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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Orioles news: Samuel Basallo gets contract extension]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Mike Elias has finally done it. He’s finally given out a contract extension to a home-grown Orioles player. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported on Friday morning that the Orioles are about to make official an eight-year, $67 million extension for the just-arrived catching prospect, Samuel Basallo. This is the largest pre-arbitration contract ever given to a […]]]></summary>
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Mike Elias has finally done it. He’s finally given out a contract extension to a home-grown Orioles player. <a href="https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1958881906327523565">ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported on Friday morning</a> that the Orioles are about to make official an eight-year, $67 million extension for the just-arrived catching prospect, Samuel Basallo. This is the largest pre-arbitration contract ever given to a catcher.
The contract starts next season. This means that the Orioles have guaranteed Basallo money for the entire six years of team control they would have already had. They’ve also bought out two free agent years. In addition to the guaranteed money, there’s a team option for a ninth year. With possible escalators based on awards and on playing time at the catching position, the contract could end up totaling as much as $88.5 million over nine seasons.
Basallo is now – or at least will be, once it’s official – signed through 2033 with the potential for 2034. The only person who is guaranteed to be paid by the Orioles longer than that is Chris Davis.
I didn’t think Elias would ever getting around to doing it. Contracts like these have been handed out all across the league in recent years. The Orioles have not done a single one, until now. It’s probably not a coincidence that the first one they’ve done is, in terms of guaranteed money, relatively small. It’s a life-changing amount of money for Basallo, who only turned 21 years old early last week, but it only commits the team to an AAV of $8.375 million over the next eight years. Compared against the 2025 payroll, that’s a tiny percentage. The contract will certainly be structured to be paying out more money in later years.
It’s not hard to see why the team has chosen to invest in someone so young, who has raced through the minors and done very well. Before his call-up, he’d hit 23 home runs in just 76 games for Triple-A Norfolk, and he batted .270/.377/.589 overall. We’ve only seen him in a handful of games so far and it’s enough to really dream on what he’ll be able to do as he gains more major league experience. Fans can hope this is the first of many success stories for the Orioles’ international scouting and development group.
Is Basallo’s long-term defensive home going to be as a full-time catcher? With the structure of the contract providing escalators based on playing time (details unreported as of this writing) at the position, that question seems to still be up in the air. Maybe he’ll end up more as a first baseman/designated hitter who is able to catch sometimes but won’t be relied upon as the primary catcher. 
Or if Basallo goes berserk over the next month and seems to be learning enough defensively, we could end up spending the offseason wondering about Adley Rutschman’s near-term future with the Orioles. This was an improbable scenario before the season began. Rutschman, unfortunately, has continued a slide from his rookie year peak batting numbers and has battled multiple injuries besides. He might even be done for the season at this point with his second oblique strain of the year.
A hole has opened up and Basallo is starting to step through it after less than a week in the majors. This is an exciting day in the middle of a disappointing season. Hopefully it turns out to be the beginning of things getting better around here.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[The bottom of the Orioles’ lineup is suddenly good now]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[On Tuesday night, after the Orioles stole a win in Boston in eleven innings to complete a two-game mini-sweep, longtime sportswriter and Red Sox fan Bill Simmons, who has 5.4 million followers on X, posted, “The Orioles can F*** off.” Ah, that’s the good stuff. That night it was Samuel Basallo, pinch-hitting in the nine […]]]></summary>
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On Tuesday night, after the Orioles stole a win in Boston in eleven innings to complete a two-game mini-sweep, longtime sportswriter and Red Sox fan Bill Simmons, who has 5.4 million followers on X, <a href="https://www.masnsports.com/blog/entry/orioles-are-winning-and-providing-reasons-to-stay-interested">posted</a>, “The Orioles can F*** off.” 
Ah, that’s the good stuff.
That night it was Samuel Basallo, pinch-hitting in the nine spot, who knocked in the game-winning run on a little swinging bunt. But that’s far from all the noise coming lately from the bottom of the order. On Aug. 13, facing tough Mariners righty Logan Gilbert, Jeremiah Jackson hit a go-ahead RBI triple. Last night, Dylan Beavers gave the Camden crowd something to cheer about with a home run in his home debut.
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These guys can hit!
