion when he was 11 and 12 years old.

YR Team W-L ERA 07 Spokane (A) 2-3 2.55 08 Bakersfield (A) 5-4 3.55 Frisco (AA) 4-2 3.78 TEXAS (AL) 0-2 16.36 Ok. City (AAA) 4-2 2.89 09 Frisco (AA) 1-0 4.98 Ok. City (AAA) 3-2 3.83 TEXAS (AL) 9-6 4.10 10 Ok. City (AAA) 1-2 4.05 TEXAS (AL) 13-4 3.73 11 Frisco (AA) 0-0 4.50 Round Rock (AAA) 2-2 5.06 TEXAS (AL) 1-1 2.93 BALTIMORE (AL) 3-3 5.06 12 Norfolk (AAA) 2-1 4.66 Bowie (AA) 1-0 0.00 BALTIMORE (AL) 7-8 5.45 13 BALTIMORE (AL) 6-5 2.81 Minor League Totals 25-18 3.69 Major League Totals 39-29 4.47

G 10 9 8 3 8 5 8 19 6 23 1 8 8 12 3 2 33 68 68 166

GS 0 9 8 3 8 3 8 19 6 22 0 5 0 11 3 1 20 0 51 75

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2

SV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 4

IP 17.2 58.1 52.1 11.0 53.0 21.2 49.1 112.0 26.2 128.0 4.0 26.2 15.1 69.1 19.1 10.0 133.2 86.1 339.0 555.2

H R ER 15 7 5 63 26 23 52 24 22 23 20 20 55 18 17 30 15 12 53 25 21 113 55 51 28 12 12 126 55 53 3 2 2 37 17 15 12 6 5 88 44 39 20 10 10 3 0 0 161 85 81 71 28 27 359 156 139 594 293 276

HR 0 6 5 4 6 1 5 13 2 21 1 2 1 11 2 0 32 11 30 93

BB SO 1 13 8 50 17 28 3 9 9 28 4 16 16 35 33 64 11 14 33 68 1 5 3 16 5 10 10 35 5 14 1 6 27 77 14 68 76 225 125 331

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DOB: 7/2/88 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Anderson, IN Resides: Anderson, IN Acquired: Signed as a minor league free agent, 11/18/13 2013: Went 5-2 with 13 saves and a combined 1.83 ERA (14 ER, 68.2 IP) in 49 relief outings between Double-A Portland (25 games) and Triple-A Pawtucket (24 games) in the Red Sox system...His 13 saves ranked second among Red Sox minor leaguers...Opened the year as Portland’s closer, going 13-for-14 in save opportunities...Named the Red Sox Minor League Relief Pitcher of the Month for May (11.0 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 5 K, 6 SV, 2 W)...Held Eastern League batters to a .214 average...Promoted to Pawtucket on June 15 and spent the rest of the season with the Pawsox...Earned first Triple-A win, June 26 vs. Toledo...Led the PawSox in ERA (min. 20.0 IP), was 3rd with a 1.14 WHIP and 5th with 8.8 K/9.0IP...Posted a 0.40 ERA (1 ER, 22.2 IP) in 12 road appearances with Pawtucket...Ended the season pitching to a 0.41 ERA (1 ER, 22.0 IP, 17 H, 18 K) over his final 13 outings, July 18-August 31...Between Portland and Pawtucket, he combined to hold lefties to a line of .162/.243/.253 in 111 plate appearances. 2012: Spent the majority of the season with Double-A Portland...Made four starts to open the season before converting to a reliever...Led the Sea Dogs with a career-high 38 appearances (4 starts)...Went 4-1 with six saves and a 2.44 ERA (15 ER, 55.1 IP) as a reliever...Held left-handed opponents to a .202 average (24-for-119) overall between Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket...Named the Red Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Month for June after going 1-0 with two saves and a 1.80 ERA (3 ER, 15.0 IP) in nine games out of the bullpen with the Sea Dogs...Promoted to Pawtucket on August 28 where he made two regular season appearances and one postseason outing with the PawSox...After the season, went 0-1 with a 1.93 ERA (3 ER, 14.0 IP) and 12 strikeouts in 10 appearances for Surprise of the Arizona Fall League 2011: Tied for second among Red Sox minor leaguers with a career-high 123 strikeouts in 124.0 innings for Double-A Portland...Also led the Sea Dogs with 25 starts and was second on the club with five wins... Placed on the disabled list on May 22...Earned a win with 6.0 scoreless innings in his return on June 2 at New Britain...Struck out a career-high 11 over 6.0 innings on August 21 vs. Binghamton. 2010: Led High-A Salem with 134.2 innings and was named to the Carolina League Mid-Season All-Star Team...Placed 4th among qualifying CL starters in fewest base runners per 9.0 IP (11.56) and fewest unintentional walks per 9.0 IP (2.34)...Ranked 10th among qualifying Red Sox minor leaguers with a 4.14 ERA (62 ER, 134.2 IP)...Went 5-0 with a league-best 1.59 ERA (6 ER, 34.0 IP) in six May starts. 2009: Led Class-A Greenville with 25 starts and 125.1 innings...Tied for the club lead and tied for second among Red Sox farmhands with 10 wins...Ranked fifth in the Sox farm system and third on the team with a career-high 102 K’s...Named South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for July 27- August 3. 2008: Combined to go 7-3 with a 3.15 ERA (24 ER, 68.2 IP) between Lowell and Greenville...Began the year with Lowell and was 5-0 with a league-leading 0.64 ERA (3 ER, 42.0 IP) upon a July 30 promotion to Greenville...Named New York-Penn League Pitcher of the Week for June 16-22 and July 14-20...Recorded an 18.0-inning scoreless streak, July 3-20...Led all NYPL pitchers and Red Sox farmhands with a 0.67 ERA in July (2 ER, 27.0 IP)...Rated by Baseball America as the NYPL’s No. 13 prospect. 2007: Made four appearances (three starts) with the Gulf Coast League Red Sox in his pro debut. PERSONAL: Brock A. Huntzinger was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on November 18, 2013... Originally drafted by the Red Sox in the third round of the 2007 Draft out of Pendleton Heights High School, where he went 7-0 and posted the lowest ERA in the state of Indiana his senior year (0.16, 1 ER in 43.0 innings pitched)...Planned to attend Indiana University before signing with Boston.

YR Team W-L 07 GCL Red Sox (R) 0-1 08 Lowell (A) 5-0 Greenville (A) 2-3 09 Greenville (A) 10-9 10 Salem (A) 7-8 11 Portland (AA) 5-11 12 Portland (AA) 4-5 Pawtucket (AAA) 0-0 13 Portland (AA) 3-0 Pawtucket (AAA) 2-2 Minor League Totals 38-39

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ERA 2.57 0.64 7.09 4.09 4.14 6.17 3.93 6.00 2.32 1.43 4.14

G 4 8 6 25 25 25 38 2 25 24 182

GS 3 8 6 25 25 25 4 0 0 0 96

CG 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 13 0 19

IP 7.0 42.0 26.2 125.1 134.2 124.0 71.0 3.0 31.0 37.2 602.1

H R ER 5 3 2 25 3 3 34 23 21 127 64 57 135 69 62 159 91 85 60 35 31 4 2 2 24 12 8 27 10 6 600 312 277

HR 0 1 12 7 14 23 4 0 2 1 64

BB SO 0 8 7 32 6 11 32 102 35 69 41 123 24 55 1 4 12 25 16 37 174 466


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DOB: 1/22/84 Opening Day Age: 30 Height: 6-5 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Nagua, Dominican Republic Resides: Santo Domingo, DR Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 2/19/14 2013: Ranked among the top 10 in the American League in K/9.0IP (4th, 9.56, a new career-high), average against with RISP (6th, .205; 31-for-151), slugging percentage against (8th, .367), road ERA (8th, 2.95), strikeouts (9th, 194) and ERA (10th, 3.30)...Named AL Pitcher of the Month for September, his 3rd career award and first since May 2010, after going 4-0 with 1.09 ERA (41.0 IP, 5 ER, 7 BB, 51 K) in six starts in the season’s final month, helping Cleveland advance to the postseason...Allowed three earned runs or fewer in each of his final 13 starts to end the season, posting a 1.82 ERA (17 ER, 84.0 IP) in 12 starts after the AllStar break...His second half ERA was the 2nd-lowest in MLB (Kershaw, LAD, 1.59)...Matched a career-high with 13 strikeouts and held the Twins to a single run over 6.2 IP for his 13th win on September 29. 2012: Spent first full season with the Indians, finishing with a 9-17 record, the most losses by an Indians pitcher since Tom Candiotti in 1987 (18)...Season ended after start of September 22 at KC (4.1IP, 7H, 5R/ER) due to a sprained right ankle, missing his last two turns through the rotation. 2011: Was traded to Cleveland in exchange for four prospects on July 31st...Went a combined 10-13 with a 4.68 ERA in 32 starts between Cleveland and Colorado (188.1 IP, 186 H, 98 ER, 78 BB, 180 K, .254 AVG)...He left Colorado as the all-time career franchise leader in strikeouts (773), 2nd in career ERA (3.66), 3rd in wins (56) and 4th in innings pitched (851.0) and starts (137). 2010: Set the Rockies record for a single season starter in wins (19), ERA (2.88), strikeouts (214), opponents batting average (.209) and fewest HR (10)...Led the National League in winning percentage (.704), was 2nd in average against (.209), 3rd in wins (19) and strikeouts (214), T3rd in complete games (4), 7th in innings pitched (221.2) and 8th in ERA (2.88) and finished 3rd in the NL Cy Young voting...Became the first Rockies pitcher to throw a no-hitter on April 17 at ATL (6 BB, 7 K, 128 P, 31 batters faced) and was the starting pitcher for the NL in the All-Star Game. 2009: Finished T4th in the NL in wins, 6th in both IP and SO and T7th in starts...Set club record for quality starts (24)...Pitched at least 6.0 innings in 29 of his starts...Appeared in one game for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic on March 10 vs the Netherlands and set a WBC record with 10 K’s. 2008: Went 12-12 with a 3.99 ERA in his first full season with COL...Allowed three earned runs or less in 27 of his 34 starts...Tied with 8 other National League pitchers for the most games started in the NL (34). 2007: Despite spending the first half in the minors, ended up ranking 4th on the Rockies with 68 K’s. 2006: Made his MLB debut in relief on September 26 vs. LAD, allowed 2 hits in a scoreless 8th inning…Also started the season finale on October 11 vs. CHC (6.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER). PERSONAL: Ubaldo Jimenez signed a free agent deal with Baltimore on February 19, 2014..Originally selected by Colorado as a non-drafted free agent in 2001... Spent two weeks on the disabled list in April of 2011 with a torn cuticle on his right pitching thumb.

YR Team 01 DSL Rockies (R) 02 Casper (R) DSL Rockies (R) 03 Asheville (A) Visalia (A) 04 Visalia (A) 05 Modesto (A) Tulsa (AA) 06 Tulsa (AA)

Colorado Springs (AAA)

COLORADO (NL)

07 Colorado Springs (AAA) COLORADO (NL) 08 COLORADO (NL) 09 COLORADO (NL) 10 COLORADO (NL) 11 COLORADO (NL) CLEVELAND (AL) 12 CLEVELAND (AL) 13 CLEVELAND (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

W-L 2-5 3-5 2-0 10-6 1-0 4-1 5-3 2-5 9-2 5-2 0-0 8-5 4-4 12-12 15-12 19-8 6-9 4-4 9-17 13-9 51-34 82-75

ERA 4.88 6.53 0.00 3.46 0.00 2.23 3.98 5.43 2.45 5.06 3.52 5.85 4.28 3.99 3.47 2.88 4.46 5.10 5.40 3.30 4.27 3.92

G GS 13 13 14 14 3 3 27 27 1 0 9 9 14 14 12 11 13 13 13 13 2 1 19 19 15 15 34 34 33 33 33 33 21 21 11 11 31 31 32 32 138 136 212 211

CG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 3 8

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IP H 48.0 41 62.0 72 18.1 10 153.2 129 5.0 3 44.1 29 72.1 61 63.0 58 73.1 49 78.1 74 7.2 5 103.0 110 82.0 70 198.2 182 218.0 183 221.2 164 123.0 118 65.1 68 176.2 190 182.2 163 721.1 636 1275.2 1143

R ER HR 36 26 1 46 45 6 1 0 0 67 59 11 0 0 0 15 11 1 35 32 5 40 38 12 21 20 2 49 44 7 4 3 1 74 67 9 46 39 10 97 88 11 87 84 13 73 71 10 68 61 10 43 37 7 116 106 25 75 67 16 384 342 54 609 556 103

BB 11 5 0 14 0 3 5 4 4 7 0 3 6 10 10 9 7 2 8 3 56 55

SO 44 29 6 67 1 12 40 31 40 43 3 62 37 103 85 92 51 27 95 80 375 573

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DOB: 8/31/87 Opening Day Age: 26 Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Baltimore, MD Resides: Kingsville, MD Acquired: Trade with Los Angeles (NL), along with IF Josh Bell, in exchange for LHP George Sherrill, 7/31/09

2013: Split the season between Norfolk and Baltimore, making four stints with the Orioles... Opened the year on the disabled list with a right lat strain...Joined the Tides on April 24 on a rehab assignment and made two starts before being activated from the DL and optioned to Norfolk on April 30...Started with Norfolk on May 6 at Buffalo before being recalled to Baltimore on May 11, and after being optioned to Norfolk on May 14, he was recalled again to Baltimore on May 25..He made four appearances with the O’s before being placed on the DL June 6 with a left oblique strain...After making rehab appearances with the GCL Orioles and Class-A Aberdeen, he was optioned to Norfolk on August 6...In six outings (four starts) with Norfolk in August/September, he went 1-1 with a 3.08 ERA (9 ER, 26.1 IP) with 28 strikeouts and 19 hits allowed...Struck out a season-high 10 in his final start with Norfolk, September 1 vs. Durham...Made three relief outings with Baltimore in September, holding opposing batters to a .111 average (1-for-9). 2012: Split season between Norfolk and Baltimore...Posted a 2.86 ERA in 19 games (14 starts) with the Tides while holding International League batters to a .202 average...Tossed his first career complete game on May 14 at Indianapolis...Had his contract selected by Baltimore on June 3 and was optioned back to Norfolk that day... Recalled to Baltimore on July 2 but did not appear in a game before being optioned back to Norfolk on July 4...Made MLB debut on July 15 vs. Detroit, allowing one run over 2.0 innings...Joined his father, Dave, as the sixth father-son pair to play for the O’s, joining Bob & Terry Kennedy, Don & Damon Buford, John O’Donoghue Sr. & John O’Donoghue Jr., Dave & Derrick May and Tim Raines Sr. & Tim Raines Jr...Struck out nine batters in his first MLB start, August 8 vs. Seattle; 23 years to the day his father made his first career start in Baltimore & earned the win...With the Orioles, did not allow a hit to opponents in 24 plate appearances with runners in scoring position. 2011: Split the season between Double-A Bowie and Norfolk, combining to go 7-8 with a 4.20 ERA... Allowed two earned runs or less in eight of 10 starts with the Baysox, including zero runs in four outings... After two outings with Norfolk in April, joined the Tides for good on June 19... Pitched to a 4.14 ERA over his final 14 starts...Earned his first Triple-A victory on August 14 at Charlotte. 2010: Tied for the Eastern League lead with 28 games started and finished fifth with 128 strikeouts…Also ranked among EL leaders in home runs allowed (1st, 24) and walks (2nd, 78)...His 128 strikeouts also led all O’s minor leaguers...Led Bowie with 145.0 IP...Tossed at least 5.0 innings in 22 of his 28 starts. PERSONAL: Steven David Johnson was returned to Baltimore from the San Francisco Giants on March 16, 2010 after the Giants had selected him in the Rule 5 Draft in December, 2009... Acquired by the O’s from the Los Angeles Dodgers, along with IF Josh Bell, in exchange for LHP George Sherrill, July 31, 2009... Originally selected in the 13th-round of the 2005 draft...Graduated from St. Paul High School (Baltimore, MD)…Selected by Louisville Slugger and National High School Baseball Coaches Association as 2005 Maryland Player of the Year…Is the son of former MLB pitcher Dave Johnson (Baltimore 1989-91), currently an Orioles Broadcaster.

YR Team W-L 05 GCL Dodgers (R) 0-2 06 Jacksonville (AA) 0-0 Ogden (R) 5-5 07 Great Lakes (A) 3-6 08 Great Lakes (A) 9-2 Inland Empire (A) 3-6 09 Inland Empire (A) 8-4 Chattanooga (AA) 1-1 Bowie (AA) 3-2 10 Bowie (AA) 7-8 11 Bowie (AA) 5-1 Norfolk (AAA) 2-7 12 Norfolk (AAA) 4-8 BALTIMORE (AL) 4-0 13 GCL Orioles (R) 0-0 Aberdeen (A) 0-0 Norfolk (AAA) 2-3 BALTIMORE (AL) 1-1 Minor League Totals 52-55 Major League Totals 5-1

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ERA 9.53 0.00 3.89 4.85 2.34 7.10 3.82 1.69 2.84 5.09 2.16 5.56 2.86 2.11 0.00 3.00 4.11 7.47 4.15 3.67

G GS 6 3 2 0 14 14 18 16 13 13 11 11 18 16 2 2 7 7 28 28 10 10 17 17 19 14 12 4 1 1 2 2 10 8 9 1 178 162 21 5

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

IP 11.1 4.2 78.2 81.2 73.0 52.0 96.2 10.2 38.0 145.0 58.1 87.1 91.1 38.1 2.0 6.0 46.0 15.2 882.2 54.0

H R ER 18 12 12 2 0 0 79 37 34 90 57 44 59 21 19 68 47 41 94 50 41 8 5 2 24 13 12 144 87 82 40 14 14 101 56 54 66 38 29 23 9 9 0 0 0 5 2 2 40 22 21 14 13 13 838 461 407 37 22 22

HR 1 0 4 2 4 9 14 1 3 24 7 7 7 4 0 1 4 2 88 6

BB SO 4 14 2 3 25 86 40 65 25 57 21 55 42 102 3 15 17 37 78 128 15 59 47 63 31 86 18 46 1 3 2 6 17 52 13 20 370 831 31 66


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DOB: 8/1/85 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 6-3 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Birthplace: San Diego, CA Resides: Phoenix, AZ Acquired: Traded from Seattle, along with LHP George Sherrill, RHP Chris Tillman, RHP Kam Mickolio & LHP Tony Butler, in exchange for LHP Erik Bedard, 2/8/08

2013: In sixth season with the O’s, was named to third AL All-Star Team, won third career Gold Glove and first Silver Slugger Award... Was the leading vote getter among all AL outfielders (6,793,577), the 3rd-highest vote total for any AL player... Went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored in All-Star Game... Was the first Oriole OF in club history to be honored with a Silver Slugger Award... Led AL outfielders in home runs (33) and RBI (108), was 3rd in doubles (35) and SLG (.493) and 6th in AVG (.285)... Joined Paul Blair (seven straight, 1969-75) as the only O’s OF to receive a Gold Glove in consecutive seasons... Became the 2nd O’s OF with three 25+ HR seasons (also Frank Robinson)... Hit 9th inning game-winning HR off Mariano Rivera, July 7 at New York...Had third career two-homer game, July 26 vs. Boston...Played in six games for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, hitting .182 (4-for-22) with four RBI...His two-run double vs. Team Canada helped Team USA advance to round 2. 2012: Named Most Valuable Oriole for the second-straight season...Finished sixth in the American League MVP voting...Won his second career Gold Glove Award and made his second All-Star Team (both in 2009)...Led AL centerfielders in games (162) and putouts (439) and ranked third in assists (7)... Was one of four MLB players to play in 162 games (Starlin Castro, Prince Fielder and Ichiro Suzuki)...Ranked in the top-10 in the AL in games (T-1st), at-bats (4th, 648), total bases (4th, 327), runs (T-5th, 103), hits (7th, 186), doubles (T-8th, 39) and home runs (T-10th, 32)... Hit three game-winning HR in 12th inning or later, the first player in last 40 years to do so...Hit the 100th home run of his career on August 28 vs. Chicago (AL)...Had a career-long 20-game hit streak from May 10-29 (.358/.398/.716)...Became the first player since Mark McGwire in 1988 to homer in the 15th inning or later twice in the same season...Had three 10-game hit streaks in the first 40 games, first player with three such streaks since Brian Roberts (2005). 2011: Named Most Valuable Oriole, setting single-season career-highs with 151 games, 26 doubles, 25 home runs, 83 RBI, 12 stolen bases, 53 XBH and a .466 slugging %...His 16 assists led all MLB centerfielders and was second among all AL outfielders...Hit first career walk-off HR on May 24 vs. KC off Joakim Soria…Tied career-high with four hits three times...Batted .295 with 21 HR and an .829 OPS in 454 plate appearances vs. right-handers and .242 with four HR and a .665 OPS in 164 plate appearances vs. lefties. CAREER: Tied for second in the AL and led all ML center fielders with 12 outfield assists in 2010...Made his first career All-Star team and won his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award in 2009...Hit the last triple in the history of Yankee Stadium on September 21, 2008...Tied for sixth in the AL with seven triples in 2008...Led all Seattle minor leaguers in average (.314) in 2007...Made his MLB debut on July 14, 2006 at Toronto... Collected his first ML hit on July 18 at New York (AL) off of Sidney Ponson...Hit first MLB homer on August 10, 2006 off of Texas’ Adam Eaton...Named Seattle Mariners Minor League Player of the Year in 2005. PERSONAL: Adam La Marque Jones was acquired by Baltimore, along with LHP George Sherrill, RHP Chris Tillman, RHP Kam Mickolio, and LHP Tony Butler from Seattle, in exchange for LHP Erik Bedard, on February 8, 2008...Originally selected by Seattle in the first round (37th overall) of the 2003 draft...Graduated from Morse High School (CA) in 2003...Posted a 3-3 record with a 2.71 ERA on the mound his senior year of high school...Awarded the John Henry “Pop” Lloyd Legacy Award by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in 2012 in recognition of his baseball and community leadership.

YR Team AVG 03 AZL Mariners (R) .284 Everett (A) .462 04 Wisconsin (A) .267 05 Inland Empire (A) .295 San Antonio (AA) .298 06 Tacoma (AAA) .287 SEATTLE (AL) .216 07 Tacoma (AAA) .314 SEATTLE (AL) .246 08 BALTIMORE (AL) .270 09 BALTIMORE (AL) .277 10 BALTIMORE (AL) .284 11 BALTIMORE (AL) .280 12 BALTIMORE (AL) .287 13 BALTIMORE (AL) .285 Minor League Totals .291 Major League Totals .279

G 28 3 130 68 63 96 32 101 41 132 119 149 151 162 160 489 946

AB 109 13 510 271 228 380 74 420 65 477 473 581 567 648 653 1931 3538

R 18 2 76 43 33 69 6 75 16 61 83 76 68 103 100 316 513

H 2B 31 5 6 1 136 23 80 20 68 10 109 19 16 4 132 27 16 2 129 21 131 22 165 25 159 26 186 39 186 35 562 105 988 174

3B 1 0 7 5 3 4 0 6 1 7 3 5 2 3 1 26 22

HR 0 0 11 8 7 16 1 25 2 9 19 19 25 32 33 67 140

RBI BB SO 8 5 19 4 1 3 72 33 124 46 29 64 20 22 48 62 28 78 8 2 22 84 36 106 4 4 21 57 23 108 70 36 93 69 23 119 83 29 113 82 34 126 108 25 136 296 154 442 481 176 738

SB 5 0 8 4 9 13 3 8 2 10 10 7 12 16 14 47 74

OBP .368 .467 .314 .374 .365 .345 .237 .382 .300 .311 .335 .325 .319 .334 .318 .354 .322

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DOB: 9/19/88 Opening Day Age: 25 Height: 6-2 Weight: 202 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Tampa, FL Resides: Tampa, FL Acquired: Trade from Atlanta in exchange for RHP Luis Ayala, 4/10/13 2013: Opened the year in the Atlanta system, making one appearance for Double-A Mississippi before being acquired by Baltimore in exchange for RHP Luis Ayala, April 10...Made four relief outings for Double-A Bowie before being promoted to Norfolk on April 29...Made 31 appearances (two starts) for the Tides...Earned his first Triple-A win with 1.2 shutout innings of relief, May 9 at Buffalo...Picked up first Triple-A save on May 15 vs. Lehigh Valley after working 3.0 shutout innings of relief...30 of his 31 appearances with Norfolk were longer than 1.0 inning, including a season-high 5.0 inning spot start on June 16 vs. Louisville...Held Triple-A left-handers to a .196 average (20-for-102) with 23 strikeouts... Allowed six of 18 inherited runners to score...Posted a 1.90 ERA (11 ER, 52.0 IP) in his final 23 outings (one start)...His 2.67 ERA ranked third on the club among pitchers who threw at least 50.0 innings...Pitched for Caribes de Anzoategui in the Venezuelan Winter League, posting a 5.00 ERA (5 ER, 9.0 IP) in 15 outings... Added to Baltimore’s 40-man roster on November 4. 2012: Spent his first season in the Atlanta organization and pitched exclusively for Double-A Mississippi... Ranked third on the club with 45 appearances…His 61 strikeouts ranked second among Mississippi relievers…Allowed nine of 28 inherited runners to score...Allowed just one hit over a six-game stretch from May 1 to June 1, yielding three walks while striking out 11 over 10.0 shutout innings...Played in the Arizona Fall League for the Phoenix Desert Dogs, posting a 4.60 ERA (8 ER, 15.2 IP) in 10 relief outings. 2011: Spent the season with Class-A Kinston in the Cleveland organization… Led the team in relief innings pitched (72.1)… Ranked second on the team in appearances (43) and third in wins (7)...Posted a 1.70 ERA (7 ER, 37.0 IP) in 21 away games...Opposing batters hit just .174 (15-for-86) with runners in scoring position...Held left-handed batters to a .145 average (12-for-83) with 29 strikeouts. 2010: Finished third among all Carolina League relievers in batting average against (.234) and third in strikeouts/per 9.0 innings for a reliever (8.65)…Combined to go 6-5 with a 2.51 ERA in 38 games (one start) between Class-A Advanced Kinston and Class-A Lake County. 2009: Went a combined 6-4 with a 4.91 ERA in 16 games (11 starts) between Class-A Advanced Kinston and Class-A Lake County. 2008: Spent the entire season with the Gulf Coast Indians. 2007: Made his pro debut, splitting the season between Gulf Coast and Lake County. PERSONAL: Christopher A. Jones was acquired by Baltimore from Atlanta in exchange for RHP Luis Ayala on April 10, 2013...Designated for assignment by Baltimore and released by the Orioles prior to the 2014 season, but re-signed with Baltimore on March 3, 2014...Originally selected by Cleveland in the 15th round of the 2007 First Year Player Draft out of Gaither HS (Tampa, FL)… Acquired by Atlanta from Cleveland in exchange for RHP Derek Lowe, October 31, 2011.

