SARASOTA, Fla. -- The Orioles have made a series of cuts this week, and despite the team trimming two more senior catchers from its roster on Tuesday, rookie Chance Sisco remains with the team.
Francisco Pena and Audry Perez, both with Major League experience, were reassigned to Minor League camp, but the 22-year-old Sisco -- the club's top prospect, according to MLBPipeline.com -- stays on for now.
Sisco, who has a .402 on-base percentage in the Minor Leagues, has just four games of Triple-A experience, and the Orioles want him to get as much Major League exposure as they can. Welington Castillo, just back from the World Baseball Classic, and Caleb Joseph are the other catchers in camp.
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"We're not going to keep him here unless we can catch him," manager Buck Showalter said. "And that's what we can do now.
"He's going to come in and catch three or four innings almost every day," Showalter said. "The experience he's getting here is immeasurable. We're not going to keep him here unless this is the best thing for his development. Everybody's in agreement the more time he can spend in this environment, the better off it will be for him down the road."
Worth noting
• Showalter said that second baseman Ryan Flaherty, who has been out with a sore right shoulder since March 13, will play Friday at Minnesota.
• Outfielders Seth Smith (hamstring) and Chris Dickerson (shoulder) remain out. Smith, who hasn't played since March 8, continues to progress, Showalter said.
• Showalter said that Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman will pitch in Minor League games Friday and that Wade Miley, whose Monday start was scrapped because he came down with the flu, will pitch in a Minor League game Saturday.