Sarasota, Fla. – Orioles manager Buck Showalter on Saturday dismissed the notion that the current order of his exhibition starting rotation could be used to speculate on who might be the Opening Day starter.

“Our schedule is built to move it around,” Showalter said during a pregame media session. “We’ve got about another … I think it’s nine days, to [set up the rotation].”

Now it’s time to try and read between the lines, which should make it easy to conclude that right-hander Dylan Bundy will be the man if nothing happens to prevent him from facing the Minnesota Twins on March 29 at CamdenYards.

“If you asked me today, I know exactly who it is, but let’s wait and see how it transpires,” Showalter said. “We look at a lot of things. We look at the first months and especially the first two weeks of the season, because there’s not many chances once the season starts that you get a chance to match up some things with history.”

Showalter looks at each pitcher’s overall past performance as well as home and road splits against the club’s early opponents. He also has to decide who is best suited to face the defending world champion Houston Astros in the fourth game of the season amid the hoopla of their home opener.

Bundy, 25, checks the traditional boxes. He’s was the team’s winningest and most consistent pitcher last season, which are generally the metrics used to determine who gets the honor of being the first pitcher to take the mound at the start of a new season.

“It’s all of the above,” Showalter said. “You start out with, the guy that pitches first has a chance to get the most starts over the course of the season. You want to get that guy on the bump as many times as possible, but I’d like to think that all our guys are guys we’ll look forward to starting.”

Last year, by any measure, the Opening Day starter should have been right-hander Chris Tillman, but his shoulder situation made him unavailable and right-hander Kevin Gausman got the assignment.

Striving for more than platoon job: Newly re-signed outfielder-third baseman Danny Valencia is one of the best hitters in the game against left-handed pitching, but he doesn’t want to get pigeonholed because of that.

“It’s definitely something that is good to fall back on — worst-case scenario — but I think, just like anybody else in this clubhouse, everybody feels like they’re a pretty good hitter all around,” Valencia said. “That’s more my mindset than just one specific way because the past few years, I’ve played against lefties and righties and some years I’ve hit better against righties than lefties, so you never know.”

Davis receives injection: First baseman Chris Davis received an injection in his sore right elbow Saturday morning, but Showalter said it was not an indication that he’s had a setback.

“It’s nothing that’s going to stretch that thing out any more,” Showalter said. “If anything, we hope it shortens it. They’re trying to reduce the inflammation.”

, why don’t we take it?’ The injection shouldn’t increase his time away. It’s just to help the process.”

Trumbo update: Slugger Mark Trumbo has been sidelined for several days with soreness in his right quadriceps, but he said Friday that his treatment is progressing well and he should be playing in a few days.

“It’s shown some really good improvement,” Trumbo said.

Celebrity bat boys: If the bat boys for tonight’s televised game against the Philadelphia Phillies look familiar — and larger than usual — that look won’t be deceiving. According to a clubhouse source, Tillman and Gausman will be filling that unusual role as punishment for finishing last in the team’s offseason NFL fantasy league.

Around the horn: The Orioles announced that they have agreed to one-year contracts with 28 players: right-handers Pedro Araujo, Alec Asher, Dulan Bundy, Miguel Castro, Stefan Crichton, Mychal Givens, Hunter Harvey, David Hess, Jesus Liranzo, José Mesa, Yefry Ramírez, Mike Wright Jr., Jimmy Yacabonis and Gabriel Ynoa; left-handers Richard Bleier, Nestor Cortes Jr., Donnie Hart, Chris Lee and Tanner Scott; infielder ÉngelbVielma; outfielders Jaycob Brugman, Austin Hays, Trey Mancini, Joey Rickard and Anthony Santander; and catchers Chance Sisco, Andrew Susac and Austin Wynns. … The Orioles cut right-hander Jhan Mariñez on Saturday, reassigning him to minor league camp.

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