What a huge difference a couple weeks makes. Recall that on July 31, in an effort to get some return on a lost season, the Orioles traded away four position players: Ramón Urías (HOU), Cedric Mullins (NYM), Ramón Laureano (SDP) and Ryan O’Hearn (SDP). Three of the four ranked in the team’s Top 10 in WAR. Those were some large shoes to fill.
Between July 31 and August 16, when Beavers’ contract was selected (Basallo’s call-up came the next day), the Orioles had one of the worst offenses in the game. They hit a puny .206, struck out 24% of the time and walked just 7.4%, and had a sad .272 on-base, worse than everybody but Tampa Bay. Fangraphs ranks them flat-out <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2025&month=1000&season1=2025&ind=0&team=0%2Cts&rost=&age=&filter=&players=0&startdate=2025-08-01&enddate=2025-08-17&sortcol=17&sortdir=default&pagenum=1">MLB’s worst</a> offense in that time.
These were lineups featuring Greg Allen, who finished 0-for-14 in seven games, Jordyn Adams (0-for-5) and Ryan Noda, a first baseman by trade, in the outfield. It was bleak, people. Especially before Ryan Mountcastle was reactivated for duty on August 8.
Now, granted, it’s not been a long stretch but a huge turnaround can be seen since the date of Beavers’ activation (and remember, this has come against three playoff contenders). In that time, the Orioles are averaging .276, have cut their strikeouts to 19%, hiked their walk rate to an MLB third-best 11.8% walk rate, and are posting an OBP of .375, better than all teams by Philly and the two clubs out of New York. 
The only thing missing is power, where they rank just around the bottom third of teams. Yet considering the situation, it’s hard to be too mad.
Take 21-year-old Samuel Basallo, the No. 7 or 8 prospect in all of baseball, who’s hitting .300 with five RBI and three hits, including one double, in 11 plate appearances since making his MLB debut this week. A .357 slugging is not eye-popping, not for a kid who led the International League, or close to it, in home runs, OPS, and so forth… But rest assured, the power will come. Basallo’s already got crazy bat speed (78 mph, well above a league-average 72 mph), and he’d already have his first career round-tripper if not for highway robbery by Houston’s Jesús Sánchez. With Adley Rutschman on the injured list again, Basallo will be thrust into an everyday role, and his bat, at least, should be equal to the task.
A similar story is Ryan Mountcastle, who’s averaging .357 in his last week, despite having hit no homers. But Mountcastle’s Statcast numbers are great right now, with high scores in sweet spot, bat speed, barrel percentage and expected batting average. Mountcastle should experience a positive regression on power, too.
Another bat pacing the lineup is Jeremiah Jackson, called up on July 31 to replace the O’s who’d left. The former second-rounder had languished in the Angels’ farm system for five and a half years (sounds like a terrible place to languish), and was signed by the O’s to a minor league deal last November. So far, Jackson has found the secret sauce in Baltimore: he’s hitting .320 with a .420 slugging and .753 OPS, and despite his likewise pedestrian power numbers (one double, no home runs, and two hustle triples in 16 games), his career MiLB suggest he has pop for a second baseman: he hit 22 home runs across two teams in 2023, and 110 in 571 MiLB games total.
Coby Mayo, too, seems to be benefitting from <a href="https://www.baltimorebaseball.com/sports/orioles-mlb/2025/08/06/rogers-tames-phillies-may-hits-long-home-run-5-1-orioles-win-richdubroff/">the knowledge</a> that “You sucked today, you’re going to be playing tomorrow.” The 23-year-old has been with the big-league team since May 31, but only getting regular AB’s since the trade deadline. He’s definitely not hitting for average, with a .205/.277/.354/.631 slashline, but as Roch Kubatko <a href="https://www.masnsports.com/blog/entry/orioles-are-winning-and-providing-reasons-to-stay-interested">wrote recently</a>, “The ball makes a different sound coming off Mayo’s bat.” Mayo’s bat speed ranks in the top quintile of hitters, and he’s been barreling up balls to match. His outcomes may evolve to match that, but he does need to up his contact and cut down on K’s (right now, an unacceptable 40%).
Finally, Dylan Beavers is having a start so good it’s hard to believe. Remember how much Jackson Holliday, Adley Rutschman, Colton Cowser and Gunnar Henderson struggled in their first few weeks in the bigs? Beavers, by contrast, is hitting .294 with five walks, two extra-base hits, and three RBIs in his first 17 AB’s. He’s showing an impressive mix of contact skills and power, not to mention playing nice defense at the corners.