YR Team 07 GCL Indians (R) Lake County (A) 08 GCL Indians (R) 09 Lake County (R) Kinston (A) 10 Lake County (A) Kinston (A) 11 Kinston (A) 12 Mississippi (AA) 13 Mississippi (AA) Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) Minor League Totals

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W-L ERA 0-0 2.45 0-1 6.75 3-4 3.10 5-3 4.07 1-1 7.50 2-2 2.86 4-3 2.39 7-1 3.36 2-5 3.90 0-0 13.50 0-0 2.57 4-4 2.67 28-24 3.42

G 1 1 11 12 4 7 31 43 45 1 4 31 191

GS 1 1 10 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 26

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 7

IP 3.2 4.0 52.1 55.1 18.0 22.0 67.2 72.1 60.0 1.1 7.0 70.2 434.1

H R ER 4 1 1 4 3 3 44 19 18 60 32 25 22 17 15 16 8 7 60 20 18 65 31 27 69 29 26 2 2 2 8 2 2 72 28 21 426 192 165

HR 0 1 4 1 5 2 2 6 1 0 0 3 25

BB SO 2 5 3 2 20 36 19 50 8 21 2 20 27 65 30 66 19 61 2 1 0 6 34 47 166 380


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DOB: 6/18/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-3 Weight: 180 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Nashville, TN Resides: Franklin, TN Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 7th round of the 2008 draft 2013: Spent the entire season with Double-A Bowie... Named to the Eastern League’s Mid-Season All-Star team as well as the league’s post-season All-Star team…He was named the catcher on the Topps/Minor League Baseball Double-A All-Star team and was named the Eastern League Player of the Year by Topps/Minor League Baseball...Was one of three Orioles farmhands to be named a Topps Player of the Year, joining C Michael Ohlman (Carolina League) and 1B Trey Mancini (New York-Penn League)...Named Eastern League Player of the Week for June 10-16… Ranked among the top five in the EL in total bases (1st, 256), sacrifice flies (1st, 10), RBI (2nd, 97), hits (2nd, 155), slugging (T-3rd, .494), home runs (4th, 22), extra-base hits (4th, 55), doubles (T-4th, 31), average (5th, .299) and at-bats (5th, 518)...Finished the year as the Baysox all-time leader in hits (416), RBI (237) and games played (428) while ranking second in franchise history with 52 home runs…His 97 RBI were tied for the 4th-highest total in Baysox history... Ranked among O’s farmhands in RBI (1st, 97), home runs (2nd, 22) and average (5th, 299)...Appeared defensively in 64 games at catcher, 16 games in left field and 12 games at first base. 2012: Split the season between Double-A Bowie and Norfolk, combining to hit .259 with 12 home runs and 55 RBI...Led all Orioles minor league catchers in home runs (12), RBI (55), runs (38) and extra-base hits (30)...Opened the year with the Baysox and hit .248 with four home runs and 23 RBI in 46 games before joining Norfolk on June 5...Appeared in 22 games with the Tides from June 5-July 8, batting .206 with seven RBI...Norfolk went 14-5 in the 19 games he started at catcher, with Tides pitchers posting a 2.96 ERA with him behind the plate...Rejoined Bowie on July 19 and hit .305 with eight home runs and 25 RBI over his final 34 games... Against EL left-handers, hit .318 (28-for-88) with six home runs and a .982 OPS...Threw out 41.3 percent of attempted basestealers at Bowie (31 of 75). 2011: Spent entire season with Bowie, where he was named to the midseason All-Star team...Tied for fifth on the team with 96 hits and tied for fifth on the club with seven home runs…Led all EL catchers with a .997 fielding percentage (two errors in 717 total chances)...Ranked second in the EL by throwing out 38.5 percent of attempted basestealers (35-for-91)...Put together a 14-game road hitting streak from May 28 to July 1, over which he hit .377 (20-for-53) with a .431 on-base percentage. 2010: Spent the season with Bowie, batting .235 with a .669 OPS in 106 games for the Baysox...Hit .322 (28-for-87) with an .852 OPS in June... Collected a season-high three hits five times; April 10 vs. Richmond, May 5 at Harrisburg, May 15 vs. Erie, May 20 at Binghamton and August 17 at Trenton...Drove in a season-high four runs on May 19 at Binghamton...Batted .421 (16-for-38) with a 1.030 OPS in 11 games for Scottsdale in the Arizona Fall League following the season. 2009: Played the entire season with Class-A Frederick and ranked eighth among Carolina League batters with a .284 batting average...His .284 average ranked ninth among O’s minor leaguers and he was tied for 2nd in the system with 12 home runs...Named to both the midseason and postseason All-Star teams... Ranked fourth in the league by throwing out 27.2 % of attempted basestealers (41-for-151)..Had a 16game hitting streak from May 27-June 19, over which he hit .411 (23-for-56)...Reached base safely in 32 consecutive games from May 27 to July 15, the second-longest stretch in the CL in 2009...Ranked by Baseball America as the #10 prospect and the Best Defensive Catcher in the O’s system following the year. 2008: Named to the New York-Penn League All-Star Team after leading Aberdeen in doubles (19) and ranking second in RBI (34)... Tied for NYPL lead with six sacrifice flies... Went 5-for-5 with a home run, two doubles and four RBI on July 16 vs. Jamestown...Clubbed a grand slam on August 27 vs. Vermont. PERSONAL: Caleb Martin Joseph was selected by Baltimore in the 7th round of the 2008 draft out of Lipscomb University...During his junior year with the Bisons, he helped lead the club to the Atlantic Sun Championship and its first-ever NCAA baseball tournament...Led Lipscomb in batting average (.342), slugging percentage (.615), hits (61), home runs (17) and total bases in 2008 while being named to the A-Sun All-Conference Team...Was also named MVP of the A-Sun conference tournament...His younger brother Corban (a second baseman) was also selected in the 2008 draft, as he was chosen in the fourth round out of Franklin High School (TN) by the New York Yankees.

YR 08 09 10 11 12

Team Aberdeen (A) Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) Bowie (AA) 13 Bowie (AA) Minor League Totals

AVG .261 .284 .235 .257 .206 .272 .299 .268

G 63 104 106 107 22 80 135 617

AB 238 380 378 374 68 279 518 2235

R H 2B 34 62 19 50 108 23 43 89 15 42 96 15 6 14 4 38 76 17 74 155 31 287 600 124

3B 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 8

HR 8 12 11 7 0 12 22 72

RBI BB SO 34 15 56 60 26 64 51 33 63 41 40 60 7 8 10 48 29 60 97 39 92 338 190 405

SB 2 2 1 5 0 2 4 16

OBP .303 .337 .301 .334 .289 .343 .346 .328

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DOB: 2/6/88 Opening Day Age: 26 Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Busan, South Korea Resides: Doraville, GA Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 11/18/13 2013: Spent majority of the season with Double-A Montgomery in the Tampa Bay system, as he combined to hit .264 with 16 home runs and 49 RBI between the Biscuits and Class-A Charlotte...His 16 home runs led Rays minor leaguers... Ranked fourth in the Southern League in slugging percentage (.471) and HR/AB ratio (1/23.07)...Between Class-A and Double-A, he set career highs in games played (124), walks (62), runs (65) and hits (107)...Opened the season with Charlotte and hit .339 in 17 games with the Stone Crabs before being promoted to Montgomery on April 26...Hit .307 (23-for-75) and posted a .409 on-base percentage in 24 June contests with the Biscuits...Belted two home runs, July 21 at Mobile. 2012: Spent entire season with Double-A Montgomery... Named to the Southern League midseason All-Star Team‌Led Montgomery with 14 home runs... Named SL Player of the Week for the week of April 30 - May 7 (10-for-26 (.385) 3 2B, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 6 BB, 11 R)... His 58 runs scored, 53 RBI and 135 strikeouts all marked career highs...Hit .290 against right-handers but just .111 (10-for-90) against southpaws. 2011: Spent entire season with Double-A Montgomery...Tied for the team lead with 116 hits and ranked second on the club with 55 walks and six triples. 2010: Spent entire season with Class-A Charlotte of the Florida State League...Made 41 appearances in left field and 30 appearances in right field. 2009: Played for the World Team in the 2009 Futures Game‌ Led Class-A Bowling Green in AVG (.307), OBP (.390) and slugging pct (.491)... Set a career high with ten stolen bases. 2008: Spent entire campaign with Class-A Hudson Valley where he hit .278 in 69 games...Named New York-Penn League Player-of-the-Week for the week of August 4-11 (14-for-30 (.466), 6 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R)... Tied for second in the NYPL in triples (7). PERSONAL: Kyeong Kang was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on November 18, 2013... Originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 15th round of the 2006 MLB Draft...Was the first South Korean-born baseball player to be selected in an MLB draft...Attended Chattahoochee Valley Community College for one season before signing as a draft and follow prospect in 2007...After moving to the United States with his parents at the age of 14, he attended Parkview High School in Alpharetta, GA., the alma mater of big league outfielder Jeff Francoeur.

YR 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

Team Princeton (R)

Hudson Valley (A) Bowling Green (A)

Charlotte (A)

Montgomery (AA) Montgomery (AA)

Charlotte (A)

Montgomery (AA)

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AVG .276 .278 .307 .241 .263 .243 .339 .251 .267

G 55 69 89 86 99 104 17 107 626

AB 203 255 316 270 316 345 59 346 2110

R H 2B 25 56 14 38 71 15 42 97 29 32 65 15 54 83 14 58 84 18 13 20 6 52 87 17 314 563 128

3B 4 7 7 1 4 4 1 7 35

HR 3 6 5 1 11 14 1 15 56

RBI BB SO 22 20 44 43 20 62 42 40 74 22 34 75 39 53 85 53 51 135 4 9 19 45 53 102 270 280 596

SB 3 6 10 2 6 4 1 3 35

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DOB: 4/15/85 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Cumberland, MD Resides: Cumberland, MD Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 1/23/14 2013: Split season between four organizations, appearing in the major leagues with New York (NL) and Toronto before pitching for Triple-A Albuquerque (LAD) and Nashville (Milwaukee)...Opened the year with the Mets, posting a 7.20 ERA in four games (two starts) before being designated for assignment on April 21...Claimed off waivers by Toronto on April 23 and made one start for the Blue Jays on April 26, taking a no-decision at Yankee Stadium...Was outrighted by Toronto on April 29 and elected free agency, signing a minor league deal with Los Angeles...Pitched in 12 games (11 starts) for Albuquerque from May 3 to July 1, posting a 5.61 ERA...Posted an 8.40 ERA (28 ER, 30.0 IP) in seven home outings compared to a 2.90 ERA (10 ER, 31.0 IP) in five road starts...Opted out of his minor league deal with the Dodgers and signed a minor league deal with Milwaukee, making his first appearance with Nashville on July 12... Allowed 19 earned runs over a two-start span (7.1 IP), August 19 vs. Round Rock and August 24 at Albuquerque without those two starts, his ERA over his other nine starts with Nashville was 4.46 (21 ER, 42.1 IP). CAREER: Has appeared in 153 games (68 starts) over a seven-year major league career split between five organizations: Cleveland, Seattle, New York (AL), New York (NL) and Toronto...Pitched in one game for Cleveland during the 2007 ALCS vs. Boston, tossing 4.2 scoreless innings in game six at Fenway Park... Made his MLB debut on August 4, 2007 at Minnesota, becoming the youngest Indians starter (22 years, 111 days) to debut since CC Sabathia in 2001...Posted first MLB victory in his second start, a 7-5 win over Mark Buehrle in Chicago on 8/9/07...Named the Gillette American League Rookie of the Month in May, 2008 (3-2, 0.79 ERA in five starts)...Has appeared in the International League with Buffalo, Columbus and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...Won 17 games between Double-A Akron and Triple-A Buffalo in 2007. PERSONAL: Aaron Steven Laffey was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on January 23, 2014... Originally selected by Cleveland in the 16th round of the 2003 draft...Committed to Virginia Tech before signing with Cleveland...Graduated from Allegany (MD) High School in 2003, where he played basketball and baseball...Named ‘03 Cumberland Times-News High School Baseball Player of the Year.

YR Team 03 Burlington (R) 04 Lake County (A)

W-L ERA 3-1 2.91 3-7 6.53 Mahoning Valley (A) 3-1 1.24 05 Lake County (A) 7-7 3.22 Akron (AA) 1-0 3.60 06 Kinston (A) 4-1 2.18 Akron (AA) 8-3 3.53 07 Akron (AA) 4-1 2.31 Buffalo (AAA) 9-3 3.08 CLEVELAND (AL) 4-2 4.56 08 CLEVELAND (AL) 5-7 4.23 Buffalo (AAA) 6-2 4.38 09 Akron (AA) 0-0 3.68 Columbus (AAA) 0-2 11.32 CLEVELAND (AL) 7-9 4.44 10 Lake County (A) 0-0 4.50 Akron (AA) 0-0 0.00 Columbus (AAA) 0-1 3.67 CLEVELAND (AAA) 2-3 4.53 11 SEATTLE (AL) 1-1 4.01 Scranton/WB (AAA) 0-1 7.36 NEW YORK (AL) 2-1 3.38 12 Las Vegas (AAA) 3-5 4.52 TORONTO (AL) 4-6 4.56 13 NEW YORK (NL) 0-0 7.20 TORONTO (AL) 0-0 6.75 Albuquerque (AAA) 4-3 5.61 Nashville (AAA) 2-5 7.25 Minor League Totals 57-43 4.03 Major League Totals 25-29 4.45

G GS 9 4 19 15 8 8 25 23 1 1 10 4 19 19 6 6 16 15 9 9 16 16 11 11 2 2 3 3 25 19 2 1 1 0 10 4 29 5 36 0 2 1 11 0 11 11 22 16 4 2 1 1 12 11 11 11 178 150 153 68

CG 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

SV 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

IP 34.0 73.0 43.2 142.1 5.0 41.1 112.1 35.0 96.1 49.1 93.2 61.2 7.1 10.1 121.2 2.0 1.0 27.0 55.2 42.2 3.2 10.2 63.2 100.2 10.0 2.2 61.0 49.2 870.1 487.0

H R ER 22 13 11 79 58 53 38 15 6 123 62 51 8 2 2 38 16 10 121 50 44 29 13 9 89 36 33 54 26 25 103 52 44 72 33 30 6 3 3 21 13 13 140 69 60 2 1 1 1 0 0 29 11 11 62 30 28 54 20 19 5 5 3 13 4 4 77 41 32 100 56 51 16 8 8 2 2 2 72 40 38 68 45 40 900 457 390 544 267 241

HR 0 6 1 5 0 0 9 2 5 2 10 2 0 2 9 1 0 1 1 7 0 0 6 17 1 0 12 5 57 47

BB SO 15 46 44 67 10 30 52 69 2 6 6 24 33 61 7 24 23 75 12 25 31 43 18 47 7 6 5 4 57 59 0 3 0 0 16 12 28 28 16 24 2 1 5 6 20 38 37 48 5 9 5 0 22 29 19 26 301 568 196 242

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DOB: 1/8/85 Opening Day Age: 29 Height: 6-2 Weight: 215 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Port Charlotte, FL Resides: Indian Rocks Beach, FL Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 2/7/14 2013: Limited to 44 games with Triple-A Columbus due to a left hip injury...Despite appearing in only 57 games he belted 13 home runs, the seventh-straight season in which he’s reached double digits in home runs...Began the season on the disabled list after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left hip in October, 2012...Joined Columbus on May 2 and hit .381 (8-for-21) with four home runs and seven RBI over his first six games...Was batting .235 with five home runs and 11 RBI before being placed on the disabled list with a strained left hip, June 5... Played 13 rehab games with the AZL Indians from July 13 - August 2 before being activated from the DL on August 4...Hit .241 (20-for-83) with five home runs and 17 RBI over his final 22 games of the season. 2012: Spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Columbus where he split time between first base (52 games) and left field (25 games)...Ranked fifth in the International League by hitting one home run every 19.74 at-bats...Named to IL midseason All-Star team...Named IL Batter of the Week for the week of April 23-30 after hitting four home runs and driving in 10 over seven games...Had two stints with Cleveland, June 3-12, and August 24 through the end of the season...With Cleveland he made eight starts at first base (11 games) and 7 starts at DH... Collected a season-high three hits and hit his only homer of the Major League season, September 13 at Texas...Underwent a left hip arthroscopy in Nashville, TN on October 18. 2011: Spent majority of the season in Cleveland and was the club’s primary first baseman for much of the year... Made 89 starts at first base (97 games) and seven starts at DH... Hit his second career walk-off home run on July 30 vs. Kansas City’s Joakim Soria. 2010: Spent the season in Cleveland besides a three week stint with Triple-A Columbus in June... Was the Tribe’s opening day first baseman at Chicago, his first career opening day start…. Batted .218 with 13 runs scored, 4 doubles, one home run and seven RBI in 35 games before being optioned to Columbus on June 7...Recalled from Columbus on July 27 and homered in three straight game upon his return. 2009: Split the season between Columbus and Cleveland, his first taste at the Major League level in just his second full professional season...Homered off Toronto’s Brian Tallet on May 4 for first MLB hit...Overall with Cleveland he made 29 starts in LF, 10 starts in RF and 10 starts at first base...Bothered by hip and toe injuries late in the season that required surgery on October 14...Named the 2nd-best prospect in organization by Baseball America entering 2009 and the 14th overall prospect in baseball by MLB.com. 2008: Acquired from Milwaukee on September 7 in a five-player trade that sent CC Sabathia to the Brewers… Spent 3 ½ weeks in August in Beijing, China playing in the Olympics for Team USA....Homered in the bronze medal winning game vs. Japan. PERSONAL: Matthew Vincent LaPorta was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 2/7/14... Originally selected by Milwaukee in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 2007 draft...Also drafted by Chicago (NL) in the 14th round of the 2003 draft and by Boston in the 14th round of the 2006 draft, but did not sign...Attended University of Florida, where he majored in Recreation and Event Management...Was the second-highest Gator ever taken in the draft (John Burke, 6th overall pick in 1991)...Ended his career as Florida’s all-time leader with 74 career home runs (a mark that rated third on the SEC’s career list), and he was a two-time SEC Player of the Year...Attended Charlotte (FL) high school, where he set school records for home runs in a season (10) and in a career (24).

YR Team 07 Helena (R) West Virginia (A) 08 Huntsville (AA) Akron (AA) 09 Columbus (AAA) CLEVELAND (AL) 10 Columbus (AAA) CLEVELAND (AL) 11 Columbus (AAA) CLEVELAND (AL) 12 Columbus (AAA) CLEVELAND (AL) 13 AZL Indians (R) Columbus (AAA) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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AVG .259 .318 .288 .233 .299 .254 .362 .221 .444 .247 .264 .241 .293 .238 .282 .238

G 7 23 84 17 93 52 18 110 2 107 101 22 13 44 402 291

AB 27 88 302 60 338 181 69 376 9 352 375 58 41 164 1473 967

R H 4 7 18 28 56 87 6 14 63 101 29 46 7 25 41 83 2 4 34 87 56 99 2 14 9 12 21 39 242 416 106 230

2B 1 8 23 1 23 13 4 15 0 23 19 2 4 9 92 53

3B 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 2

HR 2 10 20 2 17 7 5 12 1 11 19 1 4 10 90 31

RBI BB SO 4 1 8 27 7 22 66 45 63 8 4 12 60 42 56 21 12 37 16 12 10 41 46 82 3 0 1 53 23 87 62 44 81 5 1 17 12 9 10 28 17 30 286 181 293 120 82 223

SB 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3

OBP .286 .392 .402 .299 .388 .308 .457 .306 .444 .299 .350 .267 .404 .310 .372 .301


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DOB: 1/20/86 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 5-11 Weight: 180 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Akron, OH Resides: Clinton, OH Acquired: Traded from Kansas City in exchange for IF Danny Valencia, 12/18/13 2013: Began the season with Triple-A Omaha...Put together an 11-game hitting streak from April 19-30, over which he hit .436 (24-for-55) with eight multi-hit games...Ranked 11th in the Pacific Coast League with a .338 average in 37 games for Omaha when he was promoted to Kansas City on May 16...Spent the remainder of the season with the Royals, where he tied for the lead among American League rookies with 22 two-out RBI...Also ranked among AL rookies in triples (2nd, 4), outfield assists (3rd, 8), batting average (4th, .286), doubles (T-4th, 17), slugging percentage (5th, .413) and extra-base hits (T-5th, 26)...Finished 8th in the American League Rookie of the Year balloting, leading AL rookies in WAR per both BaseballReference (2.7) and FanGraphs (2.4 - tied with Tampa Bay’s Wil Myers)...Had four extra-base hits at Minnesota on June 30 to become the first Royal to accomplish the feat since Johnny Damon did so on July 18, 2000...Belted first Major League home run on June 11 vs. Detroit (a solo shot off of eventual Cy Young winner Max Scherzer)...Hit .310 in road games and batted .292 vs. left-handed pitching... Batted .306 with two outs...Hit .294 with a .447 slugging percentage before the All-Star break, including a .322 average during the month of June. 2012: Was a September call up by the Royals after spending most of the season in Triple-A Omaha...Tied for second in the Pacific Coast League with 11 triples and tied for eighth in the league with 26 stolen bases...His 26 steals were the third-most among Royals farmhands...Led PCL outfielders in total chances (328) and putouts (313)...Put together a 17-game hitting streak from April 20 to May 5, over which he batted .358 (24-for-67) with three home runs and 16 RBI...Batted .429 (9-for-21) with a home run and 22 RBI with the bases loaded...Recalled from Omaha on September 1 and started the second game of a doubleheader vs. Minnesota that night; singled in his first career at-bat off of the Twins Liam Hendriks en route to scoring two runs in the contest - the fourth Royals player to score two runs in his MLB debut. 2011: Spent entire season with Omaha...Ranked 8th among Royals minor leaguers with a .318 average... Ranked third in the Pacific Coast League with 11 triples and ranked eighth in the league with 87 runs scored...Was the fifth-hardest PCL batter to strike out, as he struck out just once every 10.53 plate appearances...His average never dipped below the .300 mark after May 3 (final 90 games). 2010: Spent entire season with Omaha...His 12 triples ranked second in the Pacific Coast League... Was added to the Royals’ 40-man roster on November 19, 2010. 2009: Combined to hit .325 between Class-A Wilmington and Double-A Northwest Arkansas, leading the entire Kansas City organization... Received the second annual George Brett Hitter of the Year Award... Named to the Carolina League All-Star team... Received the Northwest Arkansas Player of the Year Award. 2008: Ranked in the Midwest League’s top 10 in triples, at-bats, total bases, runs, slugging percentage and home runs en route to helping lead the Burlington Bees to the league championship. 2007: In his first pro season, he batted .337 in 24 games for Rookie Burlington. PERSONAL: David Dennis Lough was acquired by Baltimore from Kansas City in exchange for IF Danny Valencia on December 18, 2013...Originally selected by Kansas City in the 11th round of the 2007 draft... Graduated from Green High (Akron, OH) in 2004...Attended Division II Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA... Led Mercyhurst in 12 offensive categories his junior year as well as tying a school hits mark with 74 as he was named to the Rawlings/ABCA All-America Third Team... Also played football at Mercyhurst where he was a wide receiver and kick returner.

YR 07 08 09

Team Burlington (R) Burlington (R) Wilmington (A)

NW Arkansas (AA)

10 Omaha (AAA) 11 Omaha (AAA) 12 Omaha (AAA)

KANSAS CITY (AL)

13 Omaha (AAA)

KANSAS CITY (AL)

Minor League Totals Major League Totals

AVG .337 .268 .320 .331 .280 .318 .275 .237 .338 .286 .297 .278

G 24 126 65 61 120 114 130 20 37 96 677 116

AB 86 488 222 236 460 456 491 59 154 315 2593 374

R 15 76 28 41 65 87 69 9 29 35 410 44

H 2B 29 6 131 21 71 15 78 13 129 15 145 26 135 19 14 2 52 6 90 17 770 121 104 19

3B 0 11 2 2 12 11 11 1 3 4 52 5

HR 2 16 5 9 11 9 10 0 3 5 65 5

RBI BB SO 12 4 13 62 35 70 30 12 34 31 12 30 58 40 72 65 36 49 69 25 65 2 4 9 17 11 21 33 10 52 344 175 354 35 14 61

SB 6 12 6 13 14 14 26 1 5 5 96 6

OBP .380 .329 .370 .371 .346 .367 .317 .292 .391 .311 .349 .308

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DOB: 7/6/92 Opening Day Age: 21 Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Miami, FL Resides: Hialeah, FL Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 2010 draft 2013: Made first Orioles Opening Day roster…Became the 4th Oriole to start on Opening Day at 20 or younger (Boog Powell ‘62, Brooks Robinson ’57 & ’58, Ron Hansen ’58)...Led the AL and became the second player in MLB history to record 50+ doubles (51) in a season during which he was 20 years old, joining Alex Rodriguez (54 in 1996)...Named to first career All-Star team as reserve 3B, as he collected the 9th-most votes in the AL (4,101,089)...Won his first career Gold Glove Award (the first O’s third baseman to win the award since Brooks Robinson in 1975) after leading AL third baseman in fielding % (.973), assists (355), double plays turned (42) and range factor per game (3.02)…Also finished 2nd in putouts (116)... Finished the season leading the AL in doubles (51) and at-bats (667) while ranking among AL leaders in hits (6th, 189), multi-hit games (7th, 55), extra-base hits (T-7th, 68), total bases (10th, 288) and runs (T-16th, 88)...On April 10, became the second Oriole under 21 to homer in Fenway Park (also Jim Palmer, 4/13/66)... Had career-high 14-game hit streak, June 2-16, during which he batted .328 (20-for-61) with a walk, seven doubles, eight runs and seven RBI... Snapped 1,206 consecutive innings played streak, June 27 vs. CLE (first career ejection)...Had three straight three-hit games, May 10-12, to become the first big leaguer under 21 with three consecutive three-hit games since Pittsburgh’s Rennie Stennett did it in 1971... Had 38 doubles before July 1, the 2nd-most in the Major Leagues since 1921 (Edgar Martinez, 39 in 1996)...Recorded an RBI in a career-high five straight games, August 25-30... Suffered a torn medial patellofemoral ligament in his left leg, September 23 at Tampa Bay... Placed on 60-day DL, September 24, and reinstated November 1...On October 14 in California, Dr. Neal ElAttrache performed an arthroscopy and open reconstruction of the medial patellar femoral ligament… A hamstring tendon was used to graft a replacement for the ruptured ligament. 2012: Opened the year with Double-A Bowie, where he made 104 of his 106 appearances with the Baysox at shortstop...Played in the 2012 Futures Game in Kansas City...Hit for the cycle on August 4 vs. Trenton... Had contract selected from Bowie on August 9 and made his major league debut that night against Kansas City...At 20 years, 34 days old, became the 31st player to make his Orioles debut before the age of 21...Became the 20th-youngest player to make his debut in Orioles history, and the first to debut before 21 since RHP Hayden Penn on May 28, 2005...Was first position player to debut before the age of 21 since OF Eugene Kingsale on September 3, 1996… Became the fourth Oriole to triple in his debut, joining Bernie Castro (Sept. 1, 2005), Marv Breeding (April 19, 1960) and Barry Shetrone (July 27, 1959)…Became the first player in modern ML history (since 1900) to hit two homers and a triple in his first two career games in the majors...Became the first AL player with two multi-homer games at the age of 20 or younger since Ken Griffey Jr. (1989)… Became the youngest player in franchise history (including the St. Louis Browns from 1902 to 1953) to hit two or more homers in a game...Was the youngest Oriole to homer since Jim Palmer (19 years, 213 days) on May 16, 1965 vs. New York (AL)...Named American League Co-Player of the Week with Boston’s Adrian Gonzalez for the week ending August 12...Hit walk-off RBI single in the 14th inning September 13 against Tampa Bay... Went 1-for-3 with an RBI in AL Wild Card Game at Texas…Batted .125 (2-for-16) in five games in the ALDS vs. New York. 2011: Named South Atlantic League Player of the Week after homering in three straight games, April 2527, then homering in back-to-back games on April 30 and May 1... Promoted to Frederick on June 23... Named MVP of the Mills Cup after hitting a home run and driving in seven in Frederick’s 3-1 series win over Kinston... Following the season, was named the #2 prospect in the Orioles organization by Baseball America, and was named the Best Defensive Infielder and Best Hitter For Average by the same publication...Named by MLB.com as the #6 prospect in all of baseball entering the 2012 season. 2010: Homered for his first professional hit in his second career game August 28 against the rookie-level DSL Rays… Named the #1 prospect in the Orioles organization by Baseball America following the season. PERSONAL: Manuel Arturo Machado was selected by Baltimore in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 2010 draft...Graduated from Brito Miami Private (FL) High School.

