Wrapping up the third day of workouts

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles completed their third day of workouts. More position players trickled into camp, including infielder Paul Janish. No one was carted off the field.

Center fielder Adam Jones now is expected to report on Monday. Manager Buck Showalter said he would check on pitcher Todd Redmond.

The Monday workout will be abbreviated due to the sixth annual OriolesREACH Birdland Golf Classic. Showalter expects the place to empty out by 11:30 a.m., and he didn't receive any arguments from the media.

Showalter expects Yovani Gallardo's physical to be completed by Tuesday. Then it's a matter of getting back the results, getting his signature on a contract and arranging the press conference.

"I'm sure we'll get it done quickly one way or the other," Showalter said.

Some players already were debating the corresponding 40-man roster move. There aren't as many obvious choices anymore.

Twenty-two of the 30 pitchers currently in camp are on the 40-man.

"The razor's got a little sting. The knife's got a little sting now," Showalter said.

"Dan (Duquette) asked me to poll around the coaches in the meeting in the morning, which we've done the last couple of days. I've got what Dan's thinking. We're all looking at the same factors in it. We've got some guys who are out of options, some guys that have options.

"I don't think it means it's going to be a pitcher. Who knows? We could be having the same thing again."

The "same thing" is a reference to outfielder Dexter Fowler, whose arrival would force another player to come off the 40-man.

Gallardo gives the Orioles five right-handed starters in their rotation, which doesn't seem to be an issue with anyone in camp.

"All right-handed starters in the big leagues better be able to defend themselves against left-handed hitters," Showalter said. "Sometimes that separates them from being a starter or a reliever. And all left-handers have to be able to defend themselves against right-handers because the lineups up here, you'll see a lineup down in Triple-A that Chris Lee will face and it'll have six left-handed hitters. That's not going to happen in the big leagues. You've got to ask yourself what's he going to do to get them out?

"That part of it doesn't really bother me. I've never really understood I have to have this many left-handed hitters in it. Because it does what? What does it do for you? If it's your ballpark, that's one thing.

"The right-left stuff, I really mean that, not because we potentially don't have one. I just want good starters. If they're right-handed, so be it."

Do the Orioles need a left-handed long reliever to back up the starters in case they leave the game early?

"On the surface, conventionally thinking, yeah, but that doesn't mean that (a certain) left-hander has an advantage over (a certain) right-hander," Showalter said. "I want the person who can supply that need, whether he's right-handed or left-handed.

"On paper, it should be left-handed, but who knows? You know you've got your closer is left-handed, so most of the people in the lineup are going to be left-handed. That's one of the advantages of having a left-handed closer is that most of the pinch-hitters and everyone off the bench is left-handed. There's not that many right-handed pinch-hitters coming off the bench in the American League East unless they've got a day off or something is happening. Most of those guys are cut from a different cloth."

Showalter is sensitive to the potential reactions of pitchers on the team who could be impacted by Gallardo's arrival.

"There's a lot of things that can put some people that think it might affect them right back where they were," Showalter said. "There's a lot of things, whether it be another move or injuries or what have you. You've got to keep grinding, and they will. They will. This is something they've been hearing and it's not the first time it's been there, but it's something you need to be sensitive to."

Gallardo figures to be the No. 1 or 2 starter breaking camp, but Showalter isn't done slotting his pitchers.

"I've looked at it ever since we thought it had a chance. You have to. You have to get ahead of it," he said.

"We've already pulled up all our guys' and the potential guys' numbers versus opponents we face in April and against our division. We've got all of that. You could probably look at that and see where it might work. We do get to play with that in April before rain and a lot of other things get in the way. But as far as those things, I think that's to be determined."

"I was talking to Wally (Dave Wallace) yesterday, at what point is he behind physically? And he said, 'No, that's way off,' so we're in good shape."

The Orioles open the regular season April 4 against the Twins at Camden Yards. Gallardo is 2-2 with a 3.14 ERA in eight starts against them. He's 2-1 with a 3.06 ERA in three starts against the Rays, the Orioles' next opponent, 2-2 with a 4.35 ERA in four starts against the Red Sox, 1-1 with a 5.60 ERA in three starts against the Yankees and 3-0 with a 1.33 ERA in three starts against the Blue Jays.

The month also includes games against the Rangers, Royals and White Sox. Gallardo has faced the Rangers once, allowing four runs and striking out 10 in six innings. He's 1-0 with a 1.93 ERA in two starts versus the Royals and he's allowed one unearned run over 11 innings in two starts versus the White Sox.