The Orioles have signed 35-year old lefty reliever Yoshihori Doi to a minor league deal. Doi didn’t pitch at all last year due to a knee injury. He has pitched four years in Japan working in 63 games (22 starts) in which he is 7-13 with a 5.32 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP. Doi will get a shot to make the Orioles’ bullpen this spring, but he has to be considered a pretty big long shot.

The Orioles have signed 32-year old righty reliever Francis Beltran to a minor league deal. Beltran pitched in 5 games (0 starts) in AAA-ball for the Astros last year and he was 0-0 with a 19.89 ERA and a 3.16 WHIP. He last pitched in the majors back in 2008 with the Detroit Tigers. Beltran has pitched in 67 games (0 starts) in his first five years in the majors and he is 3-2 with 1 save, a 5.69 ERA and a 1.66 WHIP. Beltran will be a big time longshot this spring to secure a spot in the Orioles’ bullpen.