Pérez brings major league experience and has a strong chance to make the opening day roster if he can recapture some of his success with the Orioles earlier in his career.

“I’m anxious to get back,” Westburg said. “I wouldn’t call it a goal, because I try not to set too many goals, [but it] is to be as healthy as I possibly can be and try to put together a full season.”

Jordan Westburg was frank in his assessment of the clubhouse in August when he said it would behoove the Orioles to add a leadership presence in the offseason. In Pete Alonso, they have one.

Injuries suffered by Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg mean opportunity for Mayo.

Bassitt, 36, pitched to a 3.96 ERA last year in 170 1/3 innings for the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Orioles will go only as far as this group takes them.

“Hopefully his return is measured in weeks after” opening day, president of baseball operations Mike Elias said.

“I think this rotation looks good,” Mike Elias said. “I think this bullpen looks good. And I think we have a really talented position player core and this is a team that is very capable of going where we want to go, which is deep in the playoffs.”

The Orioles use the Ed Smith Stadium complex year-round for spring training, rehabilitation, the Florida Complex League and youth tournaments.

Orioles pitchers and catchers arrive in Sarasota, Florida, this week as preseason training begins.

This month, the Orioles took the clock down from atop the scoreboard so it can undergo a complete refurbishment, which it hasn’t received since it went up more than 30 years ago.

Akin pitched to a 3.41 ERA in 63 1/3 innings last year. This was his third year of arbitration eligibility.

Baltimore’s bullpen depth remains a question mark with less than a week before pitchers and catchers report to spring training, and losing Kade Strowd from the mix doesn’t help.

Two sources said Baltimore has been engaged with Zac Gallen this winter, and Gallen could be a strong bounce-back candidate after posting the worst season of his career.

At Tinsley Performance this winter, Gunnar Henderson set a goal with owner and trainer Cal Tinsley. He wanted to add speed.

Bradish is poised to be a major piece of Baltimore’s rotation this season.

The Orioles could benefit from another addition to their rotation.

“And, as we have demonstrated our continued commitment to making sure we’re playing top-tier baseball, our fans have acknowledged that,” said Catie Griggs, the team’s president of business operations. “There is definitely excitement in this market. We are seeing that in ticket sales.”

Orioles president of business operations Catie Griggs anticipates that fans will be well served by a network dedicated to one team.

“For him, everything I know, every conversation with him, the background on him, he’s a competitor and he wants to get better and he’s a team-first guy,” manager Craig Albernaz said. “So, when you have that makeup, he’s going to be just fine.”