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Young is out Chad Pinder Jersey , Sucre is in, posts Fanshots Sections Commentary & AnalysisOrioles ProspectsOrioles Game RecapsOrioles News and RumorsCamdencastBird DroppingsSaturday’s Bird Droppings: Where it’s the final weekend of Orioles spring gamesNew,81commentsYoung is out, Sucre is in, Wright is starting and Yacabonis feels good!EDTShareTweetShareShareSaturday’s Bird Droppings: Where it’s the final weekend of Orioles spring gamesDouglas DeFelice-USA TODAY SportsGood morning, Birdland!The Orioles roster is starting to come together and hoo boy, it is gonna be a rough season. We knew that, but seeing some of these names written down together, and then looking at the sort of lineups that the rival Red Sox and Yankees can trot out is downright depressing. I saw a blog somewhere the other day that said something along the lines of “Mark Trumbo is the most feared hitter in this lineup...” That line alone made me light-headed.LinksO’s release Young; Sucre to be backup catcher - MLB.comThis was the big news on Friday. Eric Young Jr. may return to the organization as a minor leaguer, but he prefers to try and earn a big league job first. Behind the plate, Jesus Sucre will backup Chance Sisco while Austin Wynns works his way back from injury. That means that someone on the 40-man roster will have to go to make room for Sucre. Cardinals To Select Matt Wieters - MLBTradeRumorsIt’s nice to keep track of notable former Birds. Matt Wieters (32) will serve as Yadier Molina’s (36) backup, making for what has to be the oldest pair of catchers in the league.Wright goes four innings http://www.athleticsfanproshop.com/authentic-khris-davis-jersey , O’s bats muted (O’s lose 4-0, updated) - School of RochPrepare yourself for “Mike Wright: the starter” once again. He’s still getting the ball this late in the spring, and it’s not like Brandon Hyde and company haven’t had ample time to see him play. That likely means he’s going to be in the rotation. Who knows how long that will last, but it’s better for all of us to just accept it.Save for one wild inning, Jimmy Yacabonis has had a solid spring - Steve MelewskiI’m an unabashed Jimmy Yacabonis fan. The guy has some serious tools on the mound. He just turned 27 years old, so it’s about time he either puts it all together and becomes a productive hurler or he just is the guy he has been up to this point in his big league career, which isn’t great. I’m a glass half full kind of guy.Orioles birthdays and historyIs it your birthday? Happy birthday!It’s a trio of birthdays for former Orioles. Lee May (b. 1943, d. 2017) spent six seasons with the Birds from 1975 through 1980, putting together a .254/.299/.423 slash line with 123 home runs and a few down-ballot MVP votes. Salsbury’s own Bruce Howard was a right-handed pitcher that played just 10 games for the O’s in 1968 and turns 76 today. And it is a posthumous celebration for Sam Bowen (b. 1938, d. 2003), an outfielder in Baltimore for parts of five seasons between 1963and 1967.Baseball Reference did not have any Orioles nuggets among it’s list of events on this day in baseball history, so here are some other things that have happened around the sport:2000 - The St. Louis Cardinalsacquire Jim Edmonds from the Anaheim Angles in exchange for Adam Kennedy and Kent Bottenfield2006 - Alfonso Soriano agrees to move from second base to left field for the Washington Nationals following a two-day standoff with manager Frank Robinson.2009 - Japan wins its second World Baseball Classic. Daisuke Matsuzaka is named MVP. Yu Darvish earns the win in the final over South Korea and Ichiro Suzuki goes 4-for-6 with the winning hit in that same game. CHICAGO (AP) — A little rain cut short Michael Kopech’s anticipated big league debut Tuesday night. Couldn’t damper his spirits Blake Treinen Jersey , though.Eddie Rosario led the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 victory, but not before Kopech pitched two scoreless innings in a rain-shortened start and gave Chicago a glimpse of a potentially promising future.“It was a dream come true,” Kopech said. “It was everything I thought about since I was a little kid. I was pumped.”The game was tied at 2 before Minnesota pushed across three runs in the ninth. Jake Cave was thrown out when he tried to score from second on Mitch Garver’s pinch-hit single, but Dylan Covey (4-11) issued an intentional walk to Joe Mauer before Rosario greeted Jace Fry with a tiebreaking RBI single into center field.Jorge Polanco tacked on a two-run single as Minnesota won for the sixth time in eight games. Trevor May (2-0) pitched a scoreless inning for the victory, and Taylor Rogers got three outs for his second save.The 22-year-old Kopech, one of baseball’s top pitching prospects, struck out four of the 10 batters he faced before a 52-minute rain delay. Luis Avilan came in for the White Sox when the game resumed.“I’m a little bummed out,” Kopech said. “I wanted to go a little deeper in the game. I didn’t realize my pitch count (52) was as high as it was.”Kopech figures to have plenty of chances in the future.“It wasn’t a tough decision. You worry more about the individual and the length of his career,” said bench coach Joe McEwing, who filled in for manager Rick Renteria the second straight night. “It was nothing but positives for Michael Kopech tonight.”Leaning heavily on his blazing fastball, Kopech allowed three hits, hit a batter and walked none. The right-hander was acquired in the December 2016 trade that sent ace left-hander Chris Sale to the Boston Red Sox Chris Hatcher Jersey , and the White Sox are counting on him to be a prominent figure in their rebuilding project.Nicky Delmonico and Yoan Moncada homered for Chicago.Minnesota grabbed a 2-1 lead in the fourth. Logan Forsythe and Jake Cave singled off Avilan with one out. After Robbie Grossman’s RBI single against Jeanmar Gomez, Cave scored during a rundown on which Grossman was tagged out on a steal attempt.Moncada tied it at 2 with a solo drive off Gabriel Moya in the seventh.Twins right-hander Jose Berrios allowed one run and four hits in five innings. He is winless in his last three starts.“There was a lot of energy here,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “The Sox fans are very well aware of (Kopech) and the future. I thought he handled it pretty well.”MORE TESTS FOR RENTERIARenteria will return to Chicago on Wednesday and undergo further testing, according to the team. The 56-year-old Renteria experienced lightheadedness and was hospitalized before Monday night’s 8-5 victory over the Twins in Minnesota.“He sounds good,” said McEwing, who spoke with Renteria before Tuesday’s game. “He’s a very tough individual.”AUSTIN IS SORRYTwins first baseman Tyler Austin apologized for his father’s recent “embarrassing” tweets criticizing New York Yankees first baseman Greg Bird. The Yankees opted to keep Bird instead of Austin, who was traded for pitcher Lance Lynn on July 30.TRAINER’S ROOMTwins: RHP Ervin Santana (sore right middle finger) will undergo an MRI on Wednesday, but Molitor said “it’s becoming less likely he’s going to play the rest of the season.” The organization has a $1 million buyout option on his $14 million contract for next season.White Sox: INF Jose Abreu underwent outpatient surgery on his lower abdomen after complaining of discomfort upon his arrival to the ballpark. He could resume baseball-related activities in two weeks. … OF Leury Garcia will be sidelined for three to six weeks after an MRI showed a Grade 2 strain of his left hamstring. OF Ryan LaMarre was recalled from Charlotte and RHP Tyler Danish was sent to the Triple-A club.UP NEXTTwins: RHP Kyle Gibson (7-9, 3.51 ERA) will take a career 6-3 record and 2.77 ERA against the White Sox into Wednesday’s game.White Sox: LHP Carlos Rodon has been on a roll of late – 3-0 record, 1.41 ERA and .148 opponent batting average over his last six starts.