SARASOTA Travis d'Arnaud Jersey , Fla. (AP) — When pitchers and catchers reported to the Baltimore Orioles camp on Tuesday, they met a new administration.There is a manager in the dugout other than Buck Showalter for the first time in nine years, and a new general manager replacing Dan Duquette, who spent seven years with the Orioles.Mike Elias, who was hired in November as Baltimore’s new GM, hired Brandon Hyde a month later to succeed Showalter — and the difference was obvious Tuesday. There are few recognizable names, and only a handful of roster spots are accounted for.A year ago, the Orioles lost a franchise-record 115 games, and the team used 56 players, also a record.Elias isn’t making any promises for what will likely be a lengthy and challenging rebuild.“It was a tough last year for the team Noah Syndergaard Jersey ,” Elias said. “It was a lot of losses. It was a hard season, a lot of disappointing individual performances.”Hyde, who spent last year as Joe Maddon’s bench coach with the Chicago Cubs, wasn’t hired until after December’s Winter Meetings.“I think he’s more than ready for it,” Elias said “He’s not coming from obscurity. He’s been the bench coach in Chicago and running their camps really with a veteran manager who put a lot on Brandon’s plate, so he knows the ropes when it comes to spring training.”Elias dismissed Baltimore’s farm and scouting director, but he’s added just five new players to the 40-man roster.“I don’t know it was a plan,” Elias said. “If we were making a move on the roster, we want to feel like we’re making some incremental improvement. I don’want to get guys off the roster just because we’re trying to change things.“There are good players here. We want to try and help the players that are here. We see things in these guys that we like.”Hyde has 60 players to judge between now and March 25 when the Orioles play their final Grapefruit League game.“These next six weeks are going to be really, really important and we’re going to dive into every single guy http://www.metsfanproshop.com/authentic-tim-tebow-jersey ,” Hyde said. “Obviously, our roster’s not set and I think that we’re going to go on past history. Past history is really, really important.”Three starting pitchers, Dylan Bundy, Andrew Cashner and Alex Cobb have spots secured, and so do first baseman Chris Davis and left fielder Trey Mancini. Jonathan Villar will play either second base or shortstop, and Cedric Mullins, who played creditably in center field late last year, should start there again. Mychal Givens and Richard Bleier are established bullpen pieces.That leaves many roster spots to be filled.“There’s a lot of optimism in terms of a fresh start and a big opportunity,” Elias said. “We’re going to be taking a fresh look at really every position on the diamond. There are a lot of competitors for each spot http://www.metsfanproshop.com/authentic-tim-tebow-jersey , and this camp’s going to be essentially an open competition wherever you look and so it’s excited for a lot of the young guys and the new guys here because they know they’ve got a chance to win a job.” A look at what’s happening around the majors today:SET FREERobinson Cano is set to return from his 80-game suspension for violating baseball’s drug agreement when Seattle plays at Oakland. The All-Star second baseman has been out since May 15, though he’s been playing in the minor leagues for the past week. Cano is ineligible for the postseason if Seattle makes it, but manager Scott Servais hopes the 35-year-old can help the Mariners get there as a versatile piece around the infield. Servais said the team will work Cano in slowly, getting him reps at first, second and third base.“We need to be smart in breaking him in,” Servais said. “He wants to get going, he wants to contribute right away. He’s missed playing, he’s missed his teammates and being around this whole thing. I know he wants to come in and do a lot. But again small little things.”Seattle entered Monday 1 1/2 games behind Oakland for the second AL wild card.ROLLING RONALDRonald Acuna Jr. is the youngest player to homer in four straight games during the live ball era, according to ESPN, and he’ll go for five when Atlanta hosts Miami. Acuna homered to lead off both ends of Monday’s doubleheader against the Marlins Jose Reyes Jersey , making him the first to do that since Baltimore’s Brady Anderson in 1999 and just the fourth to do it overall, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.MAKING PROGRESSKenley Jansen is back with the Dodgers and preparing to return to action sooner than expected after being diagnosed last week with an irregular heartbeat. Jansen threw a light bullpen session Monday and will also throw Wednesday and Friday this week. Jansen expects to return much sooner than the initial projection of 4 to 6 weeks, though he says he may still require an ablation procedure on his heart this offseason. He had a similar operation in 2012.CENTRAL SHOWDOWNThe Cubs and Brewers begin a pivotal two-game series at Wrigley Field. Milwaukee is three games back of Chicago for the top spot in the NL Central after David Bote’s game-ending grand slam pushed the Cubs over the Nationals in the ninth inning Sunday night. Jhoulys Chacin (11-4, 3.91) will pitch for the Brewers against Jose Quintana (10-8, 4.28), who gave up five runs in a 9-0 loss to Kansas City last time out.NOT VERY VERLANDERJustin Verlander tries to bounce back from his worst start of the season when Houston hosts Colorado. Verlander allowed six runs in two innings against the Mariners last time out before getting ejected for arguing a balk call. Verlander allowed three homers in that game and has given up 10 in his past five starts — compared to 12 in his first 20. German Marquez (9-9, 4.69) will start for the Rockies.