Fifteen Orioles minor leaguers, including 2010 first-round draft pick Manny Machado, are participating in the team's two-week fall instructional program at Camden Yards.

The workouts, which are being held in Baltimore due to ongoing renovations at both Ed Smith Stadium and Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota, Fla., started on Sept. 20 and are expected to continue until Oct. 2.

"It starts at 7:30 a.m. and goes until 2:30 or 3 o'clock [in the afternoon] every day," Orioles director of player development John Stockstill said. "There's work indoors. There's work going on at all times."

The purpose of the fall program -- to give the minor leaguers an opportunity for extra work on the fundamentals, including hitting, fielding and base running -- hasn't changed because of the location, but a lot of the players notice a difference in holding the practices at a major league park.

"Other teams are doing [instructional programs] at their spring training facility and we're out here on a major league field, taking [batting practice], catching ground balls," Machado said. "It's a great opportunity."

Other players included in the program are: infielders Mychal Givens, L.J. Hoes, Connor Narron, Jonathan Schoop and Tyler Townsend; outfielders Xavier Avery, Glynn Davis, Kyle Hudson, Trent Mummey and Brenden Webb; and catchers Riley Hornback, Tanner Murphy, Michael Ohlman and Wynston Sawyer.