The Baltimore Orioles have presented Johan Santana with a plan to have him join their rotation by mid-June.

Santana, whose minor league opt-out clause expires on Friday, has been shown a plan that could see him with Baltimore around June 18.

The plan includes one more extended spring training start, a start with Triple-A Norfolk and a start with Double-A Bowie on June 13.

"Ideally, the last outing would be six innings if the other club would cooperate," Buck Showalter told reporters. "If these three options work out, he'd be an option for us. It's one thing being able to get through it, it's another thing to have people evaluate whether it will work up here."