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Worth noting

• Orioles first base prospect Christian Walker was added to the Futures Game roster for Team USA on Monday.

• Steve Johnson (left oblique strain) threw 35 pitches off the mound on Monday at the team's spring facility.

• Wilson Betemit is progressing slowly, doing baseball activities "as tolerated" while Steve Pearce (wrist) is getting closer to starting baseball activities, with the soreness almost completely gone.

• On Friday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET, Jones, the Orioles Wives, Orioles front office employees and volunteers from the Brooklyn O'Malley Boys and Girls Club will have a ground-breaking ceremony leading into the opening stages of construction for the new Technology and Learning Center at the Boys and Girls Club's facility at 3560 3rd Street in Baltimore.

• On Wednesday, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, Tommy Hunter will sign autographs and greet fans at the Orioles Team Store at the York Galleria Mall in York, Pa. The event, presented by Orioles Radio Network affiliate WSBA 910 AM, is free of charge and open to the public.

Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Twitter @britt_ghiroli. Derek Wetmore is an associate reporter for MLB.com..
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