The Orioles have laid out the final stages of Zach Britton’s minor league rehabilitation assignment schedule, with the team’s closer conceivably returning from the disabled list during the team’s next homestand.

Britton, who has pitched two scoreless one-inning outings — most recently an eight-pitch, three-groundout perfect inning for Double-A Bowie on Friday night — is set to pitch next Tuesday for Triple-A Norfolk at Columbus. He would pitch again Thursday and then work back-to-back days the following Monday and Tuesday.

“I feel really good,” Britton said Saturday. “I’m accomplishing all the little things I want to accomplish and now it’s just about getting some more innings again and then getting activated at some point.”

Under that schedule, Britton could potentially be activated from the 60-day disabled list June 15, when the Orioles open a weekend series against the Miami Marlins at Camden Yards.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Britton could receive more rehab outings if they are needed, but that would be the earliest the team would activate the left-hander.

“We’ve got it built in both ways,” Showalter said. “I don’t think Zach completely agrees with that. He’s about ready to go.”

Britton, who opened the season on the DL after surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon in December, said he feels healthy, his arm feels strong and the only hurdle that remains is getting more innings under his belt against competition closer to what he will face when he returns to the major league club.

Britton has allowed just one hit over two scoreless innings in his two rehab outings. In his first appearance for High-A Frederick, he allowed a hit and struck out the side. He said Saturday that he feels much better than he did when he came off the disabled list from a left forearm strain before the All-Star break last season.

Longtime scout Kison dies:Bruce Kison, the former major league pitcher who played a role in beating the Orioles in two World Series and then was a coach and scout with the Orioles for nearly two decades, died Saturday morning after a battle with cancer. He was 68.

Kison, who retired from scouting after the winter meetings in December, had been a recognizable fixture with the Orioles for years, maintaining a similar tall, lanky and mustachioed look from his playing days.

The Orioles held a moment of silence to remember Kison before Saturday’s game against the New York Yankees at Camden Yards.

“We loved Bruce Kison,” Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said in a text message. “He was a real champ, and those who worked with him closely, which was my privilege for the last several seasons, will fondly remember Bruce for his mental toughness as a competitor on the field, his scouting insight and integrity, especially for pitchers, his folksy and dry sense of humor and his personal humility. May God bless Bruce and his family.”

Kison won two World Series rings with the Pittsburgh Pirates, pitching for teams that beat the Orioles in 1971 and 1979. He served as Orioles pitching coach in 1999 under manager Ray Miller and later joined the club as a professional scout, a position he held through restructuring in the team’s scouting department until his retirement.

O’s want to see Mullins handle slow stuff: Asked what the Orioles need to see from Cedric Mullins, 23, in his promotion to Norfolk after he excelled at Double-A Bowie, Showalter said the team is looking for the outfielder prospect to show his ability to handle the an increased dose of off-speed pitches that is now at that level.

“I think the confidence in the breaking ball that these guys are going to throw in any count [is the difference],” Showalter said. “If they see a weakness, they’re going to throw seven breaking balls in a row. … You’re seeing a lot of that below, but his ability to handle off-speed stuff and kind of work the count [is important]. I think there’s a lot more pure arm strength in Double-A now. Guys [with that] in Triple-A, they go up pretty quickly when they show some things.”

Around the horn: Showalter said infielder Tim Beckham (core muscle surgery) will be able to return close to when he’s eligible to come off the DL on June 23. His rehab assignment is scheduled to start June 14. … Reliever Darren O’Day will return to the mound with a bullpen session today, a step forward in his slow recovery from a hyperextended right elbow. “If that goes well, it will move pretty quickly then,” Showalter said. O’Day will need at least one or two rehab outings before being activated. ... The Orioles optioned catcher Andrew Susac to Norfolk after Saturday’s game.

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