Mateo makes Opening Day roster, Orioles and Blue Jays lineups, Henderson update

TORONTO – Jorge Mateo flew into Toronto last night and is on the Opening Day roster after collecting a sufficient number of at-bats down in Sarasota.

Livan Soto worked out yesterday, but he didn’t make the final cut. The Orioles reassigned him to Triple-A Norfolk.

Reliever Bryan Baker is on the roster. Matt Bowman cleared waivers and was outrighted to Norfolk. Roansy Contreras was designated for assignment.

Here’s the roster:

Starters
Zach Eflin
Charlie Morton
Dean Kremer
Tomoyuki Sugano
Cade Povich

Relievers
Félix Bautista
Yennier Cano
Seranthony Domínguez
Bryan Baker
Albert Suárez
Cionel Pérez
Gregory Soto
Keegan Akin

Catchers
Adley Rutschman
Gary Sánchez

Infielders
Ryan Mountcastle
Jordan Westburg
Jackson Holliday
Ryan O’Hearn
Ramón Urías
Jorge Mateo

Outfielders
Cedric Mullins
Colton Cowser
Tyler O’Neill
Heston Kjerstad
Ramón Laureano

Five players made their first career Opening Day rosters: Kjerstad, Holliday, Povich, Suárez and Sugano.

Cowser is leading off today and playing left field. Westburg is at second base and batting third.

Holliday is the shortstop and Urías is playing third base.

Zach Eflin allowed three earned runs or fewer in all nine of his Orioles starts last season. Only Corbin Burnes (15) had a longer streak to begin his Orioles career. Rick Krivda is third with eight.

The Orioles are 21-9 on Opening Day since 1995, the best record in baseball. They’ve gone 17-9 against the  Blue Jays in the past two seasons, the best record in the American League.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. posted a 1.519 OPS against the Orioles last season for the third-highest single-season mark versus Baltimore in a minimum 50 plate appearances. Aaron Judge holds the record at 1.637 in 2017.

For the Orioles

Colton Cowser LF
Adley Rutschman C
Jordan Westburg 2B
Ryan O’Hearn DH
Tyler O’Neill RF
Ryan Mountcastle 1B
Cedric Mullins CF
Ramón Urías 3B
Jackson Holliday SS

Zach Eflin RHP

For the Blue Jays

Bo Bichette SS
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
Anthony Santander LF
Andrés Giménez 2B
Alejandro Kirk C
George Springer CF
Will Wagner DH
Ernie Clement 3B
Alan Roden RF

José Berríos RHP

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said Gunnar Henderson is joining Norfolk on an injury rehab assignment and will play Friday versus Durham.