Orioles announce wild card roster

By Roch Kubatko

Orioles

October 04, 2016, 6:30am

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TORONTO - The Orioles are going with 10 pitchers and 15 position players on their wild card roster as they await tonight's game against the Blue Jays.

Rookie Trey Mancini made the cut, along with veteran outfielder Drew Stubbs.

The bullpen includes starters Ubaldo Jimenez and Dylan Bundy, as expected. Brian Duensing gives manager Buck Showalter a third left-hander along with Donnie Hart and closer Zach Britton.

No Vance Worley for the wild card.

Here's the entire roster:

Pitchers

Brad Brach
Zach Britton
Dylan Bundy
Brian Duensing
Mychal Givens
Donnie Hart
Tommy Hunter
Ubaldo Jimenez
Darren O'Day
Chris Tillman

Infielders/outfielders

Pedro Alvarez
Michael Bourn
Chris Davis
Ryan Flaherty
J.J. Hardy
Adam Jones
Hyun Soo Kim
Manny Machado
Trey Mancini
Nolan Reimold
Jonathan Schoop
Drew Stubbs
Mark Trumbo

Catchers

Caleb Joseph
Matt Wieters

Tillman gets the start tonight. He's 5-10 with a 5.44 ERA in 24 career starts against the Blue Jays, but has posted a 3.63 ERA in four outings this year.

The Jays are batting .299 with 24 doubles and 20 home runs against Tillman in 314 career at-bats.

Edwin Encarnacion is 17-for-58 with three doubles and three home runs, Ryan Goins is 9-for-27 with a home run, Kevin Pillar is 8-for-23 with a double and three home runs, Russell Martin is 6-for-14 with three home runs, Troy Tulowitzki is 5-for-12 with a double and three home runs, Dalton Pompey is 4-for-7 with a double, two triples and a home run, and Devon Travis is 3-for-8 with two doubles and a home run.