Two scoreless innings for Mike Wright

SARASOTA, Fla. - Mike Wright Jr. retired six of the seven batters he faced today, a harmless single the only smudge on his line.

Tommy Pham bounced a single up the middle with one out in the first inning, but Wright retired Paul DeJong on a fly ball to right field and Jose Martinez on a bouncer to second baseman Jonathan Schoop, who ranged past the bag and threw across his body.

Mark Trumbo, switched from designated hitter to first base, played the hop to record the final out.

Carson Kelly lined to Colby Rasmus leading off the top of the second, Patrick Wisdom grounded out and Yairo Munoz - a late addition to the Cardinals lineup - flied to deep center field, with Adam Jones making a nice running catch.

Wright threw 31 pitches, 16 for strikes. He's allowed one run over four innings this spring.

Rasmus picked up his first hit as an Oriole after going 0-for-3 in his debut. He dumped a leadoff single into left-center field off Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty.

Flaherty, a top pitching prospect for the Cardinals, struck out Schoop and Jones to strand Rasmus.

Chris Davis led off the second inning with a walk, but Flaherty retired the next three hitters, striking out Trumbo and getting two fly balls.

Wayne Kirby is coaching third base today, with Butch Davis coaching first. No word on what happened to Bobby Dickerson, but I'm sure he wasn't traded.

* The Major League Baseball Players Association filed a grievance this week against the Athletics, Marlins, Pirates and Rays based on the teams' spending, or lack thereof, of revenue sharing dollars.

Executive director Tony Clark visited the Ed Smith Stadium complex this morning, met with players for close to two hours and ventured inside the media workroom for a 30-minute session. He was asked about the Orioles' exclusion from the grievance despite failing to make moves until arriving at spring training.

"I'll respond this way: We evaluate every offseason and every team and how they respond in that particular market, as well as what their trends may have been in year two, three, that type of thing," Clark said. "Those evaluations are always ongoing, but it's something that we do with all 30 clubs.

"We look at everybody, we look at everything."

So, no, the Orioles' actions didn't give the union pause. They conduct much of their business late in the process. They've signed pitchers Andrew Cashner and Chris Tillman, outfielders Rasmus and Alex Presley and designated hitter Pedro Álvarez since opening camp and continue to check the market for starting pitching. And the union had to consider the club's record payroll in 2017.