There are other, less junior Orioles catalyzing the offense right now, too: two are Dylan Carlson is slugging .750 in his last week and Jordan Westburg, who was averaging .455 with a 234 wRC+ over his last week before a sore ankle took him out of the lineup. Gunnar Henderson, whose power went missing earlier in the year, is slugging .571 in this stretch, too.
Anyway, with their third straight series win this week against a potential playoff team (in Seattle, Houston and Boston), the Orioles actually moved from 10 to 8 ½ games out of the final Wild Card spot! I don’t think any of us are thinking it’ll really happen. But since a dreadful 16-34 start, this team is a nice 43-33. If nothing else, it’s a nice dress rehearsal for 2026. The Orioles are finally playing winning, watchable, baseball—next season stands to be a lot more fun.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Orioles minor league recap 8/22: Bradfield and George set the table,Wells continues rehab]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Triple-A: Charlotte Knights (White Sox) 3, Norfolk Tides 2 Tyler Wells turned in another decent rehab appearance with the Tides. The former Rule 5 pick allowed two earned runs on six hits over 5.2 innings. He struck out four, walked one, and threw 58 of 85 pitches for strikes. Wells is expected to make one […]]]></summary>
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<h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-none">Triple-A: Charlotte Knights (White Sox) 3, Norfolk Tides 2</h4>
Tyler Wells turned in another decent rehab appearance with the Tides. The former Rule 5 pick allowed two earned runs on six hits over 5.2 innings. He struck out four, walked one, and threw 58 of 85 pitches for strikes. Wells is expected to make one more rehab appearance before rejoining the Orioles next week. 
Chayce McDermott relieved Wells and recorded the final out of the sixth inning. McDermott has settled into his relief role with the Tides, and the Orioles could definitely find room for the 27-year-old soon. Matt Bowman allowed Charlotte’s third run of the game on a solo homer in the eighth inning.
Silas Ardoin cut the deficit in half with a solo shot in the ninth, but the Tides failed to complete the comeback. Ardoin finished 2-for-4.
Jud Fabian went hitless with a pair of strikeouts from the leadoff spot, and Maverick Handley followed with a golden sombrero (0-4, 4 K). Emmanuel Rivera worked a pair of walks, and Jordyn Adams went deep for Norfolk’s only other offense. 
<h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-none">Double-A: Chesapeake Baysox 6, Richmond Flying Squirrels (Giants) 0</h4>
Nestor German set the pace for the pitchers with five shutout innings. German held Richmond to only three hits. He walked three and struck out six. Carter Baumler tossed a scoreless sixth, Alex Pham posted a pair of zeros, and Tyson Neighbors continued to impress with a scoreless ninth. 
Enrique Bradfield Jr. set the table with three singles from the leadoff spot. Creed Willems paired a sacrifice fly with a solo home run, and Adam Retzbach drove in a pair with a single in the third inning. Douglas Hodo III finished 2-for-4 with a double, and Tavian Josenberger posted an RBI-single and a walk in four trips. Austin Overn singled and scored a run. 
<h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-none">High-A: Aberdeen IronBirds 6, Brooklyn Cyclones (Mets) 3</h4>
Nate George matched Bradfield by reaching base three times from the leadoff spot. George drove in Aberdeen’s first run with a double in the third inning. Anderson De Los Santos followed with a sacrifice fly that plated Vance Honeycutt, and Elis Cuevas delivered an RBI single to cap a three-run frame. Honeycutt finished 0-for-2 but scored twice after working a pair of walks. De Los Santos tripled and drove in three. 
Griff O’Ferrall and Thomas Sosa both finished 0-for-3 with a walk. 
Yeiber Cartaya was nearly unhittable over five scoreless frames. Cartaya allowed a single with one out in the first and that was it. He struck out six and did not issue a free pass. Michael Caldon allowed three runs over four innings of bulk relief.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-none">Low-A: Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (White Sox) 8, Delmarva Shorebirds 2 </h4>
Ike Irish drove in Delmarva’s first run with a single in the third, and Raylin Ramos smacked a solo shot in the seventh inning. Third-round pick RJ Austin managed the only other hits for Delmarva on a quiet offensive evening. 
Caden Bodine, Cobb Hightower, and Braylin Tavera failed to record a hit or base on balls. 
Brandon Downer allowed six runs in four innings of work. He started the game with a pair of zeros before coughing up three runs in both the third and fourth innings. 
