With pitchers and catchers already in camp across Major League Baseball and position players set to report over the next 24 hours, big fish like Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, and Dallas Keuchel still remain unsigned. But a few more names did come off the board on Saturday.

Baltimore Signs Escobar

The Baltimore Orioles signed 32-year-old shortstop Alcides Escobar to a minor-league contract worth $700k if the Venezuelan native and long-time Kansas City Royals mainstay makes the major-league club, as per Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports.

Escobar is a career .258/.293/.343 hitter with 162-game averages of five homers, 50 runs batted in, 25 doubles, and just 87 strikeouts.

Last year for the Royals, Escobar slashed .231/.279/.313 with a 63 OPS+ rating over 140 games (531 plate appearances). It was his lowest games-played total since appearing in 38 contests for the Brewers back in 2009, his second MLB season.

San Fran Continues to Fill Out Their Roster

Over the past week, the San Francisco Giants have added solid role players in Rene Rivera, Stephen Vogt, Gerardo Parra, and Yangervis Solarte, in addition to trading for right-handed reliever Trevor Gott, formerly of the Nats.

On Saturday, they added another chip to their stack, bringing in veteran outfielder Cameron Maybin into the fold as a non-roster invitee, as per Andrew Baggarly and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.

Maybin, entering his 32-year-old season, plays all over the outfield (56 games in left field last season, 50 in center field, 24 in right) and should bring stability into the outfield, where, before Parra was signed, had Austin Slater, Steven Duggar, and Mac Williamson pegged as the team’s starting grass roamers.

Over 129 games split between the Marlins and Mariners last season, Maybin slashed .249/.326/.336 with four homers, 48 RBI, 14 doubles, a triple, and an 89 OPS+ rating.

Other Signings

Left-handed reliever Robbie Ross signed a minor-league contract with the Cincinnati Reds after working his way back from a myriad of injuries over the last two years (elbow, back).

From 2012 to 2016, pitching for Texas and then Boston, the 29-year-old held a 3.83 earned-run average with 265 strikeouts and 115 walks over 321.2 innings (258 appearances) with a 3.78 fielding independent pitching rating, 1.374 WHIP, and 2.30 strikeouts-to-walks.

According to Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register, Luke Bard, 28 and a right-handed reliever, signed a minor-league deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

In eight appearances for the Angels last season, Bard pitched to a 5.40 ERA with 13 strikeouts and five walks over 11.2 innings of work. In 32 appearances for Triple-A Rochester (Twins, to whom he was returned to after Los Angeles selected him in the Rule 5 draft), Bard owned a 4.66 ERA over 48.1 innings pitched.