YR Team 10 GCL Orioles (R) Aberdeen (A) 11 Delmarva (A) Frederick (A) 12 Bowie (AA) BALTIMORE (AL) 13 BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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AVG .143 .345 .276 .245 .266 .262 .283 .263 .279

G 2 7 38 63 109 51 156 219 207

AB R H 7 1 1 29 2 10 145 24 40 237 24 58 402 60 107 191 24 50 667 88 189 820 111 216 858 112 239

2B 0 1 8 12 26 8 51 47 59

3B 0 1 2 3 5 3 3 11 6

HR 1 0 6 5 11 7 14 23 21

RBI 2 3 24 26 59 26 71 114 97

BB 0 3 23 22 48 9 29 96 38

SO 1 2 25 48 70 38 113 146 151

SB 0 0 3 8 13 2 6 24 8

OBP .143 .406 .376 .308 .352 .294 .314 .344 .309


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DOB: 11/17/83 Opening Day Age: 30 Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Glen Cove, NY Resides: Monkton, MD Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 2003 draft 2013: Became franchise leader with his seventh Opening Day start in right field (all consecutive)...Moved into top 10 in club history in doubles (6th, 289), RBI (9th, 608), hits (10th, 1,370), total bases (10th, 2,070) and extra-base hits (10th, 431)...Tied Ken Singleton for fifth in club history with eight seasons of 20+ doubles & 10+ home runs...Was a Gold Glove finalist among AL right fielders after having a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage...Had four straight multi-hit games, May 9-12...Had a season-long 12-game hit streak, May 15-27, batting .377 (20-for-53) with three walks, four doubles, two home runs, seven runs and 11 RBI...Batted .375/.423/.602 (33-for-88) over a 21-game stretch, May 9-31...Tied a season-high with four hits, June 16 vs. Boston...Tied with Adam Jones and Chris Davis for the team lead with 160 games played. 2012: Spent time on the disabled list for the first time in his career from May 3-July 9 with a right hamate bone fracture...Returned July 13 and batted leadoff for the first time in his career that night vs. Detroit...Hit leadoff in all 54 games after returning at the end of the All-Star break, batting .335/.390/.489 with 34 runs, 15 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 28 RBI...Broke his left thumb after being struck by a pitch on September 8 vs. New York (AL), ending his season...Hit the last of three consecutive Orioles home runs to start the game on May 10 vs. Texas, setting an AL record...Tied his career-high with four walks, May 6 at Boston...Hit .311/.392/.578 in 51 plate appearances with RISP and two outs. 2011: Became the third Orioles outfielder to win a Gold Glove, joining Paul Blair (1967, 1969-75) and Adam Jones (2009)...Named American League Player of the Week for July 14-17 after batting .429 (6-for-14) with two doubles, two homers, five runs scored and six RBI in four games...Recorded his 1,000th career hit with a third-inning single on July 15...Did not make an error, posting the first 1.000% fielding percentage in his outfield career. 2010: Finished the season tied for fourth in the AL with 45 doubles and became third player in MLB history with four straight 43+ double seasons...Became the first player in O’s history with four consecutive 40-double seasons and the 19th outfielder since 1900 with four or more seasons of 40 doubles or more. CAREER: Reached base safely in a career-high 38 consecutive games from July 5-August 18, 2009...Led the majors with 17 outfield assists in 2008...Also finished in the top 10 in the AL in road average (1st, 48), times on base (1st, 283), walks (2nd, 99), OBP (3rd, .406), doubles (T-3rd, 48), runs (4th, 106), OPS (7th, .897), games (T-9th, 157), average (10th, .306), hits (T-10th, 182) and extra-base hits (T-10th, 69) in 2008...Was named Most Valuable Oriole by the local media after batting .300 (191-for-637) with 23 home runs, 43 doubles and 112 RBI in 2007...Finished sixth in the AL Rookie of the Year voting in 2006... Homered off of Tampa Bay’s Dan Miceli on April 5, 2006 for first major league hit...Tied an O’s franchise record by homering three times August 22, 2006...Named Orioles Minor League Player of the Year in 2005. PERSONAL: Nicholas William Markakis was drafted by Baltimore in the first round (7th overall) of the 2003 draft...Attended Young Harris Junior College and batted .439 (98-for-223) with 21 HR and 92 RBI and stole 19 bases in 20 attempts in 2003…Also pitched at Young Harris, going 12-0 with one save and a 1.68 ERA in 15 games and led all junior college pitchers with 160 strikeouts…In 2003, was listed by Baseball America as the 2nd best Junior College prospect…Was named Junior College Player of the Year by Baseball America in 2002…Was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 2001 and 2002 but did not sign…Graduated from Woodstock HS (GA)…Played for the Greek Olympic Baseball Team during the 2004 games in Athens, leading the team with a .346 batting average.

YR 03 04 05

Team Aberdeen (A) Delmarva (A) Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) 06 BALTIMORE (AL) 07 BALTIMORE (AL) 08 BALTIMORE (AL) 09 BALTIMORE (AL) 10 BALTIMORE (AL) 11 BALTIMORE (AL) 12 Bowie (AA) BALTIMORE (AL) 13 BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

AVG .283 .299 .300 .339 .291 .300 .306 .293 .297 .284 .300 .298 .271 .301 .292

G 59 96 91 33 147 161 157 161 160 160 3 104 160 282 1210

AB 205 355 350 124 491 637 595 642 629 641 10 420 634 1044 4689

R 22 57 59 19 72 97 106 94 79 72 4 59 89 161 668

H 58 106 105 42 143 191 182 188 187 182 3 125 172 314 1370

2B 14 22 25 16 25 43 48 45 45 31 1 28 24 78 289

3B 3 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 9 15

HR 1 11 12 3 16 23 20 18 12 15 2 13 10 29 127

RBI BB SO 28 30 33 64 42 66 62 43 65 30 18 30 62 43 72 112 61 112 87 99 113 101 56 98 60 73 93 73 62 75 4 2 2 54 42 51 59 55 76 188 135 196 608 491 690

SB 13 12 2 0 2 18 10 6 7 12 0 1 1 27 57

OBP .372 .371 .379 .420 .351 .362 .406 .347 .370 .351 .417 .363 .329 .380 .360

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DOB: 7/2/88 Opening Day Age: 25 Height: 6-3 Weight: 229 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Miami, FL Resides: Miami, FL Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 12/16/13 2013: Spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Syracuse in the Washington system...Opened the year with the Chiefs and ranked among the International League’s April leaders in home runs (T-2nd, 6), OPS (3rd, 1.048), RBI (4th, 20) and average (6th, .354)...Belted two homers at Scranton/WB, April 20...Hit safely in 20 consecutive home games from April 18 to June 7, the longest home hitting streak in the IL in 2013...Batted .381 (32-for-84) with four home runs and 20 RBI over that 20-game streak...Recalled by Washington on June 9 and appeared in eight games with the Nationals (including five pinch-hit appearances)...Rejoined Syracuse on June 30...Batted .306 with 10 home runs and 44 RBI in 55 games with Syracuse before his promotion to Washington and .231 with one home run and 15 RBI in 56 games after he returned to Syracuse. 2012: Played in just 53 games at five levels in the Washington system...Spent majority of the spring and summer rehabbing a severe left hamstring strain suffered on November 15, 2011, while playing for Licey in the Dominican Winter League...After appearing in 16 rehab games he joined Syracuse on June 19 and hit .244 (31-for-127) in 37 games...Hit .364 (12-for-33) against left-handed pitching. 2011: Spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Syracuse before a late season promotion to Washington...Earned Syracuse Player of the Month honors in July after hitting .324 with two home runs and 13 RBI...Led International League first baseman with 1176 total chances and 1104 putouts...Ranked fourth in the IL with 145 hits...Promoted to Washington on August 27...At the time of his promotion to Washington he ranked among IL leaders in hits (2nd, 145), OBP (T-3rd, .375), batting average (5th, .300), doubles (6th, 30) walks (T-8th, 58) and OPS (10th, .825)...Made his MLB debut on August 27 and singled off Cincinnati’s Mike Leake for his first big league hit...Hit safely in 14 of his first 17 games with the Nationals...Committed two errors in his big league debut, but did not make an error in his next 30 games. 2010: At age of 21, ranked among Nationals farmhands in RBI (3rd, 82), home runs (T- 5th, 18) and batting average (6th, .294) for Double-A Harrisburg...Was midseason Eastern League All-Star...Following season, hit .306 in 23 games for Ponce in the Puerto Rican Winter League. 2009: Combined to hit .284 with 27 doubles, 17 home runs and 76 RBI in 135 combined games with Double-A Harrisburg and Single-A Potomac... Named to the Carolina League’s post-season All-Star team. 2008: Suffered season-ending injury (broken right fibula) sliding into home plate on June 18 . 2007: Led Washington minor leaguers with 88 RBI…was Single-A South Atlantic League All-Star selection. 2006: Batted .309 with 16 RBI in just 22 games with Rookie-level GCL Nationals, but debut was cut short by viral meningitis. PERSONAL: Christopher Marrero was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on December 16, 2013... Originally selected by Washington in the first round of the 2006 Draft... Entered his senior year of high school rated by Baseball America as the 2nd-best draft-eligible high school prospect...Earned Florida State 4A-1A First-Team honors en route to Monsignor Pace claiming the 4A Florida state title... Helped Team USA’s youth squad win a silver medal at the ‘04 Pan-Am Championship qualifier in Lagos De Moreno, Mexico...Nabbed First-Team All-Dade County honors as a junior.

YR Team

AVG

06 GCL Nationals (R) .309 07 Hagerstown (A) .293 Potomac (A) .259 08 Potomac (A) .250 09 Potomac (A) .287 Harrisburg (AA) .267 10 Harrisburg (AA) .294 11 Syracuse (AAA) .300 WASHINGTON (NL) .248 12 Hagerstown (A) .250 Potomac (A) .462 Harrisburg (AA) .273 Auburn (A) .357 Syracuse (AAA) .244 13 WASHINGTON (NL) .125 Syracuse (AAA) .270 Minor League Totals .282 Major League Totals .232

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G

22 57 68 70 112 23 141 127 31 2 4 5 5 37 8 111 784 39

AB

81 222 255 256 414 75 524 483 109 4 13 22 14 127 16 408 2898 125

R

10 31 40 40 58 9 73 59 6 1 1 2 4 13 0 48 389 6

H

2B

25 9 65 14 66 11 64 15 119 21 20 6 154 28 145 30 27 5 1 1 6 1 6 2 5 1 31 6 2 0 110 17 817 162 29 5

3B 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 0

HR 0 14 9 11 16 1 18 14 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 11 97 0

RBI

BB

SO

16 8 19 53 14 39 35 32 63 38 25 55 65 42 97 11 8 18 82 43 102 69 58 97 10 4 27 0 1 2 4 0 2 3 0 3 3 2 6 12 16 28 1 0 4 59 36 67 450 285 598 11 4 31

SB OBP 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0

.374 .337 .338 .325 .360 .345 .350 .375 .274 .500 .462 .304 .438 .333 .125 .331 .350 .256


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DOB: 2/11/87 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Grand Junction, CO Resides: Paradise Valley, CA Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 2008 draft 2013: Pitched out of the bullpen and posted career bests with a 24.0 % K rate, 8.82 strikeouts per nine IP, a 3.13 strikeout-to-walk ratio, a 28.3% swing-and-miss rate, a 2.89 FIP, a 3.53 ERA, a .230 average against, a .295 OBP allowed and a .321 SLG allowed...Stranded 32 of 37 inherited runners, the 7th-best mark in the majors (3rd in AL)...Has stranded 46 of 51 inherited runners (90.2%) dating back to 2012, the 2nd-best mark in the majors (Doolittle, OAK, 90.7%) over that stretch... Held left-handed hitters to a line of .168/.225/.277 in 112 plate appearances...The .168 average against by left-handed hitters ranked fifth among AL relievers...Posted a 1.35 ERA (4 ER, 26.2 IP) in 34 games at OPACY. 2012: Began season with the Orioles before being optioned to Norfolk on July 1...Struck out a career-hightying nine batters on May 22 vs. Boston...Was 5-10 with a 5.42 ERA (51 ER, 84.2 IP) in 16 starts before being optioned...Tossed a complete game four-hit shutout in his season debut with Norfolk, July 6 at Charlotte..It was the first nine-inning shutout for the Tides since Matusz also accomplished the feat on August 11, 2011...Made the first relief appearance of his career on August 15 vs. Gwinnett, earning his first professional save...Recalled by Baltimore on August 24 and pitched exclusively out of the bullpen...Pitched to a 1.35 ERA (2 ER, 13.1 IP) while allowing five hits and three walks with 19 strikeouts in 18 relief outings, stranding all 14 inherited runners...Held left-handed hitters to a total line of .175/.230/.298 line in 123 plate appearances in the majors...Earned first career relief win on September 16 at Oakland...Struck out the only batter faced (Josh Hamilton) in AL Wild Card Game at Texas. 2011: Had two stints with the Orioles: March 31-June 30 and August 16-end of season...Spent time on disabled list with a strained left intercostal, March 30-June 1...Went 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA (3 ER, 11.0 IP) in his first two starts to begin the season...Went 0-9 with a 13.03 ERA (56 ER, 38.2 IP) in his final 10 starts to end the season...Season ERA of 10.69 ERA was the highest single-season ERA in MLB history for a pitcher making 10 or more starts in a season... Went 2-3 with a 3.46 ERA (21 ER, 54.2 IP) in nine starts for Norfolk...Named International League Pitcher of the Week, July 13-17 (7.0 scoreless innings, 3 H, 2 BB, 8 K vs. Gwinnet)...Tossed a complete game shutout on August 11 vs. Lehigh Valley (9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 BB, 8 K). 2010: Led American League rookies in strikeouts (143), innings pitched (175.2) and games started (32) while ranking second in opponents’ average (.255), tied for second in wins (10) and third in ERA (4.30)...Named AL Rookie of the Month for August after going 4-1 with a 2.43 ERA (10 ER, 37.0 IP) in six starts...Won his final six decisions from August 19 through the end of the season, going 6-0 with a 1.57 ERA (8 ER, 46.0 IP) over that stretch. 2009: Won the Jim Palmer Award as the top Orioles minor league pitcher...Named Orioles Organizational Pitcher of the Month in June and July...Made his MLB debut on August 4 at Detroit...First career strikeout came against Miguel Cabrera in the second inning...Pitched for Team USA in the Futures Game in St. Louis... Named to Carolina League All-Star Team...Went 11-2 with a 1.99 ERA (25 ER, 113.0 IP) in 19 minor league starts. PERSONAL: Brian Robert Matusz was selected by Baltimore in the first round (4th overall) of the 2008 draft...Signed by Baltimore to a major league contract and added to the 40-man roster on August 15, 2008...Attended San Diego, where he led the NCAA in strikeouts (141) his junior year...Was named the 2008 West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year, Baseball America First-Team All-American and Rivals.com First-Team All-American...Finished his San Diego career as its all-time leader in strikeouts (396)....Tied the Torero single-game record for strikeouts with 17 in a win against Harvard on March 22, 2008...Played for St. Mary's High School (AZ)...Was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the 2005 draft but did not sign.

YR Team 09 Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) BALTIMORE (AL) 10 BALTIMORE (AL) 11 Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) 12 Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) 13 BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

W-L ERA 4-2 2.16 7-0 1.55 5-2 4.63 10-12 4.30 0-0 2.25 0-0 0.00 2-3 3.46 1-9 10.69 2-1 4.21 6-10 4.87 2-1 3.53 15-6 2.72 24-34 5.13

G 11 8 8 32 1 1 9 12 10 34 65 40 151

GS 11 8 8 32 1 1 9 12 6 16 0 36 68

CG 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

IP 66.2 46.1 44.2 175.2 4.0 6.0 54.2 49.2 47.0 98.0 51.0 224.2 419.0

H R ER 56 22 16 31 9 8 52 24 23 173 88 84 2 1 1 3 0 0 51 23 21 81 60 59 43 24 22 112 61 53 43 21 20 186 79 68 461 254 239

HR 5 2 6 19 0 0 4 18 2 15 3 13 61

BB SO 21 75 11 46 14 38 63 143 2 2 1 1 19 41 24 38 15 32 41 81 16 50 69 197 158 350

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DOB: 6/8/89 Opening Day Age: 24 Height: 6-3 Weight: 219 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Palos Park, IL Resides: Orland Park, IL Acquired: Selected by Baltimore from Cleveland in the Major League portion of the Rule 5 draft, 12/6/12

2013: Spent the entire season with Baltimore after being selected by the Orioles in the 2012 Rule 5 draft...Made 38 appearances, including one start...Made MLB debut on April 6 vs. Minnesota, tossing 3.1 scoreless innings and tying his season-high with five strikeouts; Struck out Trevor Plouffe in that contest for first big league punchout...Posted a 2.92 ERA (8 ER, 24.2 IP) over his first 12 appearances, April 6 - May 28...Recorded first MLB win, June 13 vs. Boston...Tossed a career-high 4.1 innings, June 23 at Toronto...Made his first MLB start on June 28 vs. New York (AL), taking a no-decision (2.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, BB, 4 K)...Pitched to a 2.53 ERA (3 ER, 10.2 IP) in six July games...Went 3-0 with a 0.90 ERA (1 ER, 10.0 IP) over his final eight games...Posted a 6.6 strikeout-to-walk-ratio against left-handed hitters (33 strikeouts, five walks)...Pitched to a 2.67 road ERA (10 ER, 33.2 IP)...27 of his 38 appearances were longer than 1.0 inning. 2012: Split the season between Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus in the Cleveland Indians system...Led Indians farmhands with 16 wins and 163.0 innings pitched...His 16 wins tied with Class-A Modesto’s Christian Bergman for the most among all minor league hurlers...Opened the season with Akron, where he allowed one run or fewer in six of his 10 starts...Earned a victory in six straight outings, April 24-May 20...Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week from May 14-21 and the Indians Minor League Player of the Week from May 7-13...Walked just one batter over his final 26.0 innings with the Aeros before he was promoted to Columbus on May 31...Tossed 5.2 shutout innings in his Triple-A debut, May 31 at Buffalo...Earned first Triple-A win on June 5 vs. Buffalo...Tossed a complete game shutout on June 24 at Lehigh Valley, allowing four hits and a walk while striking out four...Earned a win over Norfolk at Harbor Park on August 5, as he allowed three hits and a walk while striking out five over 8.0 shutout innings...Went 4-1 with a 3.43 ERA (15 ER, 39.1 IP) in six August starts. 2011: Spent majority of the season with Akron, where he ranked among Eastern League leaders in complete games (T-2nd, 2) and ERA (13th, 3.87)...Opened the year with Class-A Kinston, where he held Carolina League batters to a .191 average (9-for-47) in two starts...Joined Akron on April 21... Earned first Double-A victory on April 28 vs. Bowie, allowing three hits and one unearned run in 5.0 innings of work...Won six straight decisions over a nine-start span, June 5-July 21...Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 27-July 4...Held EL left-handers to a .221 average (30-for-136)... Posted a 3.34 ERA (23 ER, 62.0 IP) in 10 starts after the All-Star break. 2010: Spent majority of the season with Class-A Kinston, ranking third among Cleveland farmhands with 11 wins‌Ranked among Carolina League leaders in wins (T-2, 11) and ERA (4th, 3.13)...Named to CL Midseason All-Star team... Made five appearances as a reliever to open the year, going 3-0 with a 0.73 ERA (2 ER, 24.2 IP)...Joined the rotation on May 10 and remained a starter the remainder of the year...Struck out a season-high eight, June 17 at Lynchburg. 2009: Led Class-A Lake County with nine wins...Also ranked among team leaders in starts (2nd, 23), innings (2nd, 120.2) and strikeouts (3rd, 85). 2008: Began his pro career with the GCL Indians (R) and led the club in with 55.0 innings...Ranked second on the club with 10 starts and was 3rd with 38 strikeouts. PERSONAL: Timothy J. McFarland was selected by Baltimore from Cleveland in the Rule 5 Draft on December 6, 2012...Originally selected by the Indians in the fourth round of the 2007 draft...Graduated from Amos Alonzo Stagg High School (IL)...Had planned on playing collegiately at the University of Missouri before signing with Cleveland.

YR 08 09 10

Team GCL Indians (R) Lake County (A) Akron (AA) Kinston (A) 11 Kinston (A) Akron (AA) 12 Akron (AA) Columbus (AAA) 13 BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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W-L ERA 3-4 5.07 9-4 3.58 0-0 11.25 11-5 3.13 0-1 2.25 9-9 3.87 8-2 2.69 8-6 4.82 4-1 4.22 48-31 3.83 4-1 4.22

G GS 12 10 25 23 1 1 24 19 2 2 25 25 10 10 17 17 38 1 116 107 38 1

CG 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 0

SV 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

IP 55.0 120.2 4.0 126.2 12.0 137.1 60.1 102.2 74.2 618.2 74.2

H R ER 70 38 31 128 58 48 9 6 5 121 50 44 9 5 3 140 73 59 61 18 18 112 55 55 83 37 35 650 303 263 83 37 35

HR 3 6 1 9 2 9 1 9 7 40 7

BB SO 15 38 42 85 2 5 40 92 1 12 50 103 12 41 33 55 28 58 195 431 28 58


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DOB: 5/12/83 Opening Day Age: 30 Height: 6-0 Weight: 225 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Bellevue, WA Resides: Bothell, WA Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 2/5/14 2013: Spent the entire season with Triple-A Round Rock of the Texas organization...Began season in the bullpen before converting to the starting rotation on June 13...Went 0-3 with four saves and a 4.91 ERA in 18 relief outings before going 6-6 with a 4.40 ERA in 15 starts...Successfully converted 4-of-4 save opportunities...Struck out a season-high nine on June 23 vs. Albuquerque...Named Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week for the week of July 15-22...Had a 3.74 ERA through his first 31 appearances before allowing 13 earned runs over his final two starts of the season. 2012: Split the season between Indianapolis and Pittsburgh...In 36 games with Indy, held IL batters to a .201 average...Held IL batters to a .045 average (1-for-22) with RISP and two outs...Made 12 appearances with Pittsburgh, seven of which were scoreless. 2011: Was a member of Pittsburgh’s Opening Day roster for the third time (also 2008 and 2010)...Went on 15-day disabled list with right shoulder tendinitis on April 30 (retroactive to April, 27)... Began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Indianapolis on May 14 and made four scoreless appearances (4.0 IP) with the Tribe...Posted a 3.48 ERA in 24 relief outings with the Pirates. 2010: Spent first full season in the Majors and was a member of Pittsburgh’s Opening Day roster for the second time (also as a Rule 5 player in 2008)... Was named to the National League All-Star team after going 4-3 with a 1.11 ERA in 40 games prior to the break... Ranked fourth among N.L. relief pitchers in IP and seventh in ERA... Singled off Cincinnati’s Jordan Smith for first MLB hit on August 3 at PNC Park. 2009: Spent the majority of the season with Pittsburgh...Earned first MLB win on July 17 vs. San Francisco...Suffered strained left oblique on August 11 and missed remainder of the year. 2008: Was a member of the Opening Day roster after being selected by Pittsburgh in the Rule Five Draft...Made MLB debut on April 2 at Atlanta...Registered first MLB strikeout on April 10 vs. Chicago, fanning the Cubs’ Alfonso Soriano. 2007: Spent entire season with Double-A Montgomery... Set minor league career high in appearances. 2006: Spent majority of season with Lake Elsinore (Padres A)... Led staff in games started and strikeouts... Traded to Tampa Bay organization on August 24 and finished season with Class-A Visalia... Went 6-7 with a 5.14 ERA in 28 games (25 starts) with the two clubs. 2005: Made 13 relief appearances with Beloit (Twins’ A) before being released on June 22... Signed by San Diego as a minor league free agent on September 17. PERSONAL: Evan David Meek was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on Februrary 5, 2014... Originally selected by Minnesota in the 11th round of the 2003 draft... A 2002 graduate of Inglemoor (WA) High School...Also played baseball at Bellevue (WA) Community College, where he was named the top starting pitcher in the NWACC...Named the 2010 Chuck Tanner Award winner by the Pittsburgh chapter of the BBWAA; an award given to the player who is the most cooperative with the media.