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<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Friday’s Schedule</h4>
Norfolk: vs Charlotte, 6:35 pm. Starter: Albert Suárez (0-0, 3.00 ERA)
Chesapeake: vs Richmond, 7:05 pm. Starter: Levi Wells (0-6, 3.09 ERA)
Aberdeen: vs Brooklyn, 7:05 pm. Starter: Juan Rojas (3-7, 4.15 ERA)
Delmarva: vs Kannapolis, 7:05 pm. Starter: Carson Dorsey (0-2, 5.74 ERA)
 
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Friday Bird Droppings: A lackluster homecoming for the Orioles]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Good morning, Camden Chatters. The start of the Orioles’ eight-game homestand last night was…less than ideal. The O’s returned to Baltimore with the kind of buzz they hadn’t experienced in weeks, thanks to an excellent road trip against two playoff-bound clubs and the highly anticipated home debuts of Samuel Basallo and Dylan Beavers. But it […]]]></summary>
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Good morning, Camden Chatters.
The start of the Orioles’ eight-game homestand last night was…less than ideal. The O’s returned to Baltimore with the kind of buzz they hadn’t experienced in weeks, thanks to an excellent road trip against two playoff-bound clubs and the highly anticipated home debuts of Samuel Basallo and Dylan Beavers. But it didn’t take long for that momentum to stall, as the Orioles were ambushed by the Astros for seven runs in the first three innings and never recovered in an uncompetitive loss. <a href="https://www.camdenchat.com/baltimore-orioles-scores-standings/60044/youngs-poor-start-spoils-basallo-beavers-debuts-in-7-2-loss">John Beers has all the details</a> of the Birds’ lackluster night.
Beavers and Basallo, at least, gave the Camden Yards crowd something to cheer for. Beavers drove in both Orioles runs — including a shot onto the flag court for his first major league homer — and Basallo added a single. But Brandon Young’s rough outing never gave the Orioles a chance. To make matters worse, Young had to leave the game in the sixth with left hamstring discomfort after rushing to cover first base. The severity of the injury isn’t yet known, but considering the Orioles’ luck this year, it wouldn’t be a surprise if he’s out for the rest of the year.
It’s a bummer that Young failed to follow up on his masterful outing last week and now he might not get another chance for a while. But his injury might answer the question of which pitcher gets bumped out of the rotation for Kyle Bradish’s return next week.
There was a nice moment before the game when the O’s gave a video tribute to the recently traded Ramón Urías in his return to Oriole Park with the Astros. Urías got a well-deserved ovation from the crowd as well as some of his former Orioles teammates, though he didn’t end up playing in the game. Meanwhile, Houston just signed Craig Kimbrel and will likely activate him for this series. What are the odds he gets a video tribute? (Don’t answer that.)
The two teams will be back in action tonight for the second game of the four-game set, with Cade Povich taking on Lance McCullers Jr. Here’s hoping for a better outing from the starting pitcher and a few more highlights from Basallo and Beavers (and any other Oriole who’d like to do something cool).
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<a href="https://www.masnsports.com/blog/entry/young-hit-hard-and-hurts-hamstring-beavers-hits-first-homer-in-orioles-7-2-loss">Young hit hard and hurts hamstring, Beavers hits first homer in Orioles’ 7-2 loss – School of Roch</a>
Beavers is the first Oriole to hit a homer in his first MLB at-bat at Camden Yards since Jeff Fiorentino. Hopefully Dylan’s career will be a little longer and more successful than Fiorentino’s.
<a href="https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-rutschman-basallo-westburg-KDDF7FFEKVAGZAF66KYJE4CEJU/">Orioles’ Adley Rutschman heads back to injured list, opening opportunity for Samuel Basallo – The Baltimore Banner</a>
I don’t think the O’s originally planned for Basallo to do very much catching this season. Adley’s injury has certainly changed that plan. 
