Five weeks before spring training opens in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the Orioles aren't exactly ready for battle.
They don't have a definite starting center fielder or shortstop, a closer or an innings-eating veteran starter.
Lone All-Star Brian Roberts and ace Erik Bedard are still dangling on an Inner Harbor pier as club president Andy MacPhail decides whether to fish or cut bait in the trade market.
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