YR Team W-L ERA 03 Elizabethton (R) 7-1 2.47 04 Quad City (A) 0-0 11.12 Elizabethton (R) 1-2 8.06 05 Beloit (A) 0-1 10.00 06 Lake Elsinore (A) 6-6 4.98 Visalia (A) 0-1 9.00 07 Montgomery (AA) 2-1 4.30 08 PITTSBURGH (NL) 0-1 6.92 Altoona (AA) 1-1 2.81 Indianapolis (AAA) 0-0 2.40 09 Indianapolis (AAA) 0-0 1.04 PITTSBURGH (NL) 1-1 3.45 10 PITTSBURGH (NL) 5-4 2.14 11 Bradenton (A) 0-0 0.00 Indianapolis (AAA) 0-0 2.25 PITTSBURGH (NL) 1-1 3.48 12 PITTSBURGH (NL) 0-0 6.75 Indianapolis (AAA) 3-2 2.74 13 Round Rock (AAA) 6-9 4.50 Minor League Totals 26-24 4.36 Major League Totals 7-7 3.34

G 14 3 12 13 26 2 44 9 9 23 6 41 70 2 8 24 12 36 33 231 156

GS 8 3 3 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 55 0

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 12 4

IP 51.0 5.2 22.1 18.0 119.1 5.0 67.0 13.0 16.0 41.1 8.2 47.0 80.0 2.0 8.0 20.2 12.0 46.0 108.0 518.1 172.2

H R ER 33 15 14 7 7 7 18 26 20 15 26 20 136 80 66 6 5 5 74 36 32 11 11 10 14 5 5 30 12 11 3 1 1 34 18 18 53 25 19 1 0 0 6 2 2 27 11 8 14 9 9 33 16 14 115 62 54 491 293 251 139 74 64

HR 2 0 1 0 5 0 2 3 0 2 0 2 5 0 0 1 1 3 9 24 12

BB SO 24 47 15 3 25 23 36 11 62 113 4 7 34 69 12 7 3 17 14 34 7 7 29 42 31 70 0 2 1 8 12 17 6 8 26 41 46 80 297 462 90 144

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DOB: 3/27/86 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 6-0 Weight: 209 B/T: L/R Birthplace: Bronx, NY Resides: Margate, NJ Acquired: Traded from San Francisco in exchange for cash considerations, 11/30/13

2013: Spent the bulk of the season with Triple-A Fresno in the San Francisco organization...His 20 home runs tied for the fourth-most in the Pacific Coast League and ranked fourth among Giants minor leaguers...He homered once every 20.75 at-bats, the fourth-best ratio in the PCL...Led all PCL catchers with 13 errors...Appeared defensively in 48 games at catcher, 47 games at first base and one game at third base...Paced Fresno with a career-high 59 walks...Batted .350 with 11 doubles, five home runs and 14 RBI in 26 June games...Belted a grand slam, July 1 at Las Vegas...Was a September callup with the Giants...Made his MLB debut as a pinch-hitter, September 5 vs. Arizona...Collected his first big league hit on September 14 at Los Angeles, a single off the Dodgers’ Peter Moylan...Also recorded first MLB RBI in that September 14 contest...Finished 1-for-8 with two runs in eight games with the Giants. 2012: Hit .257 (83-for-323) with 27 doubles, 11 home runs and 50 RBI with Double-A Richmond in the San Francisco organization...Led the club with a .449 slugging pct. and tied Juan Perez for the most home runs (11) on the club...Threw out 33.8% (23-of-68) of opposing base stealers...Over his final 48 games, he hit .321 (46-for-143) with seven home runs and 28 RBI...Hit .313 (25-for-80) with five HR and 15 RBI in 24 games for Criollos de Caguas in the Puerto Rican Winter League. 2011: Spent entire season with Double-A Richmond...Named to the Eastern League mid-season All-Star team... Batted .478 (11-for-23) in the Eastern League Playoffs...Hit five home runs against left-handers (in 98 at-bats) and five home runs against right-handers (in 288 at-bats). 2010: Spent the majority of the season with Class-A San Jose... Appeared in the big league camp with San Francisco... Led San Jose with 19 home runs... Named California League Player of the Week for July 26-August 1. 2009: Led the South Atlantic League by throwing out 42% of would be base stealers with Class-A Augusta... Played winter ball for Gigantes de Carolina of the Puerto Rican League and hit .242 (8-for-33) in 13 games. 2007: Spent first professional season with the Arizona League Giants where he hit .240 (18-for-75) with three home runs and 19 RBI in 28 games. PERSONAL: Johnny Monell was traded to Baltimore by San Francisco in exchange for cash considerations on November 30, 2013...Originally selected in the 30th round of the 2007 draft by San Francisco... Graduated from Christopher Columbus (Bronx, NY) HS…His father, Johnny Sr., played professionally in the New York Mets, California Angels and Texas Rangers organizations...Johnny Sr. appeared in 14 games for the Tidewater Tides in 1987 (one game) and 1990 (13 games), batting .176 with four RBI...If Johnny Jr. appears for Norfolk, the Monells would be the first father-son combination to play for the Tides...Mookie Wilson (‘79-’80, ‘86) and Preston Wilson (‘98) both played for the Tides, with Mookie being Preston’s stepfather. YR Team AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB OBP 07 AZL Giants (R) .240 28 75 11 18 3 1 3 19 15 16 3 .376 08 AZL Giants (R) .405 11 42 13 17 7 0 1 10 4 5 3 .479 Salem-Keizer (A) .267 43 161 21 43 17 0 5 25 11 36 1 .330 09 Augusta (A) .273 91 293 46 80 21 0 8 44 33 45 4 .355 10 Fresno (AAA) .200 5 15 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 4 0 .294 San Jose (A) .273 115 421 66 115 25 4 19 70 48 105 12 .350 11 Richmond (AA) .249 119 386 46 96 24 1 10 49 48 93 0 .334 12 Richmond (AA) .257 108 323 39 83 27 1 11 50 41 84 2 .345 13 Fresno (AAA) .275 121 415 71 114 27 2 20 64 59 105 6 .364 SAN FRANCISCO (NL) .125 8 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .222 Minor League Totals .267 641 2131 313 569 152 10 77 332 261 493 31 .351 Major League Totals .125 8 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .222

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DOB: 11/5/83 Opening Day Age: 30 Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Birthplace: San Pedro de Macoris, DR Resides: Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 2/11/14 2013: Played with Vaqueros de la Laguna of the Mexican League (1-2, 7.88 ERA, 8 IP) as well as the EDA Rhinos of the Chinese Professional Baseball League...Set a CPBL record for fastest pitch at 99.4 MPH while playing for Taiwan’s EDA Rhinos. 2012: Opened the season with Double-A Reading in the Phillies organization where he compiled 44 walks and 45 strikeouts in 44.1 innings pitched (all in relief)...Appeared in eight games for Triple-A Lehigh Valley. 2011: Spent entire season recovering from right elbow surgery. 2010: Signed to play with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League...Appeared in eight games for the Golden Eagles, compiling a 2.70 ERA in 6.2 innings of relief. 2009: Made the Rockies’ opening-day roster...Was designated for assignment on April 10 to make way for Matt Belisle...Was claimed off waivers by Minnesota on April 17 replacing Philip Humber who was designated for assignment... Designated for assignment on April 29 in order to make room for Joe Mauer who was coming back from a back injury...Assigned to Triple-A Rochester where he went 6-6 with five saves and a 3.90 ERA in 67.0 innings pitched...Held the highest SO/9 IP ratio in the International League (11.69). 2008: Threw one inning for Colorado on July 20 against Pittsburgh (one hit)...Spent the remainder of the season with Triple-A Colorado Springs...Pieced together a stellar ERA in June (0.84) after throwing 10.2 innings in 10 games (6 H, ER, 6 BB, 11 K)...Did not allow a run in nine straight outings, 6/19-7/9 (10.2 IP). 2007: Appeared in four games for Colorado where he compiled a 9.82 ERA in 3.2 innings pitched... Split the remainder of the season between Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Colorado Springs... Posted the second lowest opponent batting average among Texas League relievers at .210, (44-for-210), fourth highest SO/9 IP ratio at 9.26 (59S O/57.1 IP) and fifth fewest baserunners/9 IP ratio at 11.62 (74 BR/ 57.1 IP)...Selected as Texas League midseason All-Star… Named Colorado Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May (9 G, 3-0, 0.69 ERA, 1 ER, 13.0 IP, 14 SO). 2006: : Spent majority of season with Tulsa… Was recalled on September 24 and made his ML debut that afternoon vs ATL (7 R, 4.0 IP)… Posted professional highs in nearly every category at Tulsa… Was T-1st in TL in wins and 3rd in both SO and starts…Selected as midseason TL All-Star…Went 4-0, 3.24 ERA (9 ER, 25.0 IP) over his final 4 starts of the season…Started Tulsa’s first game of the TL playoffs, 9/5 vs Wichita, striking out a season-high 10 batters (7.0 IP) 2005: : Split season between Asheville (A) and Modesto (A)… Led all COL minor leaguers with 144 SO and posted 10th-best ERA in the system… Selected to World roster for MLB Futures Game in Detroit. PERSONAL: Juan Bautista Morillo was signed by Baltimore as a free agent on February 11, 2014...Originally signed by Colorado as an amateur free agent on April 26, 2001...Selected off waivers by Minnesota from Colorado on April 17, 2009...Signed by Philadelphia as a minor league FA on 5/12/11.

YR 01 02 03 04 05

Team W-L ERA DSL Rockies (R) 2-4 6.81 DSL Rockies (R) 1-5 4.75 Casper (R) 1-6 5.91 Tri-City (A) 3-2 2.98 Asheville (A) 1-3 4.54 Modesto (A) 6-5 4.41 06 Tulsa (AA) 12-8 4.62 COLORADO (NL) 0-0 15.75 07 Tulsa (AA) 6-4 2.35 Colorado Springs (AAA) 0-1 3.72 COLORADO (NL) 0-0 9.82 08 COLORADO (NL) 0-0 0.00 Colorado Springs (AAA) 1-0 5.28 09 MINNESOTA (AL) 0-0 22.50 Rochester (AAA) 6-6 3.90 10 Rakuten (JML) 0-0 2.70 12 Reading (AA) 0-2 6.09 Lehigh Valley (AAA) 1-0 3.07 13 Laguna (MEX) 1-2 7.88 Mexican League Totals 1-2 7.88 Minor League Totals 40-46 4.52 Major League Totals 0-0 13.50

G GS 14 7 14 11 15 15 14 14 7 7 20 20 27 27 1 1 46 0 7 0 4 0 1 0 52 0 3 0 46 0 7 0 32 0 8 0 9 0 9 0 302 101 9 1

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 5 0

IP 35.2 55.0 64.0 66.1 33.2 112.1 140.1 4.0 57.1 9.2 3.2 1.0 59.2 2.0 67.0 6.2 44.1 14.2 8.0 8.0 760.0 10.2

H R ER 35 31 27 49 44 29 85 73 42 56 34 22 40 24 17 107 69 55 128 82 72 8 7 7 44 19 15 7 4 4 3 4 4 1 0 0 53 38 35 3 5 5 56 30 29 3 2 2 37 30 30 10 5 5 10 7 7 10 7 7 707 483 382 15 16 16

HR 1 1 6 0 2 10 13 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 41 5

BB SO 38 20 33 43 40 44 41 73 13 43 65 101 80 132 3 4 27 59 4 12 1 3 0 0 56 55 3 1 51 87 5 9 44 45 11 22 4 9 4 9 503 736 7 8

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DOB: 3/2/85 Opening Day Age: 29 Height: 6-0 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Greenbrae, CA Resides: Houston, TX Acquired: Traded from Houston in exchange for OF L.J. Hoes and LHP Josh Hader, 7/31/13

2013: Split the season between Houston and Baltimore, as a July 31 deal moved him from the Astros to the Orioles...Posted a 3.93 ERA in 21 starts for the Astros...From April 17 to June 28 (a span of 14 starts) he did not receive more than three runs of support while he was in a game (0 runs once, one run four times, two runs four times and three runs five times) and his 2.90 run support average (RSA) over that span was second-lowest in the AL and fifth-lowest in MLB...Worked at least 5.0 innings in all but four starts in 2013... Limited opponents to three or fewer earned runs in 22 of his 30 starts... Made 16 Quality Starts, including 15 in his final 25 starts...In his 30 starts, he received two or fewer runs of support while he was in the game in 14 of those starts and three or fewer runs of support in 23 of those 30 starts... Opponents swung at first pitches against him 29.5 percent of the time, the 7th-highest rate in the AL...In his four road starts for the Orioles, he was 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA (5 ER, 23.1 IP). 2012: Made 29 starts with Houston in his third full season in the Majors…Led the club in strikeouts (165) and Quality Starts (17)…Went 4-1 with a 1.71 ERA (14 ER, 73.2 IP) and 82 strikeouts at Minute Maid Park…Led the NL and ranked 2nd in the Majors in home ERA (min. 10 starts)…Ranked 10th in the NL with 8.52 K/9IP…His 1.71 home ERA also ranked 3rd all-time in Astros history for a single season (min. 10 starts) behind Mike Cuellar’s 1.57 mark (1968) and Bob Knepper’s 1.22 mark (1981)…Missed three turns in the rotation after being placed on the DL on June 12 (sprained left knee)…Tied a Major League record for strikeouts in an inning on April 24 at Milwaukee, recording four K’s in the 3rd inning…Was the fourth Astros hurler to accomplish the feat and the first since RHP Brad Lidge did so on June 13, 2004 at Milwaukee… Struck out 12 batters without issuing a walk on June 6 vs. St. Louis, his sixth career double-digit strikeout game…Became the first Astros pitcher to record 12+ strikeouts without issuing a walk since RHP Shane Reynolds (14 K), who accomplished the feat on Aug. 15, 1999. 2011: In his second full season in the Majors, led the club with 176 strikeouts and career-high 186.0 innings pitched…Ranked ninth in the NL in K/9IP at 8.52…Spent the entire season in the Astros starting rotation…Missed his last scheduled start on Sept. 25 vs. COL because of right biceps tendinitis…Held right-handed hitters to a .220 (76-for-346) average, ranking 10th in the NL. 2010: Finished his first full season in the Majors with a 9-10 record and a 4.92 ERA in 27 GS...Ranked 5th among NL starters in K/9IP at 9.25, the highest ratio by an Astros starter since 1988, when Nolan Ryan finished his campaign with 9.33…Fanned a career-high 14 hitters in a win on Aug. 14 vs. Pittsburgh, besting his previous high of 10…The 14 strikeouts set a Minute Maid Park record. 2009: Spent majority of the season with Triple-A Round Rock, where he was named PCL Pitcher of the Year after posting a 2.63 ERA...Was the starting pitcher for the PCL in the Triple-A All-Star game... Made MLB debut as a reliever on July 29 at Chicago (NL), striking out Koyie Hill for his first big league punchout...Earned first major league win in his first MLB start, August 2 at St. Louis (7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 5 K)...Held the Cardinals hitless through 5.0 innings of that start. PERSONAL: David Stefan “Bud” Norris was traded to Baltimore in exchange for OF L.J. Hoes and LHP Josh Hader on July 31, 2013... Originally selected by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 2006 Draft out of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo...Was college roommates with Twins RHP Casey Fien and was a college teammate of former Tides LHP Garrett Olson.

YR Team W-L 06 Tri-City (A) 2-0 07 Lexington (A) 2-8 Salem (A) 1-0 08 Corpus Christi (AA) 3-8 09 Round Rock (AAA) 4-9 HOUSTON (NL) 6-3 10 Round Rock (AAA) 1-0 HOUSTON (NL) 9-10 11 HOUSTON (NL) 6-11 12 Oklahoma City (AAA) 1-0 HOUSTON (NL) 7-13 13 HOUSTON (AL) 6-9 BALTIMORE (AL) 4-3 Minor League Totals 14-25 Major League Totals 38-49

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ERA 3.79 4.75 1.50 4.05 2.63 4.53 3.07 4.92 3.77 3.60 4.65 3.93 4.80 3.65 4.36

G GS 15 3 22 22 1 1 19 19 19 19 11 10 3 3 27 27 31 31 1 1 29 29 21 21 11 9 80 68 130 127

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

IP 38.0 96.2 6.0 80.0 120.0 55.2 14.2 153.2 186.0 5.0 168.1 126.0 50.2 360.1 740.1

H R ER 28 20 16 85 58 51 4 1 1 89 42 36 104 42 35 59 29 28 16 5 5 151 94 84 177 93 78 3 2 2 165 90 87 135 62 55 61 27 27 329 170 146 748 395 359

HR 1 8 0 8 6 9 1 18 24 2 23 11 6 26 91

BB 13 41 1 31 53 25 6 77 70 3 66 43 24 148 305

SO 46 117 2 84 112 54 14 158 176 7 165 90 57 382 700


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DOB: 10/22/82 Opening Day Age: 31 Height: 6-4 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Jacksonville, FL Resides: Smyrna, GA Acquired: Claimed off of waivers from Texas, 11/2/11 2013: In his second season with the Orioles, posted a 2.18 ERA, 11th-best among AL relievers...Ranks second among AL relievers with 12 wins since 2012 and is 12th with a 2.23 ERA (32 ER, 129.0 IP) in 137 games...Did not allow an earned run in 56 of his 68 appearances...Posted a 0.66 ERA (1 ER, 13.2 IP) in 14 games in April... On May 5 at Los Angeles (AL), recorded first save (1.1 scoreless IP) since September 8, 2009...Notched second save, July 21 at Texas...Posted a 1.17 ERA (2 ER. 15.1 IP) over his final 19 games, August 6-September 24...Held right-handed hitters to a line of .154/.219/.224 in 155 plate appearances, with left-handed hitters batting .309/.367/.556 in 92 plate appearances...In 31 games vs. the AL East, pitched to a 1.33 ERA (4 ER, 27.0 IP) and held hitters to a .168/.233/.295 line...Since 2012, he is 6-0 with a 1.21 ERA (8 ER, 59.2 IP) in 67 games against the AL East, holding hitters to a line of .150/.219/.282. 2012: Set career-highs in wins (7), innings pitched (67.0) and strikeouts (69) in his first season with the Orioles...Ranked second among American League relievers in wins...Stranded 37 of 43 inherited runners (86.0%), the third-best mark in the AL...Did not allow a run in 57 of his 69 appearances...Made at least nine appearances in each full month of the season...Had an 11-game scoreless streak from April 13-May 6 after allowing an earned run in his Orioles debut on April 9 vs. New York (AL)... Went 4-0 with a 1.10 ERA (4 ER, 32.2 IP) in 36 games vs. AL East opponents, holding hitters to a line of .135/.207/.270...Posted a 1.97 ERA (7 ER, 32.0 IP) in 34 appearances after the All-Star break...Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings with one hit and one strikeout in the AL Wild Card Game at Texas…Made four scoreless appearances (5.0 IP, BB, 4 K) in the AL Divisional Series vs. New York. 2011: Spent 85 days on the major league disabled list and made just 16 Major League appearances in three stints with the Rangers…Placed on the 60-day DL on April 27 with a partial tear of the labrum in his left hip...Prior to the DL stint, had a 2.45 ERA (2 ER, 7.1 IP) in eight games…Was also on the 15-day DL August 25-September 12 with right shoulder inflammation. 2010: Established career-highs in wins (6), games (72) and innings (62.0)… Ranked seventh among AL relievers with a 2.03 ERA...Tied for seventh in the AL in appearances…Ranked among staff leaders in games (1st), relief innings (2nd), games finished (3rd, 14), and wins (T-5th)… Had a 0.56 ERA (2 ER, 32.0 IP,) over 37 games from June 3-August 31...Set a club-record with 29 consecutive scoreless appearances from June 3-August 13... It was the third-longest scoreless IP streak by a reliever, trailing only Arthur Rhodes (30.0) and J.J. Putz (27.0)… Made an Opening Day roster for a third straight season with a third different team… CAREER: Posted the seventh-best ERA (1.84) among all Major League relievers with at least 50.0 innings in 2009...Posted the fifth-lowest ERA (1.94) ever for a Texas pitcher with at least 50.0 IP in 64 games after being selected off waivers from the New York Mets on April 22, 2009...Held the fifth-lowest relief ERA in the American League...Made his MLB debut on March 31, 2008 at Minnesota. PERSONAL: Darren Christopher O’Day was acquired by Baltimore on a waiver claim from Texas on November 2, 2011...Originally signed with the Los Angeles Angels as a non-drafted free agent on May 29, 2006...Was the closer for the University of Florida’s 2005 College World Series team...Had originally been cut from the Florida squad earlier in college, but began tinkering with a sidearm delivery which proved effective…Graduated with a degree in Animal Biology…Passed entrance exam to enter medical school, but elected to pursue career in baseball...Attended Bishop Kenny High School (FL).

YR Team W-L 06 Orem (R) 0-1 Cedar Rapids (A) 3-1 07 Rancho Cucamonga (A) 4-0 Arkansas (AA) 3-4 08 Salt Lake (AAA) 2-2 LOS ANGELES (AL) 0-1 09 NEW YORK (NL) 0-0 TEXAS (AL) 2-1 10 TEXAS (AL) 6-2 11 Frisco (AA) 0-0 Round Rock (AAA) 1-0 TEXAS (AL) 0-1 12 BALTIMORE (AL) 7-1 13 BALTIMORE (AL) 5-3 Minor League Totals 13-8 Major League Totals 20-9

ERA 2.51 2.70 0.75 3.99 3.27 4.57 0.00 1.94 2.03 9.00 2.21 5.40 2.28 2.18 2.73 2.62

G 14 17 24 29 21 30 4 64 72 1 17 16 69 68 123 323

GS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 7 1 11 10 7 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 37 4

IP 14.1 23.1 24.0 29.1 33.0 43.1 3.0 55.2 62.0 1.0 20.1 16.2 67.0 62.0 145.1 309.2

H 11 20 10 27 29 49 5 36 43 1 16 17 49 47 114 246

R 5 8 3 13 13 24 2 12 15 1 6 10 17 16 49 96

ER 4 7 2 13 12 22 0 12 14 1 5 10 17 15 44 90

HR 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 3 5 1 2 7 6 7 12 30

BB 5 2 6 14 7 14 1 17 12 0 4 5 14 15 38 78

SO 15 14 26 22 30 29 2 54 45 1 26 18 69 59 134 276

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DOB: 12/14/90 Opening Day Age: 23 Height: 6-5 Weight: 197 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Bradenton, FL Resides: Bradenton, FL Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 11th round of the 2009 draft 2013: Spent entire campaign with Class-A Frederick...Named the Topps Carolina League Player of the Year...Won the Carolina League batting title with a .313 batting average, becoming the first Keys player to do so since Robbie Widlansky in 2009…His .313 average ranks as the fifth-best in Keys’ history and was the second-highest among Orioles minor leaguers...Broke the Keys’ single-season slugging percentage record, winning the Carolina League slugging title at .524... Led the Carolina League in OPS at .934… Finished third in the league with a .410 on-base percentage and led the league in OPS (.934)…Hit .379 with runners in scoring position and .389 with runners in scoring position with two outs…Named to the Carolina League postseason All-Star Team… Named Carolina League Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks (June 17-24, June 24-July 1)… Reached base in 22 consecutive games, June 24 to August 18...Played 10 games for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League, batting .290 (8-for-31) with four home runs and nine RBI. 2012: Had 14 multi-hit games in 51 played with Class-A Delmarva and reached base in 47 of 50 games started… Was one of three hitters in the South Atlantic League with 100 or more at-bats to have more walks than strikeouts (33 walks, 27 strikeouts)...Hit .339 (20-for-59) against left-handed pitching... Batted .328 in 31 games for Perth of the Australian Baseball League. 2011: Spent entire season with Class-A Delmarva... Selected to the South Atlantic League mid-season All-Star team…Led the team in RBI (51), was second in games played (105), third in walks (48) and tied for third in hits (84) and doubles (15). 2010: Began season with Class-A Delmarva where he hit his first professional home run May 20 against Hagerstown… Was transferred to Bluefield on June 7… Had a career-high three hits June 23 at Pulaski. 2009: While playing for the Gulf Coast League Orioles, picked up his first professional hit in his second game, August 25 against the GCL Rays. PERSONAL: Michael L. Ohlman was selected by Baltimore in the 11th round of the 2009 draft... Graduated from Lakewood Ranch (FL) High School, the same high school that produced former Tides player Lastings Milledge...Was set to play at the University of Miami (FL) before signing with Baltimore.

YR Team 09 GCL Orioles (R) 10 Delmarva (A) Bluefield (R) 11 Delmarva (A) 12 GCL Orioles (R) Delmarva (A) 13 Frederick (A) Minor League Totals

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AVG .182 .174 .233 .224 .276 .304 .313 .260

G 4 34 50 105 8 51 100 352

AB 11 109 150 375 29 171 361 1206

R H 1 2 14 19 11 35 38 84 5 8 27 52 61 113 157 313

2B 1 6 8 15 3 16 29 78

3B 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 9

HR 0 2 0 4 1 2 13 22

RBI BB SO 1 1 3 17 16 34 20 17 52 51 48 96 3 2 10 28 33 27 53 56 93 173 173 315

SB 1 1 2 1 1 0 5 11

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DOB: 9/3/85 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 6-1 Weight: 179 B/T: S/L Birthplace: Spring, TX Resides: Houston, TX Acquired: Traded from Houston, along with

OF Luke Scott, RHP Dennis Sarfate, RHP Matt Albers & IF Mike Costanzo, in exchange for IF Miguel Tejada, 12/12/07

2013: Made his second Orioles Opening Day roster...Did not allowed an earned run in his first six appearances (5.2 IP)...Had 26-game streak over which he did not issue a walk, June 1-August 14, the 2nd-longest streak in club history (Koji Uehara, 36 games in 2011)...Posted a 2.76 ERA from June 1 to the end of the season (34 games, 1-0, 32.2 IP, 10 ER, 3 BB, 30 K)... Struck out season-high four, June 12 vs. Los Angeles (AL)...Tossed a season-high 2.1 IP, June 17 at Detroit...Pitched to a 2.20 ERA (7 ER, 28.2 IP) in 30 games at OPACY...In 12 games vs. the AL Central, posted a 1.23 ERA (2 ER, 14.2 IP) and held hitters to a .561 OPS. 2012: Made the Orioles Opening Day roster and spent entire season with team...Set career-highs in games (54), ERA (2.43), innings pitched (55.2) and strikeouts (49)...Was on disabled list from August 13September 21 with a right ankle sprain...Lowered ERA in every month: 4.50 in April, 3.55 in May, 1.84 in June, 1.80 in July and 0.00 in August, September and October...Posted a 22-game scoreless streak (17.0 IP) beginning on July 6 to close the season...Set a career-high with six strikeouts on May 13 vs. Tampa Bay...Pitched to a 1.24 ERA (4 ER, 29.0 IP) with 27 strikeouts in 28 games against teams over .500... Stranded 22 of 28 inherited runners (78.6 %)... Appeared in three games in the American League Divisional Series vs. New York, allowing one earned run in 2.0 innings (4.50 ERA). 2011: Had two stints with the O’s; May 19-20 and July 17-end of the season... Pitched to a 2.39 ERA (7 ER, 26.1 IP) in his final 18 games... Held righties to a .186 average (11-for-59)...Did not allow an extra-base hit to a left-handed hitter in 56 plate appearances...Set a career-high with 3.0 relief innings on August 5 vs. Toronto...Earned first MLB win September 13 vs. Tampa Bay...Posted a 0.35 ERA (1 ER, 25.2 IP) in eight home games with Norfolk. 2010: Had three separate stints with O’s: July 21, August 1-8 and September 7-end of the season, but appeared in just one game...Made only appearance of the season on September 22 at Boston, pitching 0.2 scoreless innings...Went 8-11 with a 4.43 ERA (67 ER, 136.0 IP) in 25 starts for Norfolk...Led the Tides in innings pitched (136.0), was second in wins (8) and third in strikeouts (89). CAREER: Named the Orioles Organizational Pitcher of the Month in May, 2009...Missed 2008 season after having surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder...Made MLB debut for Houston vs. Pittsburgh on August 25, 2007...Struck out Adam LaRoche in the first inning of that contest for first big league punchout... Named Orioles #3 prospect by Baseball America following 2007 season...Played for Team USA in the 2005 Futures Game...Named a South Atlantic League All-Star with Class-A Lexington in 2005...Won minor league championships with Rookie-level Greeneville (2004) and Lexington (2005). PERSONAL: Troy Jamieson Patton was acquired by Baltimore from Houston, along with OF Luke Scott, RHP Dennis Sarfate, RHP Matt Albers and IF Mike Costanzo, in exchange for IF Miguel Tejada on December 12, 2007...Originally selected by Houston in the ninth round of the 2004 draft…Attended Tomball HS (TX)… Was selected as the Texas high school Gatorade Player of the Year after going 12-0 with an 0.91 ERA as a senior for 31-3 Tomball…Threw two no-hitters and a perfect game in high school...Signed with the University of Texas before Houston selected him in the 2004 draft.