<a href="https://www.baltimorebaseball.com/sports/orioles-mlb/2025/08/21/will-tyler-oneill-play-orioles-2026-mailbag-richdubroff/">Will Tyler O’Neill play with Orioles in 2026? | MAILBAG – BaltimoreBaseball.com</a>
If the question is, “Will Tyler O’Neill opt out of his contract for 2026?”, the answer is no. If the question is, “Will Tyler O’Neill suffer an injury that makes him unable to play in 2026?”, well, we can’t rule it out.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-none">Orioles birthdays and history</h4>
Is today your birthday? Happy birthday! One player currently in the organization has a birthday today: Chayce McDermott turns 27. McDermott, acquired in the Trey Mancini trade in 2022, has made three major league appearances the past two years and is currently being converted to a relief role in Triple-A. Former Orioles born on Aug. 22 include lefties Randy Wolf (49) and Steve Kline (53) and the late outfielder Angelo Dagres (b. 1934, d. 2017).
On this date in 1966, at an Orioles private party, Andy Etchebarren heroically saved Frank Robinson from drowning after he fell into a swimming pool. I continue to be baffled that Etchebarren has not been inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame for that feat alone.
In 2006, rookie Nick Markakis produced the first three-homer game of his career, leading the O’s to a 6-3 win over the Twins at Camden Yards. All three of Nick’s dingers came off of Minnesota starter Carlos Silva, who also coughed up homers to Brian Roberts and Corey Patterson.
And on this day in 2007, the Orioles — sigh — gave up an American League-record 30 runs in their infamous 30-3 loss to the Rangers. Among the many ridiculous things about that game:
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<li>Despite 30 runs, the Rangers had more innings in which they didn’t score (five) than in which they did (four).</li>
<li>The Rangers didn’t score any of their 30 runs off of a position player pitching. The O’s used four actual pitchers — Daniel Cabrera, Rob Bell, Brian Burres, and Paul Shuey — who gave up six, seven, eight, and nine runs, respectively.</li>
<li>Rangers reliever Wes Littleton earned a save, for protecting the 27-run lead for three innings.</li>
<li>It came on the same day the Orioles named Dave Trembley their permanent manager.</li>
<li>It was only the first game of a doubleheader, so the O’s had to come right back out and play again after suffering that humiliation. They lost the second game, too.</li>
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<name>John Beers</name>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Young’s poor start spoils Basallo, Beavers debuts in 7-2 loss]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Brandon Young’s early inning struggles put the Orioles in a hole they couldn’t climb out of, and the home debuts of Samuel Basallo and Dylan Beavers were upstaged by a 7-2 defeat to the Astros. Young’s second straight start against the Astros in six days could not have been more different than his outing in […]]]></summary>
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Brandon Young’s early inning struggles put the Orioles in a hole they couldn’t climb out of, and the home debuts of Samuel Basallo and Dylan Beavers were upstaged by a 7-2 defeat to the Astros. 
Young’s second straight start against the Astros in six days could not have been more different than his outing in Houston. Last Friday, the 26-year-old rookie threw eight scoreless innings and didn’t give up a baserunner until the 8th. Thursday, the Astros jumped on Young early and often. Carlos Correa broke up any thought of a no-hitter with a one-out single in the 1st, and two batters later, Christian Walker ended the shutout with a two-run homer to left.
The sharpness we saw from Young in his perfect game bid was noticeably absent in the rematch with the Astros. In his dominant outing in Minute Maid, Young seemingly put his fastball anywhere he wanted and consistently kept his splitter and slider down in the zone. On both the Correa single and the Walker home run, he left his splitter over the heart of the plate and the ‘Stros took advantage. 
After falling behind 2-0 in the 1st, the night didn’t get any better for Young. He gave up a lead-off single in the 2nd, but it initially appeared that he erased that base runner on a double play ball from Mauricio Dubón. Instead, Dubón was ruled safe at first on review, and that kick-started another rally for Houston. 
No.9 hitter Jacob Melton reached after walking with a full count, and Dubón went to third after Basallo threw down to second and sailed the throw in center field. A groundout from Jeremy Peña moved Melton into scoring position and allowed Correa to double the Astros’ lead on an RBI single up the middle. 
Things got even worse for Young in the 3rd as he continued to struggle with his location. Walker got his second hit of the evening to lead off the inning, smashing a hanging curveball off the third base bag for a double. Jesús Sánchez then attacked a first-pitch, middle-middle fastball and lined it into the left-center gap to plate Walker. The big Texan then gave up his second big fly of the night, hanging a slider to Houston DH Yainer Diaz, who blasted it over the left field fence to give the Astros a 7-1 lead.
After the disastrous first three innings, it looked like Young’s day might end early. However, interim manager Tony Mansolino stuck with his starter in the 4th and beyond. After the Diaz homer, Young settled in and set down nine of the next 11 hitters he faced. The rookie pitched in the 6th, but was forced to leave when he stumbled over first base on a 3-1 ground out. He finished with a final line of 5.1 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, and 2 HRs. 
