Chris Johnson, the son of Triple-A Norfolk manager Ron Johnson, was signed to a minor league contract Feb. 13 with an invitation to major league camp.
The 32-year-old infielder, who has played for Houston, Arizona, Atlanta, Cleveland and Miami in an eight-year major league career that began in 2009, is owed $9 million in the final year of a three-year, $23.5 million deal he signed with the Braves in 2014. Should he make the Orioles, Cleveland, which released him in December 2015, would be responsible for all but $535,000 of his salary.
Ron Johnson said he wasn't directly involved in bringing his son to the Orioles.