YR Team 04 Greeneville (R) 05 Lexington (A) Salem (A) 06 Salem (A)

W-L 2-2 5-2 1-4 7-7 Corpus Christi (AA) 2-5 07 Corpus Christi (AA) 6-6 Round Rock (AAA) 4-2 HOUSTON (NL) 0-2 08 Injured 09 Bowie (AA) 6-2 Norfolk (AAA) 1-3 10 Norfolk (AAA) 8-11 BALTIMORE (AL) 0-0 11 Norfolk (AAA) 4-1 BALTIMORE (AL) 2-1 12 BALTIMORE (AL) 1-0 13 BALTIMORE (AL) 2-0 Minor League Totals 46-45 Major League Totals 5-3

ERA 1.93 1.94 2.63 2.93 4.37 2.99 4.59 3.55 1.99 6.45 4.43 0.00 1.83 3.00 2.43 3.70 3.32 3.08

G GS 6 6 15 15 10 9 19 19 8 8 16 16 8 8 3 2 11 11 9 9 25 25 1 0 17 2 20 0 54 0 56 0 144 128 134 2

CG 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IP 28.0 78.2 41.0 101.1 45.1 102.1 49.0 12.2 63.1 44.2 136.0 0.2 44.1 30.0 55.2 56.0 734.0 155.0

H R ER 23 8 6 59 24 17 34 12 12 92 49 33 48 26 22 96 38 34 44 26 25 10 6 5 50 18 14 62 35 32 144 79 67 1 0 0 44 9 9 25 10 10 45 15 15 57 25 23 696 324 271 138 56 53

HR 1 3 2 4 6 10 5 3 4 12 15 0 0 2 5 8 62 18

BB SO 5 32 20 94 8 38 37 102 13 37 33 69 11 25 4 8 18 47 14 26 43 89 1 1 12 30 5 22 12 49 16 42 214 589 38 122

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DOB: 2/25/85 Opening Day Age: 29 Height: 5-9 Weight: 204 B/T: L/R Birthplace: Slidell, LA Resides: Slidell, LA Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 12/19/13 2013: Spent entire season with Cincinnati, appearing in 97 games for the Reds...Made 49 starts in left field and led Cincinnati with four starts at designated hitter...Led Reds pinch-hitters in hits (9, tied with Jack Hannahan & Derrick Robinson), home runs (3) and RBI (9)...Belted a pinch-hit grand slam on April 5 vs. Washington to become the first Reds player to hit a pinch-hit grand slam since Drew Sutton accomplished the feat on May 28, 2010...Hit all seven of his home runs against right-handed pitching...Hit a game-tying two-run home run, August 11 vs. San Diego...Batted .429 (6-for-14) in 10 games in September...Was on Cincinnati’s Wild Card Playoff roster but did not appear in the Reds 6-2 loss at Pittsburgh...On December 2 was non-tendered by Cincinnati, becoming a free agent. 2012: Split the season between the Washington and Cincinnati organizations...Opened the year with Triple-A Syracuse...With the Chiefs, batted .331 with eight home runs and 42 RBI against right-handed pitching...Hit .361 (35-for-97) over his final 27 games with Syracuse before being released by Washington on July 3...Signed a minor league deal with the Reds on July 12...Hit safely in all six games he played with Triple-A Louisville before being promoted to Cincinnati on July 18...Spent the rest of the season with the Reds, where he made 55 appearances (including 13 starts)...Over his last 23 games with the Reds, he batted .350 (14-for-40)...Hit a pinch-hit, game-tying home run off Joel Hanrahan on September 30 at Pittsburgh...As a pinch-hitter batted .333 (12-for-36) with a home run and two RBI...Appeared in three games as a pinch-hitter in the National League Division Series vs. San Francisco, going 1-for-3. 2011: Made 7 appearances for Los Angeles (NL) before he was claimed off waivers by Pittsburgh on April 26…Spent the rest of the season with the Pirates, where he hit .282 in his 39 starts. 2010: Split the season between Albuquerque and Los Angeles...In 44 games with the Dodgers, batted .231 with 11 RBI...Hit .343 (12-for-35) with the Dodgers when leading off an inning. 2009: Spent most of the season on the disabled list with micro-fractures in his right ankle… Began the season at Triple-A Las Vegas and was recalled on May 7, making his MLB debut that night vs. Washington as a pinch-hitter...Registered first big league hit on May 10 vs. San Francisco, a single off of Jeremy Affeldt... Hit first MLB home run on May 15 at Florida, a pinch-hit solo shot off Chris Volstad…Placed on the disabled list with a skin infection on May 20, then suffered an ankle injury while on rehab...Transferred to the 60-day DL on July 27...Appeared in six games with Albuquerque in September, batting .250 (5-for-20). 2008: At Triple-A Las Vegas, established career highs in average, runs, doubles, extra-base hits and RBI. PERSONAL: Xavier Brooks Paul was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on December 19, 2013...Originally selected by the Dodgers in the fourth round of the 2003 draft...Signed a letter of intent to play for Tulane before he was drafted by Los Angeles…In 2000 and 2001 he helped lead Team USA’s under 16 team to a 15-0 record in the Pan-American Championships (his teammates included James Loney, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Delmon Young)…Played shortstop at Slidell (LA) High School, where he was named to Baseball America’s 2003 High School All-America second team… His older brother, Matt, played for two seasons (2004-2005) in the Dodgers minor league system before going on to become the Dodgers amateur scout in the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama regions.

YR 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

Team Ogden (R) Columbus (A) Vero Beach (A) Vero Beach (A) Jacksonville (AA) Las Vegas (AAA) LOS ANGELES (NL) Albuquerque (AAA)

10 LOS ANGELES (NL) Albuquerque (AAA)

11 LOS ANGELES (NL) PITTSBURGH (NL)

12 Syracuse (AAA) Louisville (AAA) CINCINNATI (NL) 13 CINCINNATI (NL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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AVG .307 .262 .247 .285 .291 .316 .214 .328 .231 .325 .273 .254 .315 .480 .314 .244 .294 .254

G 69 128 85 120 118 115 11 31 44 57 7 121 60 6 55 97 789 335

AB 264 465 288 470 422 443 14 116 121 228 11 232 213 25 86 209 2934 673

R 60 69 42 62 64 82 3 13 16 46 0 30 30 4 8 24 472 81

H 2B 81 15 122 26 71 15 134 23 123 21 140 28 3 1 38 10 28 8 74 20 3 0 59 6 67 16 12 2 27 5 51 12 862 176 171 32

3B 6 6 3 3 2 5 0 2 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 29 7

HR 7 9 7 13 11 9 1 2 0 12 0 2 8 1 2 7 79 12

RBI BB SO SB OBP 47 34 58 11 .384 72 56 127 10 .341 41 32 81 1 .328 49 38 114 22 .343 50 48 112 17 .366 68 43 96 17 .378 1 2 4 0 .313 16 10 22 8 .378 11 8 24 3 .277 38 18 41 7 .384 0 0 5 0 .273 20 13 57 16 .293 44 19 41 6 .376 4 1 5 3 .500 7 9 18 4 .379 32 27 53 0 .339 429 299 697 102 .362 71 59 161 23 .316


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DOB: 4/13/83 Opening Day Age: 30 Height: 5-11 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Lakeland, FL Resides: Lakeland, FL Acquired: Claimed off of waivers from New York (AL) on 9/29/12 2013: Made first Orioles Opening Day roster and made first career Opening Day start, April 2 at Tampa Bay...Was 0-for-17 to open the season before homering off Jake McGee, April 18 vs. Tampa Bay...Tied career-high (4th time) with three hits, including 10th inning game-winning RBI, May 4 at Los Angeles (AL)... Tied season & career-high (5th time), with three hits, June 9 at Tampa Bay... Had two DL stints stemming from left wrist tendinitis, June 20-July 31 and August 28-September 17...Batted .455/.625/1.000 in 16 plate appearances after his second DL stint to end the season. 2012: Had two stints with the Orioles: June 2-July 21 and September 29-end of season...Went to spring training with Minnesota…Was released and signed to a minor league contract by New York (AL) on March 29…Acquired by Baltimore for cash considerations on June 2…Designated for assignment by the O’s and claimed on waivers by Houston on July 28…Acquired by New York (AL) on August 27…Designated for assignment and claimed by Baltimore on September 29...Posted three multi-hit games in a four-game span from June 13-16...Had a career-high five RBI and hit his first O’s home run on June 14 vs. Pittsburgh. Career: Named Minor League Player of the Year by MiLB.com as well as the J.G. Taylor Spink Topps/Minor League POTY in 2007… Ranked third among all minor league players in total bases (303), fourth in RBI, fifth in extra-base hits (75), fifth in slugging percentage (.622) and tied for seventh in home runs for the ‘07 season… Tied Double-A Altoona’s club record by reaching base safely in 33 consecutive games from June 15July 22, 2007… Made MLB debut as a starter in right field with Pittsburgh in Milwaukee on September 1, 2007 and singled off Dave Bush for his first ML hit... Tallied first Major League RBI on September 3, 2007 at St. Louis... Hit first major league home run on September 9, 2008 at Houston off Randy Wolf... Made an Opening Day roster for the first time in his career as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2011... Had career-high three hits on May 19, 2011 vs. Milwaukee. PERSONAL: Steven Wayne Pearce, Jr. was selected off waivers by Baltimore from the New York Yankees on September 29, 2012...Originally selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth round of the 2005 draft out of the University of South Carolina...Prior to playing at South Carolina, attended Indian River CC... Selected by Boston in the 10th round of the 2004 draft and Minnesota in the 45th round of the 2003 draft, but did not sign...Attended Lakeland High School (FL).

YR Team 05 Williamsport (A) 06 Hickory (A) Lynchburg (A) 07 Lynchburg (A) Altoona (AA)

AVG .301 .288 .265 .347 .334 Indianapolis (AAA) .320 PITTSBURGH (NL) .294 08 Indianapolis (AAA) .251 PITTSBURGH (NL) .248 09 Indianapolis (AAA) .286 PITTSBURGH (NL) .206 10 PITTSBURGH (NL) .276 Bradenton (A) .429 Indianapolis (AAA) .326 11 GCL Pirates (R) .667 Bradenton (A) .000 Indianapolis (AAA) .267 PITTSBURGH (NL) .202 12 Scranton/WB (AAA) .318 BALTIMORE (AL) .254 HOUSTON (NL) .254 NEW YORK (AL) .160 13 GCL Orioles (R) .400 Frederick (A) .167 BALTIMORE (AL) .261 Minor League Totals .294 Major League Totals .238

G 72 41 90 19 81 34 23 103 37 77 60 15 2 35 1 3 7 50 53 28 21 12 2 2 44 622 290

AB 272 160 328 75 290 122 68 386 109 273 165 29 7 129 3 6 30 94 192 71 63 25 5 6 119 2284 743

R H 2B 48 82 26 35 46 13 48 87 27 19 26 4 57 97 27 18 39 9 13 20 5 47 97 26 6 27 7 37 78 18 19 34 13 4 8 2 2 3 2 25 42 14 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 8 2 8 19 2 37 61 15 8 18 4 2 16 4 6 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 14 31 7 380 671 183 80 177 44

3B 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 4

HR RBI BB SO 7 52 35 43 12 38 15 32 14 60 34 65 11 24 8 13 14 72 33 45 6 17 6 12 0 6 5 12 12 60 32 75 4 15 5 22 13 54 34 46 4 16 21 43 0 5 7 6 0 2 1 1 3 15 24 27 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 3 6 0 9 1 10 7 21 11 30 29 33 3 14 8 17 0 8 7 16 1 4 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 13 15 25 106 433 257 405 17 91 80 170

SB 2 1 7 2 7 5 2 10 2 3 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 47 7

OBP .381 .363 .348 .412 .400 .366 .342 .312 .294 .373 .296 .395 .500 .424 .750 .400 .267 .260 .419 .321 .347 .300 .400 .375 .362 .371 .318

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DOB: 6/1/88 Opening Day Age: 25 Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Nigua, Dominican Republic Resides: Nigua, Dominican Republic Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 10/7/13 2013: Spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Fresno in the San Francisco organization...After going 0-for-4 on Opening Day for Fresno, hit safely in 13 of his next 14 games (nine multi-hit games), batting .474/.492/.667 in 59 plate appearances...After Opening Day, his average with Fresno never dropped below the .300 mark...Had 24 multi-hit games in 70 contests with the Grizzlies...Batted .407 (33-for-81) for Fresno with runners in scoring position...Had three stints with San Francisco, over which he batted .207 (6-for-29)...Hit his first major league home run in his final at-bat of the season, a 9th inning solo shot vs. San Diego’s Huston Street on September 29. 2012: Spent most of the season with Triple-A Fresno…Entered the season ranked as the Giants’ 5th-best prospect according to Baseball America…Made his Major League debut with San Francisco on August 25…Recorded his first big league hit on September 23, a single off of San Diego’s Eric Stults…Was tied for third in the Pacific Coast League with 10 triples…Named MLB.com’s #98 prospect in baseball prior to the season…Named SF’s #8 prospect by Baseball America after the season. 2011: Was added to San Jose roster on June 2, 2011 after being in Extended Spring Training recovering from knee surgery…Tied Tim Garland’s (1996) San Jose Giants’ franchise hitting streak record of 23 consecutive games on June 5…Named San Francisco’s #5 prospect by Baseball America after the season. 2010: Was selected to the World Team in the All-Star Futures Game…Was one of three outfielders selected to the California League postseason All-Star team…Set a San Jose Giants franchise record for the most triples (13) in a season…Finished the regular season on a 20-game hitting streak, which was the fourthlongest in San Jose Giants history…Named San Francisco’s #4 prospect by Baseball America after the season as well as the “Most Exciting Player” in the California League. 2009: Named SF’s #10 prospect by Baseball America after the season. 2008: Finished 6th in the Northwest League with a .307 average (62-for-202) in 50 games…Named San Francisco’s #22 prospect by Baseball America after the season. 2006: Made his professional debut in the Dominican Summer League, hitting .275 (50-for-182) with 10 doubles, four home runs and 16 RBI in 56 games. PERSONAL: Francisco Baez Peguero was signed by Baltimore as a free agent on October 7, 2013... Originally signed by San Francisco as a non-drafted free agent on August 8, 2005.

YR 06 07 08 09

10 11 12

Team DSL Giants (R) DSL Giants (R) Augusta (A) Salem-Keizer (A) Salem-Keizer (A) Augusta (A) San Jose (A) San Jose (A) Richmond (AA) Fresno (AAA)

SAN FRANCISCO (NL)

13 AZL Giants (R) Fresno (AAA)

SAN FRANCISCO (NL)

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AVG .275 .294 .261 .307 .394 .340 .329 .324 .309 .272 .188 .308 .316 .207 .306 .200

G 56 69 50 50 17 58 122 16 71 105 17 6 70 18 690 35

AB 182 235 180 202 71 238 510 68 285 449 16 26 272 29 2718 45

R H 2B 24 50 10 51 69 12 23 47 2 33 62 11 14 28 3 28 81 12 78 168 19 12 22 2 34 88 12 46 122 20 6 3 0 5 8 0 38 86 12 4 6 1 386 831 115 10 9 1

3B 3 2 4 4 1 4 16 0 6 10 0 1 2 0 53 0

HR 4 1 2 2 0 1 10 2 5 5 0 1 3 1 36 1

RBI BB SO SB OBP 16 6 37 3 .307 17 15 39 25 .341 15 12 43 15 .309 28 9 43 10 .349 12 3 9 7 .421 34 5 39 15 .359 77 18 88 40 .358 9 7 8 4 .387 37 5 45 8 .318 68 15 82 1 .297 0 0 7 3 .188 7 0 2 0 .308 30 13 51 3 .354 1 1 2 2 .233 350 108 486 131 .337 1 1 9 5 .217


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DOB: 10/28/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-1 Weight: 188 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Missoula, MT Resides: Independence, OR Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 42nd round of the 2010 draft 2013: Split the season between Norfolk and Double-A Bowie, going 10-8 with a 4.44 ERA in 26 games (25 starts)...His 10 wins between the two levels was tied with Eduardo Rodriguez for the third-most among Orioles minor leaguers, trailing the 11 victories amassed by Mike Wright and Tim Berry...Made five starts with Bowie before being promoted to Norfolk on May 9...When he joined Norfolk on May 9, he became just the second player from the O’s 2010 draft class to play for the Tides, joining infielder Sammy Starr, a 34th round pick who played in one game for Norfolk in 2012...Earned a win in his Triple-A debut on May 11 at Syracuse, allowing two runs on eight hits in 6.1 innings while notching a season-high seven strikeouts... Made three appearances with the Tides before being transferred to Bowie on May 22...Rejoined Norfolk on July 3 and tossed seven shutout innings in a win vs. Gwinnett that night, as he yielded two hits and a walk while striking out six...Rejoined Bowie on July 14 and spent the remainder of the season with the Baysox...Held Eastern League left-handers to a .195 average (22-for-113). 2012: Spent entire season with Double-A Bowie, where he led the team and was second in the Eastern League in WHIP (1.12)….Led the EL with a .786 winning percentage (11-3)...Led team and was second among Orioles farmhands with 11 wins...Led the club in innings pitched (123.2) and was tied for the team lead in games started (21)…Was second on team in strikeouts (86)...Took a no-hitter into the eighth inning against Trenton on August 18...Struck out a season-high nine batters in each of his final two starts, August 24 vs. Harrisburg and August 31 at Harrisburg...Made the start for Bowie in game four of the Eastern League playoffs, taking the loss after allowing two unearned runs in 6.1 innings. 2011: Opened the year with Class-A Delmarva and appeared in 16 games (15 starts) with the Shorebirds... Won his first five decisions before dropping each of his last four...Promoted to Frederick on July 13... Named Organizational Pitcher of the Month for August when he went 2-0 with a 2.57 ERA (8 ER, 28.0 IP) with 22 strikeouts in five games…In Carolina League playoffs, Pettit led all Keys pitchers and tied for first in the CL in wins, going 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA in 12.0 IP. 2010: Earned his first professional win July 17 at Greeneville…Struck out a career-high 11 batters July 27 against Pulaski…Allowed two earned runs or less in 10 of his 11 starts with Bluefield…Tossed a complete game August 20 against Bristol…Was promoted to Aberdeen for one start on September 1. PERSONAL: Jacob Adam Pettit was selected by Baltimore in the 42nd round of the 2010 draft...Attended Western Oregon State College, where he was the 2010 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year after posting a league-record 1.80 ERA...Prior to attending Western Oregon, he played at Green River Community College...Attended Orting High School (OR).

YR Team 10 Bluefield (R) Aberdeen (A) 11 Delmarva (A) Frederick (A) 12 Bowie (AA) 13 Norfolk (AAA) Bowie (AA) Minor League Totals

W-L 3-5 0-0 5-4 7-0 11-3 3-2 7-6 36-20

ERA 2.68 1.80 4.42 1.62 3.86 4.56 4.42 3.73

G 11 1 16 10 24 5 21 88

GS 11 0 15 10 21 4 21 82

CG 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IP 57.0 5.0 93.2 55.2 123.2 23.2 124.1 483.0

H R ER 57 26 17 2 1 1 108 52 46 42 12 10 114 57 53 24 14 12 122 65 61 469 227 200

HR 4 0 8 4 16 2 12 46

BB SO 4 50 1 5 30 65 15 41 24 86 6 16 41 92 121 355

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DOB: 1/23/87 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-1 Weight: 210 B/T: S/R Birthplace: Stanford, CA Resides: Santa Barbara, CA Acquired: Claimed off waivers from Cleveland, 11/25/13 2013: Spent majority of the season with Triple-A Columbus, where he batted .267 with nine home runs, 16 doubles and 46 RBI in 65 games...Began the season on Columbus’ disabled list with a stiff neck before making his season debut with the Clippers on April 14...Recalled to Cleveland on April 16 and went hitless in three games with the Indians before being optioned back to Columbus on April 20...Had two multihomer games, May 9 vs. Charlotte and May 19 vs. Scranton/WB...Recalled to Cleveland on May 21 and appeared in one game before being optioned back to Columbus on May 25...Batted .320 (32-for-100) with two home runs and 16 RBI in 25 June contests...Did not play after July 2 due to right wrist inflammation... Placed on the 60-day disabled list, August 28...Designated for assignment, November 20. 2012: Hit .276 with 82 runs, 34 doubles, 16 home runs and 62 RBI in 135 games for Triple-A Columbus... Named the second baseman on the International League postseason All-Star Team…Ranked 2nd in the IL in runs, T-3rd in doubles, 4th in hits, 5th in walks (71), 6th in total bases (227) and 8th in OBP…Made all his defensive appearances at second base...Batted .312 (58-for-186) with 12 doubles, seven home runs and 26 RBI in 50 games after the All-Star break...Had five four-hit games for Columbus, including back-toback efforts on August 15-16 where he drove in a combined nine runs over the two games (with three doubles and two home runs)...Recalled to Cleveland, September 4…Made four starts at second base with the Indians, one start at shortstop on the season's final day and two starts at designated hitter…Collected a career-high three hits on September 28 vs. Kansas City. 2011: Spent most of the season at Triple-A Columbus and ranked among International League leaders in several offensive categories despite spending over two months in the Major Leagues for the first time in his four-year professional career…Hit .294 with 51 runs, 25 doubles, four triples, 14 HR and 63 RBI in 97 games at Triple-A, hitting .301 (72-for-239) with 12 HR and 47 RBI against RHP (.929 OPS)…During the month of August he batted .300 (27-for-90) with five HR and 15 RBI in 21 games...Reached base safely in his last 26 straight games, July 26-August 23…Appeared in 44 games at second base, 40 games at shortstop and one game at third base…Was with Cleveland, June 8-July 7, batting .196 (9-for-46) with six runs scored, a double, triple, HR and five RBI in 19 games…Made his Major League debut, June 8 vs. Minnesota (0-for-4)…Collected his first big league hit on June 10 at New York (AL), a single off Ivan Nova…On June 19 vs. Pittsburgh, hit a three-run, walk-off home run in the 11th inning off Tim Wood for his first Major League home run…Became the first Indians batter to end a game with his first career homer since Ben Francisco on June 29, 2007…Optioned from July 7-August 23…Recalled on August 24 and appeared in 16 games the remainder of the season, batting .080 (2-for-25). 2010: Began the season at Double-A Akron where he hit .382 (26-for-68) in April before being promoted to Triple-A on June 9…His .308 average between Akron and Columbus ranked 4th among Indians minor leaguers...Hit at least .300 in June (.333), July (.337) and August (.300)…Hit .324 (12-for-37) in nine postseason games for Columbus as the Clippers won the IL and Triple-A championship...Played in 19 games for Peoria in the Arizona Fall League, where he ranked fifth in the AFL with a .367 average. PERSONAL: Robert Cord Phelps was claimed off waivers by Baltimore from Cleveland on November 25, 2013...Outrighted to Norfolk from Baltimore, December 3...Originally selected by Cleveland in the 3rd round of the 2008 First Year Player Draft out of Stanford University, where he majored in human biology… Helped lead Stanford to the finals of the College World Series in 2008, where he batted .389 (7-for-18) with two doubles and two triples...Graduated in 2005 from Santa Barbara (CA.) High School, where he had a 4.83 GPA and was the class salutatorian.

YR Team 08 GCL Indians (R)

Mahoning Valley (A)

09 Kinston (A) 10 Akron (AA) Columbus (AAA) 11 Columbus (AAA) CLEVELAND (AL) 12 Columbus (AAA) CLEVELAND (AL) 13 CLEVELAND (AL) Columbus (AAA) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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AVG .000 .312 .261 .296 .317 .294 .155 .276 .212 .000 .267 .283 .159

G 1 35 130 53 66 97 35 135 14 4 65 582 53

AB 3 141 479 199 243 378 71 503 33 9 255 2201 113

R 0 24 72 25 41 51 10 82 2 0 29 324 12

H 2B 0 0 44 10 125 27 59 8 77 20 111 25 11 2 139 34 7 0 0 0 68 16 623 140 18 2

3B 0 2 5 3 4 4 1 3 0 0 1 22 1

HR 0 2 4 2 6 14 1 16 1 0 9 53 2

RBI BB SO 1 0 2 21 15 22 53 93 97 23 15 29 31 24 39 63 51 89 6 8 17 62 71 94 5 1 10 0 0 2 46 27 49 300 296 421 11 9 29

SB 0 4 17 1 3 3 1 9 0 0 4 41 1

OBP .000 .376 .386 .346 .386 .376 .241 .368 .235 .000 .333 .370 .221


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DOB: 10/12/83 Opening Day Age: 30 Height: 6-4 Weight: 206 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Greenville, PA Resides: Greenville, PA Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 2nd round of the 2005 draft 2013: Made third O’s Opening Day roster…Started in left field on Opening Day, going 2-for-4 at Tampa Bay...Had consecutive multi-RBI games, April 18-20...Collected third multi-hit game and scored career-high tying three runs (3rd time), May 2 at Los Angeles (AL)...Placed on 15-day DL, May 12, with a right hamstring strain...Appeared in 12 rehab games with Double-A Bowie from June 18-30, batting .196 with one home run and five RBI...Activated from DL, July 2...Placed back on the disabled list, July 14, with nerve inflammation in his cervical spine...Transferred to the 60-day DL, July 23, and reinstated, November 1. 2012: Made Baltimore’s Opening Day roster and appeared in just 16 games before going on the disabled list on May 1 with a herniated disc that ended his season...Had a career-high 14-game hitting streak from April 7-29...Hit a home run in four straight games from April 13-17, the first Oriole to do so since Luke Scott, May 27-30, 2009...Had three straight multi-RBI games for the first time in his career, April 15-17. 2011: Began the season with Norfolk before being recalled, May 20...Batted .237/.329/.410 in 39 games for the Tides...With Baltimore, batted .321/.433/.679 with nine walks, five HR, 16 runs and 16 RBI over final 17 games of season...Set career-highs with two home runs, four hits and four RBI on May 26 vs. Kansas City...Hit second career walk-off HR, August 10 vs. Chicago (AL) (also May 27, 2009 vs. Toronto)... Scored career-high three runs, August 14 vs. DET... Hit .354/.411/.723 in 19 games vs. the AL Central. 2010: Played in 39 games for the Orioles in April, May and September...Had a career-high three walks on April 23 at Boston...Reached base safely in 12 of his first 13 starts... Hit .348 (8-for-23) with a double and two home runs in seven games against New York (AL)...Optioned to Norfolk May 12 and recalled from Norfolk on September 1...Batted .249 with 10 home runs and 37 RBI in 94 games with the Tides, reaching safely in 40 of his last 42 games…Hit .320 (31-for-97) with a .460 OBP and a .443 slugging % in 28 August games with the Tides. 2009: Held hitless in just four of his 31 games with Norfolk before being recalled to Baltimore May 14...At the time of his promotion, he was leading the IL with a .394 batting average and ranked among the top five in the IL in on-base % (1st, .485), slugging % (1st, .743), extra-base hits (1st, 20), home runs (2nd, 9), hits (T-3rd, 43), and RBI (4th, 27)...Made his major league debut and notched his first major league hit, May 14 at Kansas City with a single off Ron Mahay...Became the first player to hit his first MLB home run off Mariano Rivera, May 20 at New York Yankees...Placed on the 15-day disabled list, September 18, with left Achilles tendinitis...Had surgery to repair the Achilles on September 23. 2008: Ranked among Eastern League leaders in games (T-1st, 139), home runs (T-2nd, 25), runs (2nd, 87), extra-base hits (2nd, 57), total bases (2nd, 254), slugging % (4th, .501), HR/AB (4th, 1/20.28), and RBI (5th, 84)...Named to the EL postseason All-Star team...Rated as the #5 prospect and as having the Best Outfield Arm in the O’s system by Baseball America. PERSONAL: Nolan Gallagher Reimold was selected by Baltimore in the 2nd round of the 2005 draft... Attended Bowling Green University…Batted .360 with 20 HR and 62 RBI in his final season with the Falcons and was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Year in 2005 when he led the NCAA in slugging percentage...Became first Falcon ever to be named All-America by three outlets in one season (NCBWA Second Team, ABCA Third Team, Baseball America Third Team)...Attended Kennedy Catholic HS (PA).

