Orioles announce fall instructional league roster and schedule

Hurricane Irma delayed the start of the Orioles' fall instructional league. The storm couldn't deny it.

Games will be held at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota beginning on Monday and running through Oct. 10. They're free and open to the public.

The instructional league program focuses on specific individual development while providing additional playing time to accelerate a player's progress through the minor league system.

The staff includes director of player development Brian Graham, coordinator of minor league pitching John Wasdin, coordinator of minor league hitting Jeff Manto, coordinator of minor league catching Don Werner, coordinator of minor league infield Dave Anderson, pitching coaches Dave Schmidt, Blaine Beatty, Justin Lord and Wilson Alvarez, and coaches Gary Kendall, Buck Britton, Butch Davis, Jose Hernandez, Kyle Moore, Elbis Morel, Patrick Leyland, Ramon Caraballo, Steel Russell and Tim Raines.

The following is the roster of players assigned to the league:

Pitchers
Keegan Akin
Tucker Baca
Michael Baumann
Scott Burke
Matthias Dietz
Ruben Garcia
Hector Guance
Dayton Hall
Brenan Hanifee
Reed Hayes
Alex Katz
Josh Keaton
Zac Lowther
Tim Naughton
Ofelky Peralta
Willie Rios
Leonardo Rodriguez
Yelin Rodriguez
Isaac Silva
James Teague
Nick Vespi
Nick Vichio

Catchers
Bryndan Arredondo
Ben Breazeale
Jean Carrillo
Trevor Craport
Jose Montanez
Chris Shaw

Infielders
Carlos Baez
Juan Escarra
Adam Hall
Mason McCoy
Kirvin Moesquit
Preston Palmeiro
Milton Ramos
Jomar Reyes
Ryan Ripken
Alexis Torres

Outfielders
Jacob Brown
Jaylen Ferguson
Tristan Graham
Tim Nichting
Lamar Sparks
Davis Tavarez

Rehab
Infielder Seamus Curran
Infielder Brenden Becker
Infielder Ryan McKenna
Pitcher Cody Sedlock
Pitcher Adam Stauffer

The first game will be played on Saturday against the Yankees in Tampa.

Here's the complete schedule:

* Sept 23, 10 a.m. at Yankees
* Sept. 25, 1 p.m. vs. Braves
* Sept. 26, 1 p.m. at Braves
* Sept. 27, 1 p.m. vs. Pirates
* Sept. 29, 1 p.m. at Rays
* Sept. 30, 10 a.m. vs. Yankees
* Oct. 3, noon vs. Rays
* Oct. 6, 1 p.m. at Rays
* Oct. 7, 10 a.m. at Yankees

Additional game are expected to be added to the schedule at a later date.