Notes on rain delay, Cabrera and individual game tickets (delay update)

DUNEDIN, Fla. - The tarp is on the field at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium and we're in a rain delay.

The game may not start at all.

Update: The Blue Jays are estimating first pitch at 2:45 p.m. Jose Bautista has been scratched from the lineup due to the field conditions.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter received a call in his office from Blue Jays manager John Gibbons and a visit from the crew chief. The teams will attempt to wait it out.

Everth Cabrera, batting second today, was thrown out trying to steal in the exhibition opener in Lakeland. Yesterday, he was picked off first base and overran second base on Steve Clevenger's single.

His speed and basestealing skills drew the Orioles' interest before they signed him to a one-year, $2.4 million deal.

"It's a whole new situation for him," Showalter said, adding that he's not going to make any judgements this early in the exhibition schedule.

Showalter doesn't want to mute Cabrera's aggressiveness. He said the same thing about Alejandro De Aza last year after the Orioles acquired him from the White Sox on Aug. 30 and he committed a few mistakes on the basepaths.

"I know he's had a couple things there and we'll correct it," Showalter said. "They were both execution, not aggressiveness. He didn't look in on a stolen base. I put that on Rickey Henderson. You can look in and find the ball and still steal the base."

Cabrera went on the disabled list twice last season with hamstring injuries, but he's been healthy with the Orioles.

"Sometimes people tell you, 'He's really been working hard,' and you go, 'OK, right, we'll see,' but you can tell," Showalter said. "I tell you, there's nobody spending more time in our locker room than Everth. There were a couple times I went around - we had a sinkhole on one of the fields that De Aza had told me about - and he was back on Field 3 by himself running.

"You can tell he realizes how important his legs are to him. He's in the weight room all the time. He gets taken out of a game, he stays there. He understands what's going on here. It's because he's got a contract and he also has an option. And that's one of the things attractive about him is the flexibility he gives us."

Clevenger signed his 2015 contract with the Orioles. He'll make $514,000 if he's on the major league roster.

Individual tickets for Orioles regular season games at Camden Yards will go on sale this Wednesday, March 11 at 10 a.m. It is recommended that fans purchase online.

Fans interested in individual game tickets or those wishing to receive additional Orioles ticket information may call the Orioles Fan Services Department at 1-888-848-BIRD.

Individual tickets for Orioles home games may be purchased in the following ways:

* Internet: Tickets can be purchased at the Orioles' official website, www.orioles.com/tickets.

* Phone: Individual game tickets can be purchased by phone by calling 1-888-848-BIRD.

* At Camden Yards: Individual game tickets can be purchased in person at the Camden Yards Box Office located at the north end of the Warehouse. The Orioles Main Box Office will be open on March 11 from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Subsequently, box office hours will be Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays from noon- 5 p.m.

* Official team store: Tickets will also be available at the Orioles Official Team Store at the York Galleria in York, Pa.

Additionally, Warehouse Wire subscribers will have the opportunity to participate in an exclusive online pre-sale on Tuesday, March 10. To register, fans should visit www.orioles.com/newsletter. The deadline for registration is Monday, March 9 at noon. Current subscribers do not need to re-apply. For more information about pre-sale opportunities, fans should visit www.orioles.com.

Opening day tickets will not be included in the sale of individual game tickets, and the only way for fans to guarantee a ticket to Orioles opening day on April 10 vs. the Toronto Blue Jays is through the purchase of a Full or 29-game Season Plan. Purchasing a 13-game Season Plan will provide fans with a chance to buy opening day tickets through a separate pre-sale opportunity without a guarantee.