Are roster changes coming for the Orioles?

The Orioles are off today, but they weren't exactly on yesterday while being no-hit by Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma.

We said it wasn't going to get weird.

If you're going to end a nine-game West Coast trip with a loss, you may as well make it a no-hitter. And the Orioles didn't come close to threatening Iwakuma, who only needed to get within a few feet of the strike zone to have batters chasing.

I saw it coming by the fifth inning. The Orioles weren't making solid contact. No one came close to getting a hit. The outs were soft.

The lineup was filled with slumping hitters. Ryan Flaherty is 0-for-33. David Lough is 2-for-26. Gerardo Parra is 9-for-46 since joining the Orioles. Jimmy Paredes is 3-for-30 with 14 strikeouts this month.

Paredes' struggles really are disturbing when you consider that he's the left-handed designated hitter. His only job is to hit.

J.J. Hardy, who's 0-for-13 since Aug. 8, didn't play yesterday because manager Buck Showalter wanted to rest him on consecutive days. Hardy's back apparently has been causing some discomfort.

Nolan Reimold also didn't play yesterday, but not for health reasons. He's 2-for-14 this month.

Matt Wieters is 8-for-22 (.364) with a home run during his six-game hitting streak, but his right hamstring could force him onto the disabled list. The Orioles will check him again on Friday.

Executive vice president Dan Duquette continues to evaluate the farm system, having been to Triple-A Norfolk and Double-A Bowie over the last week. He told me yesterday that the roster could undergo some changes.

"We're going to take a look at a couple issues to set up our team for Friday," Duquette said. "I think we'll probably do that tomorrow and have a couple of changes for Friday.

"Wieters is a possibility. I understand he's feeling better today, but it's something to keep an eye on. We need two healthy catchers with the major league team."

The Orioles were prepared to summon catcher Steve Clevenger and reliever Cesar Cabral from Norfolk before yesterday's game, according to sources, but travel complications forced them to stick with the current 25-man roster. It's not easy getting minor leaguers from the East Coast to Seattle for a day game.

"It's something we can monitor," Duquette said. "We thought we had a flight (Tuesday) night, but I guess we thought wrong."

I've written that the Orioles are more likely to look in-house for immediate help, and it will be interesting to see whether they bring up a player or two from the minors before opening a four-game series against the Athletics at Camden Yards.

They will be discussing it today.