Baltimore Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts, who is recovering from left elbow surgery, may be close to playing in his first exhibition game of the spring. Orioles Manager Sam Perlozzo said Roberts likely will play next week, either a day or two after Baltimore's scheduled day off on Monday. "We kind of said that if things go well a good target day would be after the off day," Perlozzo said. "If things were to progress well this week we hope he'd be in shortly after that."