YR Team 05 Aberdeen (A) Frederick (A) 06 Frederick (A) 07 GCL Orioles (R) Bowie (AA) 08 Bowie (AA) 09 Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) 10 Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) 11 Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) 12 BALTIMORE (AL) 13 Bowie (AA) BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

AVG .294 .265 .255 .233 .306 .284 .394 .279 .249 .207 .237 .247 .313 .196 .195 .275 .252

G 50 23 119 9 50 139 31 104 94 39 39 87 16 12 40 566 286

AB 180 83 415 30 186 507 109 358 337 116 139 267 67 46 128 2032 936

R 33 17 73 4 30 87 21 49 52 9 16 40 10 3 17 336 125

H 2B 53 15 22 6 106 26 7 4 57 15 144 29 43 11 100 18 84 12 24 5 33 6 66 10 21 6 9 0 25 3 558 124 236 42

3B 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 7 5

HR 9 6 19 0 11 25 9 15 10 3 6 13 5 1 5 96 41

RBI BB SO 30 29 44 11 12 27 75 76 107 8 6 4 34 17 47 84 63 82 27 18 25 45 47 77 37 54 61 14 12 26 22 18 43 45 28 57 10 2 14 5 4 13 12 10 41 333 297 453 126 99 215

SB 2 3 14 0 2 7 6 8 9 0 2 7 1 0 0 45 16

OBP .392 .371 .379 .410 .365 .367 .485 .365 .364 .282 .329 .328 .333 .255 .250 .373 .327

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DOB: 4/7/93 Opening Day Age: 20 Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Valencia, Venezuela Resides: Valencia, Venezuela Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a non-drafted free agent, 1/22/10 2014: Enters season ranked as the third best prospect in the Orioles orginization according to Baseball America (Dylan Bundy #1, Kevin Gausman #2)...Rated by several publications among the Top 100 prospects in baseball, including ESPN.com (#43), Baseball Prospectus (#61), Baseball America (#65), and MLB.com (#68). 2013: Split the season between Class-A Frederick and Double-A Bowie after opening the season as the fifth rated prospect in the Orioles orginization according to Baseball America...Ranked among Orioles minor leaguers in wins (T-3rd, 10), strikeouts (4th, 125) and ERA (4th, 3.41)...Opened the year with Frederick and went 6-4 with a 2.85 ERA in 14 starts...Allowed two earned runs or less in 10 of his 14 starts...Won five straight decisions over a six-start stretch, May 1-31...Named Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May...Named to Carolina League midseason All-Star team...Promoted to Bowie on July 2, where he became the youngest pitcher in the Eastern League in 2013 (20 years old)...Selected for the MLB Futures All-Star Game, along with fellow O’s prospects Henry Urrutia and Christian Walker...Pitched to a 7.01 ERA over his first seven starts with the Baysox before going 3-0 with a 0.36 ERA (1 ER, 25.0 IP), 16 hits, three walks and 26 strikeouts over his final four starts...Named Eastern League Pitcher-of-theWeek for the final week of the season after tossing 14.0 shutout innings and registering two victories... Participated in the Arizona Fall League and was the starting and winning pitcher for the Surprise Saguaros during the AFL championship game. 2012: Spent entire season with Class-A Delmarva and posted a 3.70 ERA in 22 starts, the 6th-best ERA among Orioles minor leaguers...Allowed two or fewer earned runs in 16 of 22 starts...Posted a 2.49 ERA over his first 10 starts of the season...Was limited to 5.0 innings or fewer in 17 of his 22 starts, as he tossed a season-high 6.0 innings on five occasions...Posted a 0.82 ERA (2 ER, 22.0 IP) and held opposing batters to a .169 average against (12-for-77) in the first inning. 2011: Spent the majority of the season with the Gulf Coast League Orioles...Held GCL batters to a .177 average, with left-handers batting just .115 (3-for-26) with 12 strikeouts...Struck out a season-high nine in his season debut, June 23 vs. the GCL Red Sox...Started one game for Class-A Aberdeen on September 1 vs. Tri-City, taking a no-decision. 2010: Made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Orioles, making 12 starts with a 2.33 ERA and nearly a strikeout per inning while allowing only 49 hits in 65.2 innings pitched. PERSONAL: Eduardo Jose Rodriguez was signed by Baltimore as a non-drafted free agent on January 22, 2010.

YR Team 10 DSL Orioles (R) 11 GCL Orioles (R) Aberdeen (A) 12 Delmarva (A) 13 Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) Minor League Totals

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W-L 3-4 1-1 0-0 5-7 6-4 4-3 19-19

ERA 2.33 1.81 6.75 3.7 2.85 4.22 3.15

G 12 11 1 22 14 11 71

GS 12 10 1 22 14 11 70

CG 1 0 0 1 0 1 3

SV 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

IP 65.2 44.2 4.0 107 85.1 59.2 366.1

H R ER 49 26 17 28 17 9 6 3 3 103 56 44 78 36 27 53 28 28 317 166 128

HR 0 0 1 4 4 5 14

BB SO 28 62 17 46 1 4 30 73 25 66 24 59 125 310


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DOB: 3/13/79 Opening Day Age: 34 Height: 6-0 Weight: 210 B/T: L/L Birthplace: Tovar Merida, Venezuela Resides: Tovar Merida, Venezuela Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 3/4/14. 2013: Re-tore his anterior capsule in his left shoulder before the season...Underwent surgery on April 3 by Dr. David Altchek...Missed the entire season due to the injury. CAREER: Threw the first no-hitter in Mets franchise history on June 1, 2012 against the defending World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals (5 BB, 8 K, 134 pitches)...Became the first pitcher since Dave Righetti in 1983 to throw a shutout and a no-hitter in consecutive starts as well as the first Mets’ pitcher to throw back-to-back complete-game shutouts since 1992 when David Cone accomplished the feat...Led the National League in ERA and innings pitched in 2008...Is one of only five pitchers to be a two-time unanimous American League Cy Young Award winner (2004 and 2006)...Is a four-time All-Star (2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009)...Rawlings Gold Glove recipient (2007)...Has six American League Pitcher of the Month honors (August, 2003; July, 2004; August, 2004; September, 2004; June, 2006 and September, 2006) and was the National League Pitcher of the Month twice (September, 2008 and April, 2009)...Was selected as the AL’s Player-of-the-Week three times (June 14-June 20, 2004; September 13-September 19, 2004 and August 13-August 19, 2007)...Named the National League Co-Player of the Week (August 11-August 17, 2008) and the Player of the Week, May 28-June 3, 2012...Won the Pitching Triple Crown in 2006, leading the AL in wins (19), strikeouts (245) and ERA (2.77)...His 139 victories are the second-most in major league history by a Venezuelan-born player (Freddy Garcia-156)...Santana’s 3.20 ERA is the lowest of any active player (minimum 1,500 innings)...Struckout a career high 17 batters on August 19, 2007 against the Texas Rangers...Posted a 33.0 inning scoreless streak from August 28, 2004 to September 24, 2004. PERSONAL: Johan Alexander Santana was signed by Baltimore as a free agent on March 4, 2014...Originally signed by Houston as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, 1995...Selected by the Florida Marlins in the Rule 5 Draft on December 13, 1999...Acquired by the Twins on the same day in exchange for RHP Jared Camp and cash considerations...Acquired by the Mets in exchange for OF Carlos Gomez, RHP Philip Humber and two prospects on February 2, 2008...Graduated from Liceo Jose Nucete Sardi (VZ) High School, where he played baseball and soccer...Was named Tovar Merida’s Athlete of the Year in 1999...Created the Johan Santana Foundation whihc supports youth baseball and other children’s charities in his native Venezuela...Arranged to have a fire truck delivered to his hometown of Tovar Merida, VZ...Held the Johan Santana Celebrity Bowl-A-Thon in the summer of 2007 and 2010 to benefit the NYU Myeloma Center and the Johan Santana Foundation...Won the Big B.A.T./Frank Slocum Award in January, 2013 for his contributions to the Baseball Assistance Team.

YR Team W-L ERA 96 DSL Astros(R) 4-3 2.70 97 Auburn (A) 0-0 2.25 GCL Astros (R) 0-4 7.93 98 Quad City (A) 0-1 9.45 Auburn (A) 7-5 4.36 99 Michigan (A) 8-8 4.66 00 MINNESOTA (AL) 2-3 6.49 01 MINNESOTA (AL) 1-0 4.74 02 Edmonton (AAA) 5-2 3.14 MINNESOTA (AL) 8-6 2.99 03 MINNESOTA (AL) 12-3 3.07 04 MINNESOTA (AL) 20-6 2.61 05 MINNESOTA (AL) 16-7 2.87 06 MINNESOTA (AL) 19-6 2.77 07 MINNESOTA (AL) 15-13 3.33 08 NEW YORK (NL) 16-7 2.53 09 NEW YORK (NL) 13-9 3.13 10 NEW YORK (NL) 11-9 2.98 11 St. Lucie (A) 0-0 1.80 12 Brooklyn (A) 0-0 0.00 NEW YORK (NL) 6-9 4.85 13 Injured --- 0.00 Minor League Totals 24-23 4.49 Major League Totals 139-78 3.20

G GS 23 1 1 1 9 5 2 1 15 15 27 26 30 5 15 4 11 9 27 14 45 18 34 34 33 33 34 34 33 33 34 34 25 25 29 29 2 2 1 1 21 21 91 61 360 284

CG 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 3 0 4 0 0 2 3 15

SV 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

IP H 40.0 26 4.0 1 36.1 49 6.2 14 86.2 81 160.1 162 86.0 102 43.2 50 48.2 37 108.1 84 158.1 127 228.0 156 231.2 180 233.2 186 219.0 183 234.1 206 166.2 156 199.0 179 5.0 5 3.0 1 117.0 117 0.0 390.2 376 2025.2 1726

R ER HR BB SO 16 12 1 22 51 1 1 0 6 5 36 32 2 18 25 7 7 1 3 6 52 42 9 21 88 94 83 14 55 150 64 62 11 54 64 25 23 6 16 28 24 17 7 27 75 41 36 7 49 137 56 54 17 47 169 70 66 24 54 265 77 74 22 45 238 79 72 24 47 245 88 81 33 52 235 74 66 23 63 206 67 58 20 46 146 67 66 16 55 144 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 3 65 63 17 39 111 231 195 34 153 408 773 721 220 567 1988

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DOB: 6/12/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-4 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Weymouth, MA Resides: Plymouth, MA Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 1/24/14 2013: Spent the entire season with Triple-A Tacoma in the Seattle organization...Appeared defensively at first base (20 games), second base (four games), third base (17 games) and left field (three games)... Injured his wrist on June 2 and was placed on the disabled list on two separate occasions, appearing in just 27 games the remainder of the season...Hit safely in eight straight games from July 8-19, batting .345 (10-for-29) with a home run and three RBI over that stretch...Appeared in just six games from July 31 to September 2, going 0-for-11 to drop his season average from .254 to .235. 2012: Spent season with Tacoma, where he appeared defensively at every position except for catcher, shortstop and center field…Set a season-high with three doubles and matched a season-high in hits and RBI (3) on May 14 vs. Round Rock...Hit a walk-off solo home run with one out in the bottom of the 18th inning on July 18 vs. Sacramento - was also the game’s winning pitcher after he retired all three batters he faced in the top of the 18th inning...Became the Rainiers first position player to record a decision since INF Chad Akers was dealt a loss at Fresno on Aug. 25, 2000. 2011: Appeared in 104 games with Double-A Jackson, where he recorded 30 multi-hit games (including four 4-hit games)...Set career-highs with 10 home runs and 28 doubles...Placed on disabled list with contusion on his left ankle, June 12-19...Made three relief appearances out of the bullpen, going 0-1 while allowing one unearned run in 2.1 innings pitched. 2010: Began season with Class-A High Desert, hitting safely in 17 of 25 games…Promoted to West Tenn on May 17…Had a season-high 15-game hit streak from June 6-26, over which he hit .352 (19-for-54) with two home runs and 10 RBI...Collected a season-high five RBI on September 5 vs. Chattanooga...Named Southern League Player of the Week, August 30 - September 5 after batting .529 (9-for-17) with two home runs, three doubles and eight RBI...Batted .358 (29-for-81) vs. left-handed pitchers. 2009: Named Clinton’s Most Valuable Player by the Seattle Mariners…Named to the Midwest League midseason All-Star team…Ranked 8th in the Midwest League with a .300 average...Led the Lumberkings in average and on-base percentage (.390), ranked 2nd in hits (124) and runs scored (67) and was third on the club with 53 RBI...Collected a career-high five hits (all singles) on June 6 at Quad Cities. 2008: Spent majority of first pro season with the AZL Mariners, where he batted .298 with a home run and 15 RBI in 26 games...Appeared in one Triple-A game with Tacoma, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored on September 1 vs. Portland. PERSONAL: Scott Allen Savastano was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on January 24, 2014...Originally selected by Seattle in the 28th round of the 2008 draft out of Division II Franklin Pierce (NH) University...Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 33rd round of the 2005 draft but did not sign, and was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 28th round of the 2007 draft but chose to return to school... Graduated from Plymouth North (MA) High School, where he played baseball, soccer, football and ice hockey...Played for Orioles’ Executive Vice President Dan Duquette’s Pittsfield Dukes of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

YR Team 08 Everett (A) AZL Mariners (R) Tacoma (AAA) 09 Clinton (A) 10 High Desert (A) West Tenn (AA) 11 Jackson (AA) 12 Tacoma (AAA) 13 Tacoma (AAA) Minor League Totals

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AVG .000 .298 .500 .300 .318 .287 .283 .259 .235 .282

G 2 26 1 112 25 68 104 72 58 468

AB 3 94 4 413 88 237 368 224 183 1614

R H 0 0 11 28 2 2 67 124 10 28 39 68 54 104 35 58 16 43 234 455

2B 0 4 0 15 6 13 28 15 4 85

3B 0 2 0 5 0 1 1 2 2 13

HR 0 1 0 6 2 6 10 2 3 30

RBI BB SO 0 2 1 15 10 15 0 0 0 53 56 74 13 9 11 30 30 58 49 45 62 19 19 57 20 15 41 199 186 319

SB 0 4 0 12 2 4 3 1 4 30

OBP .400 .365 .500 .390 .390 .367 .362 .331 .293 .360


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DOB: 10/16/91 Opening Day Age: 22 Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Willemstad, Curacao Resides: Willemstad, Curacao Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a non-drafted free agent, 8/20/08 2014: Enters season ranked as the fifth-best prospect in the Orioles organization according to Baseball America...Also rated by the same publication as the Best Power Hitter and as having the Best Infield Arm among O’s farmhands...Rated by Baseball Prospectus (#82) and ESPN.com (#86) as one of the top 100 prospects in baseball. 2013: Hit .214/.313/.464 with two home runs in eight games for Team Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic...Spent the majority of the season with Norfolk in his first Triple-A action...Appeared defensively in 50 games at second base and 20 games at shortstop for the Tides...Each of his nine home runs hit with Norfolk were hit on the road... Hit a 12th inning walk-off RBI single, August 12 vs. Rochester...Hit safely in a season-high 10 straight games, April 16-28...Hit .348 (16-for-46) with two home runs and eight RBI in 11 May contests before being placed on the disabled list May 13 with a stress fracture in his lower back... Activated from disabled list July 26...Recalled to Baltimore on September 3...Made his MLB debut on September 25 vs. Toronto and went 2-for-3 with a walk, home run and three runs scored that night... Singled off Esmil Rogers in his first at-bat for his first big league hit, then hit a sixth inning homer off of Kyle Drabek for his first MLB homer...Became just the second Oriole in club history to hit a home run in his first major league game, joining Larry Haney (7/27/66 vs. Cleveland). 2012: Spent the entire season with Double-A Bowie...Led team in home runs (14) and at-bats (485), ranked second in games played (124), hits (119), runs (68), and total bases (187) and was third in doubles (24) and RBI (56)...Named to Eastern League midseason All-Star team...Appeared defensively in 88 games at second base and 39 games at shortstop...Reached base safely in 21 consecutive home games from July 8-July 27, posting a .406 on-base percentage over that span...Hit .308 (45-for-146) against left-handers... Tied a career-high with two homers and four RBI, June 24 vs. Reading...Belted a grand slam, July 13 at Reading...Named the third-best prospect in the Orioles organization after the season by Baseball America...Also named Best Power Hitter and Best Infield Arm in the organization by Baseball America... Ranked by MLB.com as the Orioles #4 prospect entering the 2013 campaign. 2011: Split the season between Class-A Delmarva and Class-A Frederick...Named the Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year as the top position player in the Orioles system...Ranked among Baltimore farmhands in RBI (T-2nd, 71), average (3rd, .290) and home runs (T-6th, 13)...Registered a 16game hit streak from May 1-17, batting .348 (23-for-66) during that stretch - the streak was tied for the third-longest in the South Atlantic League...Hit safely in 17 straight road contests from April 15-May 12, the longest stretch in the SAL in 2011...Promoted to Frederick on June 5 and hit safely in his first seven games with the Keys, batting .379 (11-for-29) in that stretch...Represented the Orioles in the MLB Futures Game as a member of the World Team...Named Carolina League Batter of the Week, August 8-14...Named Orioles Minor League Player of the Month for August after hitting .336 (37-for-110) with four home runs and 21 RBI in 28 games...Hit .314 (11-for-35) with six runs scored for the Keys in the playoffs, helping secure the Carolina League championship...Named by Baseball America as the #3 prospect in the O’s’ system and the #82 prospect in baseball following the season...Ranked by MLB.com as the #2 second base prospect in baseball entering 2012. 2010: Named the 10th-best prospect in the Orioles system by Baseball America following the season. PERSONAL: Jonathan Rufino Jezus Schoop was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a non-drafted free agent on August 20, 2008...Played on the Little League World Series championship team from Willemstad, Curacao in 2004, recording the save in the title game against Thousand Oaks, CA.

YR Team 09 DSL Orioles (R) 10 GCL Orioles (R) Bluefield (R) Frederick(A) 11 Delmarva (A) Frederick (A) 12 Bowie (AA) 13 GCL Orioles (R) Aberdeen (A) Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

AVG .239 .250 .316 .238 .316 .271 .245 .360 .571 .256 .286 .268 .286

G 68 17 39 6 51 77 124 8 3 70 5 463 5

AB 247 60 133 21 212 299 485 25 14 270 14 1766 14

R H 28 59 11 15 16 42 5 5 45 67 37 81 68 119 9 9 3 8 30 69 5 4 252 474 5 4

2B 7 4 11 3 12 12 24 2 1 11 0 87 0

3B 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 0

HR 0 3 2 0 8 5 14 3 2 9 1 46 1

RBI BB SO 35 24 39 16 7 7 16 12 14 3 1 4 34 20 32 37 22 44 56 50 103 9 6 6 9 1 1 34 13 55 1 1 2 249 156 305 1 1 2

SB 11 0 1 0 6 6 5 0 0 1 0 30 0

OBP .320 .329 .372 .273 .376 .329 .324 .469 .600 .301 .333 .335 .333

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DOB: 4/15/87 Opening Day Age: 26 Height: 6-0 Weight: 198 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Willemstad, Curacao Resides: Willemstad, Curacao Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 11/21/13 2013: Did not play, spending the entire season on the disabled list in the Kansas City organization. 2012: Signed with Kansas City as a free agent prior to the 2012 season...Appeared in 50 games with Double-A Northwest Arkansas in the Royals system...Appeared defensively at first base (19 games), second base (14 games), third base (eight games), shortstop (six games) and right field (one game)...Tied his career-high by belting seven home runs...Posted a .378 OBP against left-handed pitching...Did not go back-to-back games without a hit from April 7 to June 17. 2011: Spent the season with Double-A Richmond in the San Francisco organization...Appeared defensively at every infield position, making most of his appearances (34 games) at shortstop...Batted .290 (20-for-69) with three home runs and 12 RBI in 25 July contests...Drove in a run in five straight contests, July 24-28, as he batted .625 (10-for-16) with a home run and seven RBI over that stretch...Collected 11 of his 12 extra-base hits against right-handed pitching. 2010: Opened season with Double-A Richmond before being assigned to Class-A Augusta on April 26... Batted .281 in 26 games with the GreenJackets, including a .310 average against South Atlantic League left-handers...Rejoined Richmond on July 8...Ranked eighth in the Eastern League with a .330 average during August as he collected eight multi-hit games during the month...Collected six RBI on August 8 at Portland (4-for-5, home run, double). 2009: Spent year with Double-A Connecticut in the Giants system, where he was teammates with fellow O’s farmhands Tim Alderson and Brock Bond...Ranked eighth in the Eastern League with a .348 average during May (24-for-69)...Made 53 appearances at third base, 32 at second base and 20 at shorstop. 2008: Named California Player-of-the-Week, May 12-19...Tied for California League lead in most games played by a shortstop (125)...Set career high with seven home runs, all of which came against right-handed pitching...Batted .356 with RISP and two outs...Belted homers in back-to-back games, May 17-18, including a grand slam on May 17 at Stockton. PERSONAL: Sharlon Romans Emederio Schoop was signed to a minor league contract by Baltimore on November 21, 2013... Originally signed by the San Francisco Giants as an undrafted free agent on March 30, 2005...Participated in the 2009 World Baseball Classic with Netherlands, helping the Dutch defeat the Dominican Republic twice finishing 7th in the competition...Was a member of the 2011 Netherlands Baseball World Cup roster...Is the older brother of Orioles farmhand Jonathan Schoop.

YR Team 05 AZL Giants (R) 06 AZL Giants (R) Salem-Keizer (A) 07 Augusta (A) Salem-Keizer (A) 08 San Jose (A) 09 Connecticut (AA) 10 Augusta (A) Richmond (AA) 11 Richmond (AA) 12 NW Arkansas (AA) 13 Injured Minor League Totals

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AVG .254 .310 .286 .235 .284 .246 .241 .281 .273 .218 .267 .256

G 48 38 4 42 58 125 105 26 52 80 50 628

AB 169 126 7 136 190 398 320 89 183 206 165 1989

R H 29 43 29 39 1 2 18 32 30 54 54 98 36 77 10 25 19 50 25 45 18 44 269 509

2B 4 7 0 6 12 18 15 2 9 8 7 88

3B 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 8

HR 1 1 0 1 4 7 3 0 2 4 7 30

RBI BB SO 19 14 18 21 26 15 1 2 0 19 8 32 29 15 35 52 35 88 36 20 63 9 7 20 25 13 34 21 20 39 19 17 41 251 177 385

SB 10 8 0 4 2 7 6 3 1 3 2 46

OBP .328 .437 .500 .286 .347 .305 .294 .337 .318 .288 .341 .000 .322


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DOB: 3/14/88 Opening Day Age: 26 Height: 6-4 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Shreveport, LA Resides: Franklin, TN Acquired: Claimed off waivers from Oakland, 4/4/13 2013: Attended spring training with Milwaukee before being claimed off waivers by Oakland on March 29...He was then claimed off waivers by Baltimore from Milwaukee on April 4...Spent the majority of the season with Norfolk despite making four stints with Baltimore...Ranked seventh among O’s minor leaguers with a 3.79 ERA...Led Norfolk with 23 games started and 11 Quality Starts...Allowed three earned runs or less in 17 of his 23 outings with the Tides...Assigned to Class-A Frederick on April 20 and made one appearance with the Keys, allowing a run on four hits in two innings of relief before being recalled to Baltimore on April 24...In his Baltimore debut, he allowed five runs on five hits (including a career-high four home runs) in 5.2 innings of a no-decision on April 24 vs. Toronto...Was optioned back to Norfolk following that start...Made 16 of his 23 starts with Norfolk at Harbor Park, where he posted a 3.87 ERA (posted a 3.59 ERA in seven road starts)...Held International League right-handers to a .224 average...Over his final 11 starts with Norfolk (June 25 - end of the season), he posted a 2.73 ERA (9th in the IL) while holding opponents to a league-best .193 average...Recalled to Baltimore on September 1 and spent the rest of the season with the Orioles...Posted a 0.79 ERA (1 ER, 11.1 IP) in 10 relief outings for the O’s...Made nine straight scoreless appearances, August 17-September 25 (10.1 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 8 K). 2012: Claimed off waivers by Milwaukee from New York (NL) on April 4…Spent the season at Double-A Huntsville, where he went 11-9 with a 3.16 ERA and one save in 29 games (24 starts)…His first five appearances came out of the bullpen…Ranked among Southern League leaders in wins (T-2nd, 11) and ERA (3rd, 3.16)…Was 11-5 with a 3.14 ERA over his first 22 games (37 ER, 106.0 IP) and 0-4 with a 3.20 ERA over his last 7 games at Huntsville (14 ER, 39.1 IP)…Was recalled by Milwaukee on September 4…Went 0-0 with a 0.96 ERA in six games (one start) with the Brewers…Made his first MLB start on October 3 vs. San Diego and received a no-decision in the Brewers’ 7-6 defeat (4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB). 2011: Went 7-10 with a 5.94 ERA and six saves in 40 games (15 starts) between Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Buffalo…Was 4-7 with a 6.81 ERA as a starter (55 ER, 72.2 IP) and 3-3 with a 4.21 ERA in relief (17 ER, 36.1 IP)…Began the season at Binghamton and made two starts before he was promoted to Buffalo on April 17…Made 13 starts for the Bisons before returning to Binghamton on June 22…Was exclusively a reliever upon his return (25 games)…Was recalled by the Mets from Binghamton on September 1…Went 0-2 with a 6.92 ERA and one save in 14 relief appearances with the Mets…Made his Major League debut on September 2 at Washington (1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 K)…His first career strikeout was Chris Marrero…Earned his first Major League save on September 6 at Florida. 2010: Spent most of the season at Double-A Binghamton, where he went 9-3 with a 4.24 ERA and one save in 32 games (14 starts)…His first 18 appearances of the season came in relief…Was an Eastern League All-Star…Was promoted to Triple-A Buffalo on August 22 and went 2-2 with a 2.57 ERA in 4 starts. PERSONAL: Joshua Randall Stinson was claimed off waivers by Baltimore from Oakland on April 4, 2013... Originally selected by the New York Mets in the 37th round of the 2006 draft…Graduated from Northwood (LA) High School.

