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Orioles’ roster for Wild Card Series includes Povich, Selby, Holliday, Kjerstad and Rivera

BALTIMORE—The Orioles’ roster for the Wild Card Series has 14 position players and 12 pitchers. Game 1 of the best-of-three series against the Kansas City Royals will be played Tuesday starting at 4:08 p.m. at Camden Yards.

Albert Suárez, who threw six innings on Sunday in the final regular-season game against the Twins, isn’t on the roster. Nor is right-hander Matt Bowman.

The surprise addition is right-hander Colin Selby, who was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk for Sunday’s game and has pitched in just three games. Cade Povich is also on the roster.

The 14 position players include infielder Jackson Holliday, designated hitter/outfielder Heston Kjerstad and infielder Emmanuel Rivera.

Here’s the complete list of the Orioles’ 26-man roster:

Right-Handed Pitchers (7):

Corbin Burnes

Yennier Cano

Seranthony Domínguez

Zach Eflin

Dean Kremer

Colin Selby

Jacob Webb

 

Catchers (2):

James McCann

Adley Rutschman

 

Infielders (7):

Gunnar Henderson

Jackson Holliday

Ryan Mountcastle

Ryan O’Hearn

Emmanuel Rivera

Ramón Urías

Jordan Westburg

 

Left-Handed Pitchers (5):

Keegan Akin

Danny Coulombe

Cionel Pérez

Cade Povich

Gregory Soto

 

Outfielders (5):

Colton Cowser

Heston Kjerstad

Cedric Mullins

Anthony Santander

Austin Slater

Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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