The weather and whether the Orioles keep a short bench

The Orioles apparently will make it through tonight without a roster move. The three-man bench remains intact.

Infielder Paul Janish remains in Houston with wife Maria and their baby girl. It's a mystery whether he's going to return to Triple-A Norfolk, come to Baltimore this weekend or meet the team in Minnesota next week.

"It may not be him. It may not be anybody if we and whoever decide to continue down this path with the 13-man (staff)," said manager Buck Showalter.

"It may not be anybody. I don't want anybody to think there's a firm commitment. Last night again was a challenge. We've been fortunate to overcome it. You're always picking when to go for it and throw caution to the wind.

"Paul, I told you the club intentionally didn't put him on paternity leave in case there was a need overnight. I've been texting back and forth with him a little bit, wishing him luck, him and Maria. She was actually due the 13th. They kind of pushed this up, I think, because of the schedule. Modern medicine is unbelievable."

The weather has been unbearable. No one can remember the last time they saw the sun, though Showalter recalls hopping on his riding mower and cutting a portion of his lawn.

Perhaps teams that visit Camden Yards for only one series should arrive later in the summer.

"I try hard to not talk about things I'm not versed in," said Showalter, whose club already lost two games in April to postponements - one here against the Rays and one in Arlington, Texas.

"We all think we have a better way with the schedule. If you sat down with the people who did it, you'd probably understand a lot of the challenges they have. We're not the only team. There are 29 others. I've seen the schedule come out and you request certain things in a perfect world. You don't always get them.

"Trying to predict weather? What's the saying? If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans. Nobody really knows. What is it, April showers bring May flowers? I'm waiting for the flowers.

"We complain about the schedule without really understanding the challenges they have in putting it together because everybody is wanting something. You might make it perfect for five teams and make it miserable for 25 teams."

Showalter was back in the rain room today at Camden Yards, with contingency plans in place in case of a postponement.

"They've already got it up on the board of all the like dates, all the off-days, what this would mean, what that would mean, where the travel would come. There's about seven scenarios they do before every series where they go through all the possibilities and what have you," Showalter said.

"I don't like guys talking to our players about rain and scenarios and all that. They look at radar, but he have to approach the rest of the afternoon to get ready at 7 o'clock to play Oakland. If something else comes up, the powers that be, they have it wired. They do a good job of it."

While the tarp remains over the infield, pitchers Zach Britton and Brian Matusz did some light running in the outfield and played catch. Britton reported no discomfort in his left ankle following last night's outing.

"That was the best thing that's happened today so far is that he came in today feeling good," Showalter said.

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