YR Team W-L 06 GCL Mets (R) 1-2 Hagerstown (A) 0-1 07 Savannah (A) 3-11 08 Savannah (A) 3-6 St. Lucie (A) 0-2 09 Savannah (A) 2-2 St. Lucie (A) 3-1 10 Binghamton (AA) 9-3 Buffalo (AAA) 2-2 11 Buffalo (AAA) 3-7 Binghamton (AA) 4-3 NEW YORK (NL) 0-2 12 Huntsville (AA) 11-9 MILWAUKEE (NL) 0-0 13 Frederick (A) 0-0 Norfolk (AAA) 7-6 BALTIMORE (AL) 0-0 Minor League Totals 48-55 Major League Totals 0-2

ERA 2.00 1.35 4.86 3.52 6.14 3.61 1.98 4.24 2.57 7.44 3.99 6.92 3.16 0.96 4.50 3.78 3.18 3.95 3.89

G GS 9 4 3 3 26 21 21 6 7 2 25 1 25 0 32 14 4 4 13 13 27 2 14 0 29 24 6 1 1 0 23 23 11 1 245 117 31 2

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0

SV 0 0 0 3 0 2 6 1 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 1

IP 27.0 13.1 109.1 71.2 14.2 42.1 36.1 110.1 28.0 61.2 47.1 13.0 145.1 9.1 2.0 131.0 17.0 840.1 39.1

H R ER 27 10 6 11 2 2 131 77 59 78 36 28 17 12 10 45 17 17 22 12 8 108 57 52 22 10 8 77 54 51 46 22 21 14 10 10 167 70 51 7 1 1 4 1 1 126 60 55 10 7 6 881 440 369 31 18 17

HR 0 0 13 7 0 1 0 7 5 7 1 1 7 1 0 11 4 59 6

BB SO 5 14 4 5 33 52 32 46 5 14 10 49 19 35 50 68 8 21 33 32 16 39 7 8 71 91 5 3 0 1 54 87 3 12 340 554 15 23

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DOB: 4/15/88 Opening Day Age: 25 Height: 6-5 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Anaheim, CA Resides: Fountain Valley, CA Acquired: Traded to Baltimore from Seattle, along with OF Adam Jones, LHP George Sherrill, RHP Kam Mickolio & LHP Tony Butler, in exchange for LHP Erik Bedard, 2/8/08

2013: Spent entire season with Baltimore, winning 16 games with the Birds after winning a total of 16 over his first four big league seasons...Named to his first career All-Star Team, going 11-3 with a 3.95 ERA (49 ER, 111.2 IP) in 19 starts before the break (DNP in game)...Was the first Oriole pitcher to be named to the All-Star team since George Sherrill in 2008 and was the first Oriole starting pitcher to make the team since Mike Mussina in 1999...Made 12 starts with seven or more strikeouts, the most by an Oriole since Erik Bedard in 2007 (20)...The Orioles won 13 of his 14 starts from May 24-August 9 (he was 11-1)...With his 13th win on July 26 against Boston, improved his record to 13-3, making him the first Oriole pitcher to be 10+ games over .500 at any point in the season since Mike Mussina in 1999...Became the first Oriole to win 16 since Mike Mussina won 18 in 1999...Struck out a career-high nine on four different occasions...Was 8-3 with a 4.03 ERA (49 ER, 109.1 IP) and 12 Quality Starts at home and 8-4 with a 3.34 ERA (36 ER, 97.0 IP) and nine QS on the road...Became the fifth Oriole pitcher since 2001 to work 200 or more innings in a season...Became the fifth right-hander in club history to win 16 or more games and strikeout 179 or more in a season, joining Jim Palmer (five, 1970-72, 1975, 1977), Mike Mussina (1996), Pat Dobson (1971) and Scott Erickson (1998). 2012: Opened the season in Norfolk and went 8-8 with a 3.63 ERA in 16 games (15 starts) before being promoted to Baltimore on July 4...Despite not appearing in a game for Norfolk after June 27, he ranked among team leaders in wins (1st, 8), strikeouts (2nd, 92), and innings pitched (3rd, 89.1)...Led all O’s farmhands with 92 strikeouts at the time of his promotion to Baltimore...Made first start of season for Baltimore on July 4 at Seattle, earning the win with a season-high seven strikeouts in career-long 8.1 IP...Set major league career-highs in wins (nine), ERA (2.93), games started (15), innings pitched (86.0), strikeouts (66) and Quality Starts (nine) for the Orioles. 2011: Had two stints with Baltimore from the beginning of the season-May 29 and July 30-August 11...Tossed 6.0 no-hit innings in first start of the season on April 2 at Tampa Bay, earning a no-decision...Struck out a season-high six batters on July 30 at New York (AL)...Made 15 starts for Norfolk. 2010: Tossed a no-hitter for Norfolk on April 28 at Gwinnett, the first nine-inning no-hitter by a Baltimore Triple-A farmhand since April 20, 1974 when Rochester’s Wayne Garland no-hit Charleston...Named to the IL All-Star team, but did not participate due to promotion...Finished season ranked in the top 10 in the IL in shutouts (1st, 2), complete games (T-1st, 2), ERA (4th, 3.34), wins (T-5th, 11) and WHIP (T-9th, 1.24)... Became first Tides pitcher to toss two 9-inning shutouts in the same season since Brian Bohanon (1997). CAREER: Made his major league debut on July 29, 2009 vs. Kansas City, becoming the youngest Oriole to make his debut since Hayden Penn on May 28, 2005 (21 years, 106 days)...First career strikeout was the Royals’ Mike Jacobs...Started for the U.S. Team in the 2009 MLB Futures Game...Recorded his first MLB win on August 14, 2009 vs. Los Angeles (AL)...Named Seattle’s Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2007. PERSONAL: Christopher Steven Tillman was acquired by the Baltimore Orioles along with OF Adam Jones, LHP George Sherrill, RHP Kam Mickolio and LHP Tony Butler from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for LHP Erik Bedard on February 8, 2008...Originally selected by Seattle in the second round of the 2006 draft out of Fountain Valley High School (CA).

YR Team 06 AZL Mariners (R) Everett (A) 07 Wisconsin (A) High Desert (A) 08 Bowie (AA) 09 Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) 10 Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) 11 BALTIMORE (AL) Norfolk (AAA) 12 Norfolk (AAA) Bowie (AA) BALTIMORE (AL) 13 BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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W-L 2-0 1-3 1-4 6-7 11-4 8-6 2-5 11-7 2-5 3-5 3-6 8-8 0-1 9-3 16-7 51-46 32-25

ERA 0.82 7.78 3.55 5.26 3.18 2.70 5.40 3.34 5.87 5.52 5.19 3.63 8.10 2.93 3.71 3.87 4.28

G GS 5 0 5 5 8 8 20 20 28 28 18 18 12 12 21 21 11 11 13 13 15 15 16 15 1 1 15 15 33 33 137 131 84 84

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1

SV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

IP 11.0 19.2 33.0 102.2 135.2 96.2 65.0 121.1 53.2 62.0 76.1 89.1 3.1 86.0 206.1 689.0 473.0

H R ER 9 4 1 25 17 17 31 21 13 107 79 60 115 53 48 85 36 29 77 40 39 120 50 45 51 37 35 77 41 38 77 50 44 85 36 36 4 3 3 66 38 28 184 87 85 658 349 296 455 243 225

HR 0 4 1 12 10 5 15 10 9 5 17 5 0 12 33 64 74

BB 5 15 13 48 65 26 24 30 31 25 38 30 2 24 68 272 172

SO 16 29 34 105 154 99 39 94 31 46 54 92 2 66 179 679 361


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DOB: 7/4/85 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Arlington Heights, IL Resides: Presto, PA Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 1/27/14 2013: Opened the year with Triple-A Omaha in the Kansas City organization...Batted .370 (10-for-27) with two doubles, an RBI and a .450 on-base percentage over his first nine games...Hit .143 (16-for-112) from April 30 to June 25 before being released by Kansas City on July 3...Signed with the Independent York Revolution and hit .289 with nine home runs and 37 RBI in 59 games. 2012: Traded to Colorado in exchange for RHP Greg Reynolds in early January...Spent entire season with Triple-A Colorado Springs where he batted .269 with 12 home runs and 82 RBI in 133 games...Tied for fourth in the Pacific Coast League with 38 doubles...Hit safely in 26 of 29 games from June 16 to July 22, a stretch that included 13 multi-hit games...Hit .538 (7-for-13) with one home run and five RBI as a pinchhitter...Batted .361 (52-for-144) with runners in scoring position. 2011: Hit .259 with 32 doubles, 26 home runs and 109 RBI in 134 games for Triple-A Round Rock in the Texas organization...His 109 RBI were a new career-high for a single season, with his 26 home runs tying his previous high set at Double-A Frisco in 2009...Finished the season tied for the PCL lead with 109 RBI...Named the Rangers first baseman on MiLB.com’s organizational All-Star team...Homered in three straight games, June 11-13...Belted nine home runs in 26 games in June. 2010: Hit .263 with 17 home runs, 14 doubles and 55 RBI in 78 games with Oklahoma City in his first action at the Triple-A level, missing the final two months due to injury... Suffered a strained left oblique in early July and was placed on the disabled list on July 8... Named the Rangers’ Minor League Player of the Month in April after batting .342 with six home runs, five doubles, and 20 RBI in 20 games...Went 3-for-3 with three home runs, five RBI, a hit by pitch and four runs scored, June 27 vs. Omaha. 2009: Spent the entire season with Double-A Frisco... Led the Texas League with 26 home runs and 10 sacrifice flies and was second with a franchise-record 107 RBI... Named to the Texas League All-Star team as a designated hitter... Ranked third in the league in games (136), at-bats (535) and total bases (261), was fifth in doubles (32) and SLG (.488)... Had the second most home runs in Frisco history... Named Rangers Minor League Player-of-the-Month for August.. Named Texas League Player-of-the-Week for July 6-12. 2008: Combined for a .296 (152-513) average with 17 home runs and 82 RBI in 130 games with Class-A Bakersfield and Double-A Frisco... Earned California League Player-of-the-Week honors, June 2-8. 2007: Finished 2nd in the Midwest League with 35 doubles and ranked 4th with 51 extra-base-hits at Class-A Clinton... Ranked third among all Rangers minor leaguers in RBI (84)... Led Clinton in games played (134), doubles, RBI and tied for second in homers (14)... Played in the Midwest League All-Star game. 2006: Led Class-A Spokane with 41 runs and finished second to Chris Davis with 66 games, 66 hits, 11 home runs and 35 RBI in first pro season... Selected as catcher on Baseball America’s short season Class-A All-Star team and was also named to the Northwest League’s post-season All-Star team. PERSONAL: Chad Samuel Tracy was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on January 27, 2014... Originally selected by Texas in the third round (88th overall) of the 2006 draft... Played for the U.S. National Baseball team in the 2011 Baseball World Cup and the 2011 Pan American Games...Played three seasons at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA with career totals of .334 AVG, 30 home runs and 154 RBI...Named the West Coast Conference All-Star catcher and Player-of-the-Year in 2005... Played for the Peninsula Oilers of the Alaskan Summer League in 2005... Graduated from Claremont (CA) High School... Son of former Major League manager Jim Tracy, who posted an 856-880 record over an 11-year managerial career with the Dodgers (2001-05), Pirates (2006-07) and Rockies (2009-10)...Jim was named the 2009 National League Manager of the Year after leading Colorado to an NL Wild Card berth...Chad’s grandfather, Jim Tracy Sr., and his brothers Brian Tracy and Mark Tracy have also played baseball professionally.

YR 06 07 08

Team AVG Spokane (A) .262 Clinton (A) .250 Bakersfield (A) .286 Frisco (AA) .344 09 Frisco (AA) .279 10 Oklahoma City (AAA) .263 AZL Rangers (R) .000 11 Round Rock (AAA) .259 12 Colorado Springs (AAA) .269 13 Omaha (AAA) .187 York (IND) .289 Minor League Totals .265

G 66 134 106 24 136 78 1 134 133 45 59 857

AB 252 509 420 93 535 281 3 526 454 139 211 3212

R 41 64 67 15 70 51 0 80 61 13 29 462

H 2B 66 14 127 35 120 37 32 3 149 32 74 14 0 0 136 32 122 38 26 2 61 11 852 207

3B 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 8

HR 11 14 13 4 26 17 0 26 12 4 9 127

RBI BB 35 23 84 50 67 40 15 7 107 46 55 35 0 0 109 55 82 34 18 20 37 28 572 310

SO 46 93 98 18 103 52 1 104 112 37 43 664

SB 4 9 2 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 0 32

OBP .339 .320 .361 .386 .333 .349 .000 .339 .324 .297 .369 .336

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DOB: 2/13/87 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-3 Weight: 180 B/T: L/R Birthplace: Las Tunas, Cuba Resides: Sarasota, FL Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a non-drafted free agent, 7/11/12 2013: Won Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year Award after hitting a combined .347/.406/.506 with 31 extra-base hits, 50 RBI and 49 runs scored in 81 total games between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk...Named Organizational Player of the Month for June (.425, four home runs and 17 RBI) in 19 games with the Baysox...Played in the MLB All-Star Futures Game (went 0-for-3 for the World Team)...Named to the Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star team...Went 5-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI on July 10 at Gwinnett, becoming the first Norfolk player to collect five hits in a game since Lew Ford accomplished the feat on May 29, 2012...Made his major league debut, July 20 at Texas, collecting first MLB hit on a third inning RBI single off of Joe Ortiz...Became the 12th Cuban-born player in club history...Named to the Arizona Fall League Top Prospect Team as DH...Member of 2013 AFL champion Surprise Saguaros, collecting a single, double and a run scored in 2-0 championship game victory vs. Mesa...Ranked 3rd in the AFL in batting (.377) and was fifth in slugging (.551)...Had three hits, including a grand slam, at Salt River on October 24...Rated by Baseball America as the #7 prospect in the Orioles system after the season, and was rated by the same publication as the Best Hitter for Average among Baltimore minor leaguers. 2012: Signed with Baltimore on July 11...Did not play due to work visa issues...Rated by Baseball America as Baltimore’s 13th-best prospect entering the 2013 season. PERSONAL: Henry Alexander Urrutia was signed by Baltimore as a non-drafted free agent on July 11, 2012... Played for Las Tunas in the Cuban League from 2006 to 2010... Represented Cuba in the 2010 World Championships... His uncle, Osmani Urrutia played professionally in Cuba and won five consecutive batting titles... Henry was managed by his father when he played for Las Tunas... His father, Ermidelio, was a member of Cuba’s 1992 Olympic team... Did not play in 2011 due to a suspension after an unsuccessful attempt at defection... Established residency in Haiti after defecting from Cuba... Was a spectator for an exhibition game between the Orioles and Cuban national team in Havana, March 28, 1999.

YR Team 13 Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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AVG .365 .316 .276 .347 .276

G 52 29 24 81 24

AB 200 114 58 314 58

R 33 16 5 49 5

H 73 36 16 109 16

2B 16 5 0 21 0

3B 0 1 1 1 1

HR 7 2 0 9 0

RBI 37 13 2 50 2

BB 24 8 0 32 0

SO 36 15 11 51 11

SB 1 0 0 1 0

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DOB: 8/6/74/ Opening Day Age: 39 Height: 5-11 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Bani, Dominican Republic Resides: Bani, Dominican Republic Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent, 1/14/14 2013: Spent entire season with Leones de Yucatan in the Mexican League, where he ranked third in the league with 25 saves...Named to the Mexican League’s midseason All-Star team...Held opposing batters to a .178 average (28-for-157) while allowing just two extra-base hits (one double, one home run) in 45.0 innings...Right-handed batters hit just .146 (14-for-96) with 42 strikeouts against him...38 of his 43 appearances were scoreless, and he allowed more than one earned run in an outing just once (April 16 vs. Veracruz - three earned runs in 2.0 IP)...Posted a 0.63 ERA (2 ER, 28.2 IP) over his final 28 appearances, going 14-for-15 in save opportunities over that span. CAREER: Enters 2014 having made 543 relief appearances over an 11-year major league career, with his last MLB appearance coming for Cleveland in 2009...Has appeared in the major leagues with Oakland, Milwaukee, Chicago (AL), Arizona, New York (AL), Colorado, Chicago (NL) and Cleveland...He made 60 or more relief appearances in six consecutive seasons from 2002-2007, and he pitched in 70 or more games five times (2002-2004 and 2006-2007)...Won a World Series championship with Chicago in 2005, tossing a scoreless inning in Game Three at Houston (did not pitch in ALDS or ALCS that season)...Also appeared in the postseason with the New York Yankees in 2007, making one appearance in the ALDS vs. Cleveland... Tied for the Major League lead with eight relief victories in 2007, when he made a career-high 77 relief outings with the Yankees...Earned a win in both games of a doubleheader on 7/21/07 vs. Tampa Bay, the first Yankees pitcher to win both ends of a doubleheader since Lindy McDaniel on 5/24/70... Led Milwaukee in games pitched for three straight year (2002-2004)...Named Brewers’ Newcomer of the Year in 2002 after going 5-3 with a 2.99 ERA in 76 games pitched...Earned first major league save on 7/15/01 while pitching for Oakland vs. Colorado...Picked up first MLB victory on 8/6/01 at Detroit...Made MLB debut on 7/23/99...Made five postseason appearances for Triple-A Vancouver in 1999 as the Canadians won both the Pacific Coast League championship and the Triple-A World Series...Has been involved in six different trades, as he’s been parts of deals acquiring RHP Justin Duchscherer (2002), LHP Jesus Pena (2002), OF Carlos Lee (2004), RHP Javier Vazquez (2005), LHP Randy Johnson (2007) and RHP Jason Marquis (2009). PERSONAL: Luis (Arias) Vizcaino was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on January 14, 2014...Originally signed by Oakland as a non-drafted free agent on 12/9/94.

YR 95 96 97

Team DSL Athletics (R) AZL Athletics (R) Modesto (A)

W-L ERA 10-2 2.27 6-3 4.07 0-3 13.19 Southern Oregon (A) 1-6 7.93 98 Modesto (A) 6-3 2.74 Huntsville (AA) 3-2 4.66 99 Midland (AA) 8-7 5.85 Vancouver (AAA) 0-1 1.38 OAKLAND (AL) 0-0 5.40 00 OAKLAND (AL) 0-1 7.45 Sacramento (AAA) 6-2 5.03 01 Sacramento (AAA) 2-2 2.14 OAKLAND (AL) 2-1 4.66 02 MILWAUKEE (NL) 5-3 2.99 03 MILWAUKEE (NL) 4-3 6.39 04 MILWAUKEE (NL) 4-4 3.75 05 CHICAGO (AL) 6-5 3.73 06 ARIZONIA (NL) 4-6 3.58 07 NEW YORK (AL) 8-2 4.30 08 Colorado Springs (AAA) 0-0 0.00 COLORADO (NL) 1-2 5.28 09 CHICAGO (NL) 0-0 0.00 CLEVELAND (AL) 1-3 5.40 13 Yucatan (MEX) 1-3 1.40 Mexican League Totals 1-3 1.40 Minor League Totals 42-31 4.23 Major League Totals 35-30 4.33

G 16 15 7 22 23 7 25 7 1 12 33 27 36 76 75 73 65 70 77 4 43 4 11 43 43 186 543

GS 15 10 0 5 16 7 19 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0

CG 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

SV 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 25 13 8

IP 115.0 59.2 14.1 47.2 102.0 38.2 104.2 13.0 3.1 19.1 48.1 42.0 36.2 81.1 62.0 72.0 70.0 65.1 75.1 4.0 46.0 3.2 11.2 45.0 45.0 589.1 546.2

H R ER 93 41 29 58 36 27 24 24 21 62 51 42 72 39 31 43 27 20 120 74 68 13 4 2 3 2 2 25 17 16 48 27 27 35 10 10 38 19 19 55 27 27 64 45 44 61 35 30 74 30 29 51 26 26 66 37 36 1 0 0 48 28 27 2 0 0 8 7 7 28 10 7 28 10 7 569 333 277 495 273 263

HR 3 1 4 5 5 8 18 0 1 2 4 5 8 6 16 12 8 8 6 0 10 0 2 1 1 53 79

BB SO 29 89 24 52 13 15 27 42 43 108 22 26 48 88 6 7 3 2 11 18 21 41 10 56 12 31 30 79 25 61 24 63 29 43 29 72 43 62 0 4 19 49 0 3 12 9 11 69 11 69 243 528 237 492

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DOB: 3/28/91 Opening Day Age: 23 Height: 6-0 Weight: 220 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Limerick, PA Resides: Limerick, PA Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 4th round of the 2012 draft 2013: Split time between Class-A Delmarva, Class-A Frederick and Double-A Bowie...Combined to hit .300 with 11 home runs, 27 doubles and 56 RBI in 103 games...His .300 average ranked fourth among Orioles minor leaguers...Selected to represent the U.S. team in the All-Star Futures Game, where he joined fellow O’s prospects Henry Urrutia and Eduardo Rodriguez...Opened the year with Delmarva and hit .353 in 31 games with the Shorebirds...Posted a 13-game hit streak from April 6-19, over which he hit .400 (20-for-50) with two home runs and 10 RBI...Promoted to Frederick on May 12 and hit .359 (14-for-39) over his first nine games, a stretch that concluded with a 4-for-4 performance on May 21 vs. Potomac... Promoted to Bowie on July 16 and spent the remainder of the year with the Baysox...Did not appear in a game after August 2 due to lower back soreness. 2012: Made his professional debut with Class-A Aberdeen on July 6...Finished the season batting .284 with two home runs and nine RBI in 22 games...Named New York-Penn League Offensive Player of the Week for the week of July 16-23. PERSONAL: Christian Dickson Walker was selected by Baltimore in the 4th round of the 2012 draft out of the University of South Carolina...Led the Gamecocks to the 2011 College World Series Championship and was a member of the 2012 College World Series runner ups...Named to both the 2011 and 2012 College World Series All-Tournament Team...Also named First Team All-SEC...Selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 49th round of the 2009 draft but did not sign...Attended Kennedy-Kenrick (PA) High School...Won the ‘09 International Power Showcase High School Home Run Derby at Tropicana Field.

YR Team 12 Aberdeen (A) 13 Delmarva (A) Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) Minor League Totals

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AVG .284 .353 .288 .242 .297

G AB 22 81 31 116 55 215 17 62 125 474

R 12 19 25 7 63

H 23 41 62 15 141

2B 5 5 17 5 32

3B 0 0 0 0 0

HR 2 3 8 0 13

RBI 9 20 35 1 65

BB 10 11 17 6 44

SO 14 16 41 10 81

SB 2 0 2 0 4

OBP .376 .420 .343 .319 .365


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DOB: 10/17/85 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 5-11 Weight: 210 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Santa Monica, CA Resides: Huntington Beach, CA Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a non-drafted free agent, 6/11/09 2013: Played in 49 games for Double-A Bowie where he batted .260 with a pair of home runs and 23 runs batted in...Had a season-high eight-game hitting streak from August 6-18, over which he hit .400 (10-for-25) with a home run, two RBI and six runs scored...Hit .326 with runners in scoring position (14-for-43), including a 4-for-5 mark with bases loaded (10 RBI) on the season...Threw out 47.4 % of attempted basestealers (18 of 38), a mark that would have led the league had he played in enough games...Was promoted to Triple-A Norfolk on September 2 for the last game of the season...Rated by Baseball America as the Best Defensive Catcher in the Orioles system after the season. 2012: Joined Double-A Bowie on June 6 and recorded a hit in each of his first six games…Batted .319 (15-for-47) against left-handed pitching…Batted .324 (11-for-34) when leading off an inning…Named the Best Defensive Catcher in the Orioles system after the season by Baseball America...Played for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League following the season. 2011: Played in a career-high 104 games at Single-A Frederick and had career-bests in batting average (.254), runs (43), hits (85), doubles (22), home runs (7), RBI (32), walks (42), stolen bases (9), slugging (.382) and OPS (.721). 2010: Spent entire season with Class-A Frederick...Drove in a season-best three runs June 30 at Salem...Had a season-high three hits July 5 at Kinston...Hit .281 (9-for-32) with runners in scoring position and two outs. 2009: Spent first pro season with short-season Aberdeen...Picked up his first professional hit on June 21 at Hudson Valley...Had three straight multi-hit games July 31-August 5. PERSONAL: Brian Patrick Ward signed with the Baltimore Orioles as a non-drafted free agent on June 11, 2009 out of Lewis-Clark State College (ID)...Named the 2008 NAIA World Series MVP as the LCSC Warriors capped a 58-7 season with a championship...Attended Marina High School (CA).

YR 09 10 11 12 13

Team Aberdeen (A) Frederick (A) Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) Minor League Totals

AVG .252 .199 .254 .217 .260 .000 .236

G 36 83 104 50 49 1 323

AB R H 107 10 27 236 28 47 335 43 85 161 18 35 154 24 40 0 0 0 993 123 234

2B 2 7 22 5 9 0 45

3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

HR 1 2 7 1 2 0 13

RBI BB SO 13 20 16 30 39 58 32 42 54 12 24 24 23 16 28 0 0 0 110 141 180

SB 1 2 9 4 1 0 17

OBP .385 .322 .339 .324 .345 .000 .338

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DOB: 2/5/86 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 6-6 Weight: 245 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Clearwater, FL Resides: Clearwater, FL Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as a free agent, 12/10/13 2013: Spent the entire season with Miami, the first season in which he played exclusively in the major leagues...Set career-highs in games (66), IP (80.1), strikeouts (54) and WHIP (1.21)...Ranked 4th in the NL in relief innings pitched (80.1)...Allowed 14 of 48 inherited runners to score, including just four of 19 inherited runners during the second half of the season...Pitched to a 0.46 ERA (1 ER, 19.2 IP) over a 16-game stretch, April 13-May 20...Had a 35-game stretch without allowing more than one earned in any outing, June 15-September 19, as he posted a 2.27 ERA (11 ER, 43.2 IP) over that stretch...Held lefties (.244/.324/.390 in 141 PA) and righties (.244/.297/.384 in 191 PA) to nearly identical lines...Posted a 2.65 ERA (11 ER, 37.1 IP) and a 4.67 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 37.1 innings pitched after the All-Star Game after posting marks of 3.14 and 1.24, respectively, in 43.0 innings pitched in the first half. 2012: Spent the majority of the season with Miami...Posted a 2.17 road ERA (7 ER, 29.0 IP) ranking 17th among NL relievers (min. 25.0 IP)...Posted a 1.85 ERA (5 ER, 24.1 IP) over his final 27 appearances... Allowed 18 of 49 inherited runners to score...Yielded just two home runs in 270 batters faced, including none over his final 31 games...Appeared in three games with Triple-A New Orleans in July. 2011: Appeared in 53 games for the Marlins despite being on the disabled list from June 17-August 17 with right shoulder inflammation...Posted a 2.20 ERA (4 ER, 16.1 IP) in 18 appearances following his return from the DL...Held right-handers to a .238 average (24-for-101) with 0 home runs...Held opposing batters to a .188 average (13-for-69) with runners in scoring position. 2010: Split the season between Triple-A Portland and San Diego...Allowed just two earned runs in 17 appearances at Triple-A (0.87 ERA)...Made 54 appearances with the Padres, allowing one home run in 253 batters faced...Posted a 0.90 ERA (3 ER, 30.0 IP) in 27 games at Petco Park...Posted a 0.71 ERA (2 ER, 25.1 IP) in his first 20 appearances with the Padres...Traded from San Diego, along with RHP Edward Mujica, to Florida in exchange for OF Cameron Maybin, November 13. 2009: Began the season with Sacramento before being traded to San Diego, along with RHP Craig Italianno and RHP Sean Gallagher, in exchange for IF Scott Hairston, July 5...Made major league debut, on July 8 at Arizona (0.1 scoreless IP)… Struck out San Francisco’s John Bowker on July 10 for first big league punchout...Earned first MLB win, September 23 at Colorado. 2008: Tied for 2nd on Double-A Midland’s staff in wins and starts. 2007: Split time between Double-A Midland and Class-A Stockton... Placed on DL, July 23, with right should tendinitis and missed the remainder of the season. 2006: Twice named California League Pitcher of the Week (April 17-23 and July 31-August 6). PERSONAL: Ryan Christopher Webb was signed by Baltimore as a free agent on December 10, 2013... Originally selected by Oakland in the fourth round of the 2004 Draft out of Clearwater Central Catholic (FL) High School...Is the son of Hank Webb, who went 7-9 with a 4.31 ERA in 53 games (19 starts) from 1972 to 1977 with the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers...Hank also pitched for Tidewater from 19731976 and tossed a seven-inning no-hitter for the Tides vs. Rochester on June 7, 1974.

