The Orioles announced their list of 19 nonroster invitations to big league spring training, a list that includes 11 pitchers.

Combined with the 24 pitchers on the organization’s 40-man roster, the Orioles will invite 35 pitchers to big league camp with more additions to come if the team delves into the free-agent or trade markets to upgrade a rotation that currently has just two spots filled.

At this point, the Orioles’ big league camp roster will be at 58 since there is still one open spot on the 40-man roster.

Prospects Ryan Mountcastle, Cedric Mullins and DJ Stewart all received nonroster invitations and will all be attending their first major league camp.

Many familiar names are included on the nonroster list, including several players who spent time on the 40-man roster last season – left-hander Jayson Aquino, left-hander Andrew Faulkner and infielders Luis Sardiñas and Rubén Tejada. Other players who return to the Orioles organization include right-hander Eddie Gamboa, left-hander Jason Gurka and catcher Audry Pérez.

Longtime Orioles minor leaguer Garabez Rosa, who played in 40 spring training games over the past four seasons as a frequent visitor from minor league camp, will receive his first big league camp invite.

Here is a list of the team’s 19 nonroster invitees:

Left-handed pitchers (5): Jayson Aquino, Josh Edgin, Andrew Faulkner, Jason Gurka, Joely Rodríguez

Right-handed pitchers (6): Jeff Ferrell, Eddie Gamboa, Perci Garner, Jhan Mariñez, Tim Melville, Asher Wojciechowski

Catchers (1): Audry Pérez

Infielders (5): 3B Ryan Mountcastle, IF-OF Garabez Rosa, 2B-SS Erick Salcedo, IF Luis Sardiñas, IF Rubén Tejada

Outfielders (2): OF Cedric Mullins, OF DJ Stewart

Netting at ballparks: Major League Baseball announced Thursday morning that all of its ballparks will have protective netting extending to at least the far ends of both dugouts by Opening Day in late March.

“Providing baseball fans with a variety of seating options when they come to the ballpark, including seats behind protective netting, is important,” MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “Major league clubs are constantly evaluating the coverage and design of their ballpark netting and I am pleased that they are providing fans an increased inventory of protected seats.”

When the Tampa Bay Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks announced Wednesday that they were extending the netting at their stadiums, all 30 teams had taken that step.

The Orioles announced last week that they will be extending the netting beyond the far edges of both dugouts at Camden Yards before Opening Day on March 29 and at its spring training home, Ed Smith Stadium, before games begin this month.

The team has not determined how far the netting at Camden Yards will extend, but it is expected to reach from sections 16 to 58 in the lower bowl. That will put the netting three sections beyond the far ends of the dugouts.

No pitch clock after all? Major League Baseball has offered to ditch its proposal for a pitch clock this year and also would go without one in 2019 if the average time of a nine-inning game drops to at least 2?hours, 55 minutes this season.

Speaking after a quarterly owners meeting ended Thursday, Manfred said owners authorized him to implement management's proposal from last offseason, which calls for a 20-second pitch clock this year, if an agreement cannot be reached with the players association. Management has proposed a deal that would phase in new rules over the next three seasons.

A person familiar with the plan told the Associated Press the proposal called for an 18-second timer and only with no runners on base, and ball-strike penalties would not start until May 1. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because those details were not announced.

MLB proposed if the average time of a nine-inning game in 2019 is 2:50 or higher, a 20-second pitch clock with runners on base would be added for 2020, the person said.

In other news:

Manfred said MLB's proposal to put a runner on second base at the start of the 11th inning of the All-Star Game and each additional inning, and also in the 10th inning of spring training games is “a limited purpose tool” and wouldn't be used in regular-season or postseason games. He said it could be used in the World Baseball Classic.

There will be no change in the 10-day disabled list after Manfred expressed concern last season that teams were manipulating it, especially around the All-Star break.

Nationals add Montero: Free-agent catcher Miguel Montero has agreed to a minor league deal with Washington with an invitation to major league spring training.

He is expected to compete with Pedro Severino for a backup job behind starting catcher Matt Wieters.

Montero, 34, finished last season with the Toronto Blue Jays. In June, he was designated for assignment by the Chicago Cubs a day after he blamed teammate Jake Arrieta for allowing seven stolen bases in a loss against Washington.

The highlight of Montero’s Cubs tenure was a big hit late in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series that helped end the team’s championship drought. But he threw out only one of 31 potential base-stealers while with Chicago last season.

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The Associated Press contributed to this article.