Tonight's game and a few thoughts

The Orioles are changing Sox today.

See what I did there?

The White Sox are following the Red Sox into Camden Yards, as the Orioles finally venture outside of the American League East. They're done with the division until ... the Rays come to Camden Yards on Friday.

Weather issues caused the White Sox to adjust their rotation, with Hector Noesi taking the mound tonight. Noesi is 9-18 with a 4.78 ERA in 53 career appearances at home, and 3-11 with a 5.67 ERA in 46 appearances on the road.

Noesi is 1-4 with a 5.34 ERA in nine career games (four starts) against the Orioles. He's allowed two runs and 13 hits in 12 innings at Camden Yards.

Adam Jones is 6-for-10 (.600) with two home runs against Noesi and Alejandro De Aza is 5-for-8 (.625). Chris Davis is 2-for-13 (.154).

Ubaldo Jimenez has allowed four runs in 15 2/3 innings in his three starts this season, all the scoring coming in his most recent outing against the Blue Jays, when he lasted five innings. He's 2-3 with a 5.01 ERA in 10 career starts against the White Sox.

Adam LaRoche is 7-for-20 (.350) with three doubles and a home run against Jimenez, and Conor Gillaspie is 5-for-11 (.455) with a double. Geovany Soto is 0-for-9 with five strikeouts.

New commissioner Rob Manfred will be visiting Camden Yards on Monday. He makes the rounds. Don't read too much into it.

I predict that he'll be asked about the Orioles' chances of hosting the All-Star Game, he'll respond that they're a "very, very viable candidate" and it somehow will become breaking news.

I'm done touching the hot stove.

Showalter thought Delmon Young should have been credited with a hit in the second inning yesterday on the fly ball that Red Sox center fielder Mookie Betts lost in the sun. The ball deflected off Betts' glove as he fell to the ground.

Showalter makes a good point. If Betts turned away and the ball fell without being touched, it would have been a hit. He stuck out his glove at the last instant while blinded by the sun, and it goes down as an error.

Young would have been credited with four hits yesterday. Instead, he settled for three hits and five RBIs. Don't cry for him.

Steve Pearce had two hits, a walk, three RBIs and two runs scored yesterday, the latest sign that he's busting out of his slump. That's bad news for opposing pitchers. But Showalter also needs to get Young's bat in the lineup, and he won't let De Aza and Travis Snider sit for long stretches.

As Showalter said, "Tomorrow will be a challenging lineup for all the right reasons."

Jason Garcia served up two home runs to Hanley Ramirez and has allowed eight earned runs (nine total) and 10 hits in 10 1/3 innings, with seven walks and five strikeouts. The Orioles remain intrigued by the Rule 5 pick's arm and high ceiling, but it's become more challenging to carry him on the roster all season.

I'm wondering why his fastball isn't reaching the upper-90s as advertised. Not that it's more important than results, but I'm curious.

Steve Johnson threw two more scoreless innings yesterday at Triple-A Norfolk to lower his ERA to 0.82. He's walked two and struck out 16 in 11 innings.

Johnson is out of minor league options, which removes him from the Triple-A shuttle unless he keeps clearing waivers, but it may not matter as we approach the summer months. He could force his way onto the pitching staff, especially if the Orioles reach the point where they're no longer committed to Garcia.

Mike Wright struck out 10 batters yesterday in four innings, a high pitch count forcing him out of the game after he faced one batter in the fifth. That arm could still end up as a fit in the back end of the Orioles' bullpen.

Infielder Brandon Snyder is returning to the organization that drafted him and introduced him to the majors.

I'm told that the Orioles are signing Snyder to a minor league contract and likely assigning him to Double-A Bowie. He was playing for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the independent Atlantic League, appearing in one game and going 1-for-3 with two walks.

The Orioles made Snyder the 13th overall pick in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft out of Westfield (Va.) High School. They took him as a catcher before moving him to the corner infield positions.

Snyder is a career .243/.287/.399 hitter in parts of four major league seasons, most recently with the Red Sox in 2013.

MLB Daily Dish first reported that the Orioles were going to sign Snyder,