YR 04 05 06 07

Team W-L AZL Athletics (R) 1-1 Kane County (A) 5-11 Stockton (A) 8-9 Midland (AA) 0-4 Stockton (A) 4-7 08 Midland (AA) 9-8 09 Sacramento (AAA) 7-1 Portland (AAA) 0-0 SAN DIEGO (NL) 2-1 10 Portland (AAA) 1-0 SAN DIEGO (NL) 3-1 11 GCL Marlins (NL) 0-0 Jupiter (A) 1-0 FLORIDA (NL) 2-4 12 New Orleans (AAA) 2-0 MIAMI (NL) 4-3 13 MIAMI (NL) 2-6 Minor League Totals 38-41 Major League Totals 13-15

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ERA 4.87 4.76 5.28 9.12 5.75 5.19 4.34 3.00 3.86 0.87 2.90 0.00 2.70 3.20 1.59 4.03 2.91 5.06 3.29

G 8 24 23 5 15 25 31 3 28 17 54 1 3 53 3 65 66 158 266

GS 7 23 23 5 15 22 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 99 0

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

IP 20.1 128.2 117.2 25.2 83.0 130.0 45.2 3.0 25.2 20.2 59.0 2.0 3.1 50.2 5.2 60.1 80.1 585.2 276.0

H R ER 18 11 11 139 82 68 160 75 69 34 27 26 83 59 53 165 86 75 57 22 22 3 1 1 27 14 11 12 2 2 64 21 19 2 0 0 4 1 1 48 20 18 3 1 1 72 30 27 70 30 26 680 367 329 281 115 101

HR 2 16 9 10 13 12 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 5 66 13

BB SO 1 23 41 84 37 96 10 16 22 71 44 94 15 39 1 0 11 19 5 23 19 44 0 2 3 3 20 31 1 1 20 44 27 54 180 452 97 192


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DOB: 1/26/87 Opening Day Age: 26 Height: 5-9 Weight: 161 B/T: S/R Birthplace: Orlando, FL Resides: Altamonte Springs, FL Acquired: Traded to Baltimore from Oakland, along with C David Freitas, for RHP Jim Johnson, 12/2/13

2013: Spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Sacramento in the Oakland organization...Ranked among A’s farmhands in runs (1st, 96) and triples (T-2nd, 10)...Ranked among Pacific Coast League leaders in runs (2nd, 96), walks (2nd, 80), triples (3rd, 10), at-bats (4th, 520) and hits (8th, 141)...Appeared defensively at second base (45 games), shortstop (25 games) and center field (25 games)...Was successful on 17 of 19 stolen base attempts...Hit two triples on June 8 at Tucson, capping a three-game stretch in which he hit .600 (9-for-15) with six runs scored...Had seven games in which he collected at least three hits, including four-hit efforts on June 7 at Tuscon and July 8 at Colorado Springs...Recalled to Oakland in September and appeared in eight games with the Athletics, going 1-for-9 with three runs scored. 2012: Started 111 of the A’s first 121 games at second base...Was batting .220 with two home runs and 20 RBI in 113 games when he was optioned to Sacramento August 21...Returned to Oakland September 10 and went 2-for-7 (.286) in five games…Hit .221 in 118 games overall after batting .303 in 97 games as a rookie in 2011… Tied for third in the American League in triples (8) and sacrifice hits (9)...Played in the 100th game of his career April 6 vs. Seattle, collecting 126 hits over that span, 2nd-most in club history through 100 games since 1916 (Wally Moses, 134 with Philadelphia A’s in 1935-36). 2011: Selected from Triple-A Sacramento on June 7 and made his Major League debut at Baltimore that day...Recorded his first Major League hit June 8 at Baltimore when he doubled off Zach Britton in the third inning…Went on to start 96 of the A’s final 101 games at second base...Batted .303 with 26 doubles, eight triples, two home runs, 36 RBI and 22 stolen bases in 97 games...Had the best batting average among Major League rookies with 350 or more plate appearances and his .340 on-base percentage was third-best among AL rookies..Led ML rookies in triples (8), tied for 2nd among AL rookies in stolen bases, ranked 3rd in hits (123), doubles and multiple-hit games (35), 4th in total bases (171), 5th in runs (50) and extra base hits (36), and 8th in RBI…Led the A’s with 14 games of three or more hits...Hit his first ML home run September 22 vs. Texas, a solo shot off Colby Lewis. 2010: Spent most of the season at Double-A Midland where he batted .267 with 14 doubles, seven triples, three home runs and 33 RBI in 67 games...Missed two months of the season while on the disabled list and hit .306 during a 10-game rehab assignment with the A’s affiliate in the Arizona Rookie League... Tied for third in the A’s farm system in triples (8)... Named the A’s fifth best prospect by Baseball America following the season...Reached base safely in each of his first 28 road games, which was the longest such streak in the Texas League... Collected a season-high four hits August 13 against Tulsa. 2009: Combined to hit .278 with nine home runs and 44 RBI in 80 games with Single-A Stockton and Double-A Midland after spending the first two months of the season on the disabled list...Was successful on 9 of 10 (90.0%) stolen base attempts…Batted .203 against left-handed pitching and .348 against righthanders at Stockton but then hit .333 against lefties and .182 against righties at Midland...Played for the United States in the All-Star Futures Game July 13 at St. Louis and went 0 for 2...Hit .290 with two home runs and eight RBI in eight postseason games to help Midland win the Texas League Championship. PERSONAL: Jemile Nykiwa Weeks was traded to Baltimore from Oakland, along with a PTBNL (C David Freitas), in exchange for RHP Jim Johnson on December 2, 2013...Originally selected by Oakland in the first round (12th overall) of the 2008 draft...Graduated from Lake Brantley (FL) High School in 2005...Was a First Team All-State selection as a senior...Attended the University of Miami where he was a First Team AllAmerica selection by Collegiate Baseball and First Team All-ACC in 2008...Was a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America selection in 2006... Selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 2005 Draft but did not sign...His brother, Rickie, plays for the Milwaukee Brewers.

YR Team 08 Kane County (A) 09 Stockton (A) Midland (AA) 10 AZL Athletics (R) Midland (AA) 11 Sacramento (AAA) OAKLAND (AL) 12 Sacramento (AAA) OAKLAND (AL) 13 Sacramento (AAA) OAKLAND (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

AVG .297 .299 .238 .306 .267 .321 .303 .333 .221 .271 .111 .282 .258

G 19 50 30 10 67 45 97 10 118 130 8 361 223

AB 74 201 105 36 273 184 406 45 444 520 9 1438 859

R 11 29 10 9 43 30 50 5 54 96 3 233 107

H 22 60 25 11 73 59 123 15 98 141 1 406 222

2B 3 9 5 2 14 6 26 4 15 19 0 62 41

3B 1 2 0 1 7 4 8 0 8 10 0 25 16

HR 1 7 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 4 0 20 4

RBI BB SO 8 13 12 31 26 40 13 10 16 1 7 4 33 28 37 22 29 32 36 21 62 10 6 8 20 50 70 40 80 99 0 0 5 158 199 248 56 71 137

SB 6 5 4 5 11 10 22 1 16 17 0 59 38

OBP .422 .385 .303 .432 .335 .417 .340 .412 .305 .376 .111 .375 .319

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DOB: 5/21/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-5 Weight: 240 B/T: S/R Birthplace: Charleston, SC Resides: Sarasota, FL Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 2007 draft 2013: Led American League catchers in games (140), at-bats (496), home runs (21) and RBI (76), was 2nd in runs (58) and hits (121), and 3rd in doubles (29) and slugging (.429)...Set career-highs in games (148) and doubles (29), as well as defensive career-highs in games caught (140), innings caught (1201.0) and total chances (1021)...Caught 22 of 66 attempted base stealers (33.3%), both of which rated 2nd in the AL... Is the only catcher in baseball with 50 or more extra-base hits in each of the last three seasons, 20112013... Hit 10th inning walk-off Grand Slam (2nd career GS), April 18 vs. Tampa Bay (Gomes)...Had gameending caught stealing of Kelly Johnson, August 21 vs. Tampa Bay...Became the first player in club history with three consecutive seasons of 20+ home runs as a catcher when he homered September 6 vs. Chicago (AL)...Hit walk-off two-run single in the 10th inning, September 7 vs. Chicago (AL). 2012: Made his second career All-Star team and earned his second Rawlings Gold Glove, setting career-highs in games (144), at-bats (526), home runs (23), RBI (83) and walks (60)...Led American League catchers in games caught (134) and putouts (994)...Threw out 32 would-be basestealers, second in the AL...Had multi-home run games on April 16 at Chicago (AL), August 7 vs. Seattle and September 16 at Oakland...Caught three attempted basestealers on August 25 vs. Toronto, the 14th time in team history and first occurrence since August 10, 1988...Tied a career-high with five RBI on August 8 vs. Seattle... Became the first Orioles catcher with two stolen bases in a game since June 10, 1972 when he accomplished the feat August 4 at Tampa Bay...Tied career-high with four hits and five RBI on June 14 vs. Pittsburgh... Hit first career grand slam and tied a career-high with five RBI on April 16 at Chicago (AL)... Batted .150 (3-for-20) with a double, two runs and two walks in five games in the ALDS vs. New York. 2011: Made first All-Star team...Won his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award with a .995 fielding percentage, a mark that tied for the AL-lead among catchers...Became the first Baltimore catcher to win a Gold Glove...Had career-highs in runs (72), doubles (28) and slugging (.450)...Hit more than 20 home runs, the sixth such season for a catcher in Orioles history...Ranked among AL catchers in runs (1st, 68), innings caught (2nd, 1150), hits (2nd, 126), doubles (2nd, 27), home runs (2nd, 20), RBI (3rd, 66), OPS (3rd, .774) and walks (4th, 47)...Charged with only one passed ball, tops among regular AL catchers. 2010: Became the first catcher in club history to open a season with three straight multi-hit games...Set a career-high with a 14-game hitting streak from June 9-25...Threw out 21 of 74 (28 %) of attempted basestealers… Recorded first career 2-HR game July 26 at Toronto...Featured on the cover of the March 15 issue of Sports Illustrated, first time an Oriole had been on the cover since Roberto Alomar on October 14, 1996. 2009: Had his contract selected from Triple-A Norfolk on May 29 and made his major league debut that night vs. Detroit...Reached the big leagues with fewer games of minor league experience (169) than any active catcher in the major leagues...Tripled off Justin Verlander for his first major league hit on May 30…Since 1954, only four other catchers have tripled for their first major league hit...Hit his first MLB homer on June 17, a two-run homer off the Mets’ Tim Redding...Led all AL rookies in batting average (.288)...Hit his first career walk-off HR, September 16 vs. Tampa Bay (Russ Springer)...Named the top prospect in the International League by Baseball America. 2008: Named Baseball America’s Minor League Player of the Year, the first O’s prospect to win the award in its 25 years... Won the Brooks Robinson Award as the top minor league player in the Orioles system...His .355 average between Class-A Frederick and Double-A Bowie led all Orioles minor leaguers and ranked 10th among all minor league players... Led O’s farmhands with 27 homers and was second in the system with 91 RBI...Rated as the top prospect in the Orioles system by Baseball America after the season. PERSONAL: Matthew Richard Wieters was selected by the Orioles with the fifth overall pick in the 2007 draft out of Georgia Tech...Majored in Business Management...His father, Richard, played in the Braves and White Sox organizations from 1977-82...Attended Stratford High School (SC)...Rated as the top prospect in South Carolina and 60th in the nation as a senior.

YR Team 08 Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) 09 Norfolk (AAA) BALTIMORE (AL) 10 BALTIMORE (AL) 11 BALTIMORE (AL) 12 BALTIMORE (AL) 13 BALTIMORE (AL) Minor League Totals Major League Totals

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AVG .345 .365 .305 .288 .249 .262 .249 .235 .343 .255

G 69 61 39 96 130 139 144 148 169 657

AB 229 208 141 354 446 500 526 523 578 2349

R 48 41 25 35 37 72 67 59 114 270

H 2B 79 8 76 14 43 9 102 15 111 22 131 28 131 27 123 29 198 31 598 121

3B 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 3

HR 15 12 5 9 11 22 23 22 32 87

RBI BB SO 40 44 47 51 38 29 30 20 30 43 28 86 55 47 94 68 48 84 83 60 112 79 43 104 121 102 106 328 226 480

SB 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 6

OBP .448 .460 .387 .340 .319 .328 .329 .287 .438 .319


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DOB: 1/3/90 Opening Day Age: 24 Height: 6-5 Weight: 195 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Bennettsville, SC Resides: Laurel Hill, NC Acquired: Selected by Baltimore in the 3rd round of the 2011 draft 2013: Spent the majority of the season with Double-A Bowie before making his Triple-A debut with Norfolk on the final day of the regular season...Named as the Orioles’ Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year...Ranked among Orioles minor leaguers in wins (T-1st, 11), strikeouts (2nd, 138) and ERA (3rd, 3.11)...Named to the Eastern League midseason All-Star team and picked up Game MVP honors after tossing a scoreless first inning...Ranked among Eastern League leaders in winning percentage (T-1st, .786), ERA (2nd, 3.26), wins (T-4th, 11), strikeouts per 9 IP ratio (5th, 8.52) and strikeouts (6th, 136)...Won six straight decisions from April 19 to May 21...Posted a 1.85 ERA (7 ER, 34.0 IP) for the month of May, the second lowest in the Eastern League...Struck out a season-high 10 (in 6.0 innings) on July 26 against Erie...Turned in nine straight Quality Starts from July 6 to August 2, going 5-0 with a 1.99 ERA (13 ER, 58.2 IP), 58 strikeouts and eight walks over that span...Promoted to Norfolk on September 2 and made his Triple-A debut that day vs. Durham, tossing 6.2 shutout innings...Rated by Baseball America as the #8 prospect in the Orioles system following the year, and rated by the same publication as having the Best Slider among O’s farmhands. 2012: Split the season between Class-A Frederick and Double-A Bowie...Went 6.0 or more innings in six of eight starts with the Keys...Had three outings of 6.0 scoreless innings or more with Frederick (April 8 vs. Salem, May 6 at Carolina and May 18 at Salem)...Held lefties to a .222/.250/.278 line in the Carolina League ...Was tied for the league lead with five wins at the time of his promotion to Double-A...Dropped first three decisions with Bowie before earning five straight victories to close the season...Held right-handers to a .250 average against in the Eastern League...Played for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League following the season. 2011: Began his professional career and pitched at three levels in the Orioles system…Pitched in one game for the GCL Orioles before a promotion to Low-A Aberdeen...Allowed two runs or less in six of seven starts with the IronBirds...Closed his season with four games for Class-A Delmarva, striking out five batters on August 16 at Lakewood and August 27 at Greensboro. PERSONAL: Dennis Michael Wright, Jr. was selected in the third round of the 2011 draft out of East Carolina University...Majored in Physical Education while at ECU...Was the 94th selection in the 2011 draft, the 4th-highest selection in the history of the East Carolina program...Attended Whiteville High School (NC), where he was the Columbus County Player of the Year as a senior.

YR Team 11 GCL Orioles (R) Aberdeen (A) Delmarva (A) 12 Frederick (A) Bowie (AA) 13 Bowie (AA) Norfolk (AAA) Minor League Totals

W-L ERA 0-0 0.00 2-1 3.77 1-1 10.54 5-2 2.91 5-3 4.91 11-3 3.26 0-0 0 24-10 3.84

G 1 7 4 8 12 26 1 59

GS 0 7 1 8 12 26 1 55

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IP 1.0 31.0 13.2 46.1 62.1 143.2 6.2 304.2

H R ER 0 0 0 29 15 13 21 16 16 47 16 15 71 38 34 152 65 52 6 0 0 326 150 130

HR 0 3 3 3 7 9 0 25

BB 0 6 4 5 17 39 0 71

SO 1 29 12 35 45 136 2 260

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DOB: 8/9/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Redwood City, CA Resides: San Carlos, CA Acquired: Signed as minor league free agent, 2/6/14 2013: Spent the majority of the season on the disabled list, playing only 31 games with Double-A Tulsa of the Rockies organization...Batted .353 (6-for-17) against left-handed pitching...Homered in three straight games, April 13-15...Placed on the disabled list and did not appear in a game after May 12. 2012: Split the season between Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham in the Rays system...Led Rays minor leaguers with 79 RBI, ranked second in the system with 20 home runs, and was 9th among Tampa farmhands with a .282 season average...Opened the year with Montgomery, belting seven home runs and driving in 27 before eing promoted to Durham on May 11...Clubbed two solo home runs on April 9 at Pensacola...Picked up his first Triple-A hit on May 12 at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, a contest in which he also belted his first Triple-A homer...Hit .316 (80-for-253) with 11 home runs and 43 RBI against International League right-handers...Appeared defensively at first base (53 games), third base (one game), left field (three games) and right field (three games)...Ranked 2nd in the IL with a .367 average from June 1 to July 31, as he also ranked among IL leaders over that span in hits (2nd, 69), OPS (3rd, .980), doubles (T-4th, 17) and RBI (10th, 34). 2011: Spent entire season with Montgomery, where he led the team with 118 games played, 128 hits, 34 doubles and 17 home runs, all career highs...Had a season-high five RBI on April 25 when he went 3-for-5 with a double and a home run...Hit two doubles in a game four times...Had seven three-hit games during the season...Hit 13 of his 17 home runs against right-handed pitching and had an .826 OPS against righties...Hit .304 with six doubles, six home runs and 21 RBI in July...Named Southern League Player of the Week for the Week of August 8-15...Hit grand slames on June 28 vs. Mobile and August 24 vs. Mississippi. 2010: Named to Florida State League midseason All-Star Team...Led Charlotte in homers despite a midseason promotion to Montgomery...Hit 21 home runs and 83 RBI between the two levels...Ranked 2nd in the Rays farm system with 21 home runs... Went 5-for-5 (2 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 3 R) on May 20 against Brevard County... Won the Florida State League Home Run Derby...Was part of Ladies Night with Montgomery as fans had a chance to “Win a date with Henry Wrigley�...Played in 24 games in the Arizona Fall League. 2009: Split the season between Class-A Bowling Green and Class-A Charlotte... Combined for 31 doubles, 10 home runs and 60 runs batted in. 2008: Spent the entire season with Class-A Columbus... Led the South Atlantic League with 10 triples. 2007: Spent the year with Class-A Hudson Valley where he collected 33 RBI in 67 games. 2006: Spent his first season of professional baseball with the Princeton Rays (R)... Appalachian League Player-of-the-Week (July 17-23)... Hit his first career grand slam on August 24 against Elizabethton. PERSONAL: Henry James Wrigley was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on February 6, 2014...Originally selected by Tampa Bay in the 14th round of the 2005 draft out of San Mateo Junior College (CA), where he was a teammate of Red Sox outfielder Daniel Nava...Attended Burlingame HS (CA).

YR 06 07 08 09

Team AVG Princeton (R) .250 Hudson Valley (A) .235 Columbus (A) .250 Bowling Green (A) .220 Charlotte (A) .246 10 Charlotte (A) .292 Montgomery (AA) .248 11 Montgomery (AA) .274 12 Montgomery (AA) .270 Durham (AAA) .285 13 Tulsa (AA) .188 Minor League Totals .257

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G 54 67 113 45 70 68 62 118 32 94 31 754

AB 188 243 404 177 260 260 254 468 122 354 112 2842

R 22 28 45 20 26 35 31 60 17 39 13 336

H 2B 47 9 57 10 101 13 39 16 64 15 76 13 63 12 128 34 33 12 101 25 21 6 730 165

3B 1 3 10 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 24

HR 5 3 7 4 6 12 9 17 7 13 4 87

RBI BB SO 26 7 39 33 20 37 60 24 62 17 5 30 43 9 44 46 19 37 37 12 54 84 23 73 27 15 25 52 21 78 10 4 21 435 159 500

SB 5 10 7 3 5 5 1 3 3 0 1 43

OBP .273 .301 .292 .245 .267 .343 .280 .309 .350 .324 .227 .297


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DOB: 7/24/86 Opening Day Age: 27 Height: 6-0 Weight: 187 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Guri, South Korea Resides: Guri, South Korea Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as an international free agent, 2/17/14 2013: Pitched for the Korean National Team in the World Baseball Classic for the second time, making one start... Went 2-1 with seven saves and a 3.60 ERA in 19 relief appearances (25.0 IP, 26 K) for KIA...Was 1-5 with a 4.16 ERA in 11 starts (62.2 IP, 50 K). 2012: Led the KBO in shutouts... Finished second in complete games, fourth in strikeouts & eighth in ERA. 2011: Won the KBO MVP award and pitching Triple Crown (led KBO in wins, strikeouts and ERA)...Set a career-high in innings pitched (172.1; 5th in the league)...Also led the KBO in complete games and shutouts...Named a KBO All-Star for the third time. 2010: Was 6th in the KBO in CG...Pitched for the Korean National Team in the Asian Games. 2009: Named a KBO All-Star for the second time...Helped the Korean National Team win the silver medal in the World Baseball Classic. 2008: Won the KBO ERA title and was second in wins, fifth in strikeouts, sixth in complete games and ninth in innings pitched...Named a KBO All-Star for the first time...Helped lead the Korean National team to the country’s first gold medal in baseball at the Beijing Olympic Games, as they went 7-0 in the tournament. 2007: Finished second in the KBO in shutouts, third in complete games and ninth in strikeouts and IP. 2006: Posted a career-high 19 saves (5th in KBO), posting a 2.28 ERA in 63 games for Kia...Pitched for the Korean National Team in the Asian Games. 2005: Made his KBO debut on April 2...Ranked 10th in KBO in saves. PERSONAL: Suk-Min Yoon was signed by the Orioles as an international free agent on February 17, 2014... Originally selected out of Ya-Top High School in the second round of the 2005 KBO draft by the KIA Tigers...Will become the first Korean-born player in Orioles history and the 16th in Major League history when he makes his debut.

YR Team 05 KIA (Korea) 06 KIA (Korea) 07 KIA (Korea) 08 KIA (Korea) 09 KIA (Korea) 10 KIA (Korea) 11 KIA (Korea) 12 KIA (Korea) 13 KIA (Korea) KBO Totals

W-L 3-4 5-6 7-18 14-5 9-4 6-3 17-5 9-8 3-6 73-59

ERA 4.29 2.28 3.78 2.33 3.46 3.83 2.45 3.12 4.00 3.19

G GS 53 0 63 0 28 26 24 23 27 16 23 13 27 23 28 15 30 11 303 127

CG 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 11

SV 7 19 0 0 7 3 1 0 7 44

IP H 84.0 92 94.2 81 162.0 161 154.2 121 119.2 110 101.0 95 172.1 137 153.0 120 87.2 91 1129.0 1008

R ER 47 40 26 24 76 68 45 40 52 46 48 43 53 47 60 53 41 39 448 400

HR 8 5 10 10 9 5 10 9 9 75

BB 32 27 59 42 44 36 44 33 28 345

SO 49 75 104 119 117 94 178 137 76 949

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DOB: 9/14/85 Opening Day Age: 28 Height: 6-3 Weight: 240 B/T: R/R Birthplace: Montgomery, AL Resides: Camarillo, CA Acquired: Signed by Baltimore as minor league free agent, 1/13/14 2013: Split the season between Philadelphia and Tampa Bay, batting .260 with 11 home runs, 16 doubles and 38 RBI in 103 games between the two clubs...Began the season on the disabled list after having offseason surgery on his right ankle...Activated from Philadelphia’s DL on April 30...Homered in his first atbat as a Phillie, April 30 at Cleveland...Collected his 500th career RBI, June 26 at San Diego...Collected hits in seven consecutive at-bats, June 26-28, two shy of the Phillies club record...Set a career-high with six RBI, June 28 at Los Angeles (NL)...Collected his 1000th career hit (single), July 3 at Pittsburgh...Designated for assignment on August 9 and released by Philadelphia on August 14...Signed to a minor league contract by Tampa Bay on August 22 and assigned to Double-A Montgomery, where he hit .233 with a home run and three RBI in seven games...Had his contract selected by Tampa Bay on September 1...Hit .258 with three home runs and seven RBI in 23 games with the Rays, making all of his appearances as either a designated hitter or a pinch-hitter...Batted .273 (3-for-11) with a home run and three RBI in five postseason games. 2012: Spent entire season with Detroit, batting .267 with 18 home runs and 74 RBI in 151 games...Hit .308 (56-for-182) with seven home runs and 26 RBI against left-handed pitching...Made 31 appearances in left field and served as the designated hitter in 116 contests...Homered in four straight games from July 5-8, the longest streak in his MLB career...Named ALCS MVP after batting .353 (6-for-17) with two home runs and six RBI in Tigers series victory over the New York Yankees...Batted .357 (5-for-14) with a home run and one RBI in four World Series games vs. San Francisco. 2011: Split the season between Minnesota and Detroit, combining to hit .268 with 12 home runs and 64 RBI in 124 games...Opened the year with the Twins before being traded to Detroit on August 15 for a player to be named later (minor league LHP Cole Nelson)...Batted .274 with eight home runs and 32 RBI in 40 games down the stretch with the Tigers...Matched a Detroit club record with five home runs during the postseason, hitting three in the ALDS vs. New York and two in the ALCS vs. Texas. CAREER: Has appeared in 33 postseason games, batting .265 (31-for-117) with nine home runs and 18 RBI...Tied for 2nd in the AL with 46 doubles in 2010...Shared AL Player of the Month honors with Toronto’s Jose Bautista, July, 2010...Finished 2nd in 2007 AL Rookie of the Year voting...Made MLB debut on 8/29/06 (10 years to the day his brother Dmitri made his MLB debut in 1996) and homered off of Freddy Garcia in that contest for first MLB hit and homer...Named 2005 Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year. PERSONAL: Delmon Damarcus Young was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on January 13, 2014...Originally selected by Tampa Bay as the first overall pick in the 2003 draft... His brother Dmitri played at the major league level with St. Louis (1996-97), Cincinnati (1998-2001), Detroit (2002-06) and Washington (2007-08)...Dmitri was selected by St. Louis with the fourth overall pick in the June 1991 draft, making he and Delmon the first set of brothers to be taken within the first five selections of the draft...B.J. and Justin Upton are the only others who have done so...Selected to Baseball America’s First-Team High School All-America while at Camarillo (CA) High School.

YR Team 04 Charleston (A) 05 Montgomery (AA) Durham (AAA) 06 Durham (AAA) TAMPA BAY (AL) 07 TAMPA BAY (AL) 08 MINNESOTA (AL) 09 MINNESOTA (AL) 10 MINNESOTA (AL) 11 Rochester (AAA) MINNESOTA (AL) DETROIT (AL) 12 DETROIT (AL) 13 Clearwater (A) Lehigh Valley (AAA)

AVG .320 .336 .285 .316 .317 .288 .290 .284 .298 .290 .266 .274 .267 .462 .294 PHILADELPHIA (NL) .261 Montgomery (AA) .233 TAMPA BAY (AL) .258 Minor League Totals .316 Major League Totals .282

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G 131 84 52 86 30 162 152 108 153 9 84 40 151 3 4 80 7 23 376 983

AB R H 513 95 164 330 59 111 228 33 65 342 50 108 126 16 40 645 65 186 575 80 167 395 50 112 570 77 170 31 5 9 305 26 81 168 28 46 574 54 153 13 1 6 17 2 5 272 22 71 30 4 7 62 8 16 1504 249 475 3692 426 1042

2B 26 13 13 22 9 38 28 16 46 3 16 5 27 1 1 13 0 3 79 201

3B 5 4 3 4 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 10

HR RBI BB 25 115 53 20 71 25 6 28 4 8 59 15 3 10 1 13 93 26 10 69 35 12 60 12 21 112 28 2 5 1 4 32 18 8 32 5 18 74 20 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 31 14 1 3 1 3 7 6 62 283 99 100 520 165

SO 120 66 33 65 24 127 105 92 81 5 55 30 112 3 4 69 7 9 303 704

SB 21 25 7 22 2 10 14 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 34

OBP .386 .386 .303 .341 .336 .316 .336 .308 .333 .313 .305 .298 .296 .429 .294 .302 .258 .329 .360 .316


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