Orioles' 2016 instructional league roster

The Orioles have announced the roster of players taking part in their Fall Instructional League at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Fla., with games that are free and open to the public from Sept. 19 through Oct. 11.

Instructional League is usually comprised of players early in their minor league careers and the roster for this year includes plenty of players drafted just this year. The program focuses on specific individual development while providing additional playing time to accelerate a player's progress through the minor league system.

The roster includes 30 pitchers, five catchers, 13 infielders, eight outfielders and five pitchers listed on rehab.

Games are played on the Main Field, with parking available in the East Lot at no charge. Spectators may enter the ballpark through the Left Field Gate. The full Instructional League season schedule is available online at www.orioles.com/sarasota and the 2016 home schedule is below.

Monday, Sept. 19 - 1 p.m. vs. Rays
Thursday, Sept. 22 - noon vs. Red Sox
Thursday, Sept. 29 - noon vs. Red Sox
Friday, Sept. 30 - 1 p.m. vs. Rays
Monday, Oct. 3 - noon vs. Twins
Thursday, Oct. 6 - noon vs. Twins
Saturday, Oct. 8 - 10 a.m. vs. Yankees
Tuesday, Oct. 11 - 10 a.m. vs. Phillies

The instructional league roster:

Pitchers: Keegan Akin, Brandon Bonilla, Xavier Borde, Jacob Bray, Garrett Cleavinger, Matt De La Rosa, Jose Diaz, Matthias Dietz, Cody Dube, Tyler Erwin, Ruben Garcia, Hector Guance, David Hess, Nick Jobst, Steven Klimek, Max Knutson, Jesus Liranzo, Ryan Meisinger, Ryan Moseley, Zack Muckenhirn, Tobias Myers, Jhon Peluffo, Ofelky Peralta, Luis Perez, Willie Rios, Yelin Rodriguez, Cody Sedlock, James Teague, Alexander Wells, Gillian Wernet.

Catchers: Daniel Fajardo, Alfredo Gonzalez, Stuart Levy, Alex Murphy, Chris Shaw.

Infielders: Carlos Baez, Chris Clare, Seamus Curran, Jaime Estrada, Alejandro Juvier, Kirvin Moesquit, Ryan Mountcastle, Irving Ortega, Preston Palmeiro, Jomar Reyes, Alexis Torres, Steve Wilkerson, Guiyuan (Itchy) Xu.

Outfielders: Cole Billingsley, Natanael Delgado, Jaylen Ferguson, Tristan Graham, Gerrion Grim, Austin Hays, Ryan McKenna, Cedric Mullins.

Rehab: Brenan Hanifee, Hunter Harvey, Branden Kline, Chris Lee, Lazaro Leyva.