Offensively, Beavers provided the only offensive bright spots for the Orioles. With the O’s down 4-0 in the 3rd, the rookie outfielder gave the Camden Yards faithful something to remember, launching his first career home run onto the flag court. Beavers jump on a 3-2 changeup from Astros starter Jason Alexander, sending it high into the Baltimore night and landing just in front of Eutaw Street. 
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Beavers would pick up another RBI during the Orioles’ best offensive inning, in the 6th. After Ryan Mountcastle grounded out to start the inning, Colton Cowser, Basallo and Coby Mayo loaded the bases on three straight singles. It was at that point that the Astros pulled Alexander in favor of lefty reliever Steven Okert. The Astros’ southpaw left a slider over the plate to Beavers, who rocketed it toward first base. Houston was able to get the force out at second, but Beavers reached on a fielder’s choice and collected his second RBI.
That 6th inning single from Basallo was the catcher’s only hit in his home debut, as the backstop went 1-for-4 while catching his second full game as a big leaguer. The 21-year-old rookie looked solid defensively, as his defensive chops were only really noticeable on the throwing error and wild pitch in the 8th that even Gold Glovers would struggle to block. 
Despite being a slow night for the offense, the bats weren’t completely inept. Every member of the lineup got a hit, but Beavers’ long ball was the only extra-base hit of the game. Continuing a problem that’s dogged them all season, the Orioles couldn’t hit with runners on base. They finished the game 1-for-7 with RISP and left 10 runners on base. 

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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Thursday night Orioles game thread: vs. Astros, 7:15pm ET]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Where to watch: FOX/Fox Sports Probable pitchers: RHP Brandon Young (1 – 6, 5.68 ERA, 46 K) vs. RHP Jason Alexander (3 – 1, 4.74 ERA, 35 K) For the first time in their major league careers, Samuel Basallo and Dylan Beavers will play in front of the Camden Yards faithful tonight, as the Orioles […]]]></summary>
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Where to watch: FOX/Fox Sports
Probable pitchers: RHP Brandon Young (1 – 6, 5.68 ERA, 46 K) vs. RHP Jason Alexander (3 – 1, 4.74 ERA, 35 K)
For the first time in their major league careers, Samuel Basallo and Dylan Beavers will play in front of the Camden Yards faithful tonight, as the Orioles take on the Astros. It will almost certainly be the most excitement Camden Yards has seen since Cedric Mullins made a couple of highlight reel catches in his final appearances before being traded. The only downside of tonight is that Kevin Brown, Ben McDonald and Jim Palmer won’t be on the call, as the O’s get the national TV treatment on FOX’s Baseball Night in America.
With news breaking right before the game that <a href="https://x.com/Orioles/status/1958634075515978141">Adley Rutschman will be heading back to the IL</a>, Basallo gets the start at catcher and may see more time behind the dish going forward. The 21-year-old phenom got his first start behind the plate on Monday, and helped guide Trevor Rogers throw seven innings of one-run ball in a 6-3 Orioles win. 
<a href="https://x.com/masnOrioles/status/1957636512239219019">Rogers was extremely complimentary</a> of Basallo’s ability to work in tandem with the pitching coaches and help him navigate a potent Red Sox lineup. Hopefully, the same will be true when Basallo gets to work with Brandon Young for the first time. 
If not for the home debuts of Basallo and Beavers, tonight would be known as the game after Young almost threw a perfect game. It’s not often that you throw eight innings of one-hit ball and then get to face the same team the next time out, but such is Young’s reality today. The 26-year-old rookie said that one of the things that helped him dominate the Astros last time out was <a href="https://x.com/JakeDRill/status/1958212774749732951">side work he did with Rogers</a>, dissecting his previous start and working on pitch sequencing.
With Basallo having worked with Rogers previously, hopefully, he and Young can get on that same track toward another dominant start vs. Houston. When Mike Mussina almost pitched a perfect game for the Orioles in 1997, he came back the next start and gave the O’s 6.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER and 2 K. If Young could do something similar tonight, it’d put the Orioles in a great position to take the series opener. 
It’s worth noting that Camden Yards hasn’t exactly been friendly to Young throughout his early career. In six career home starts, the big Texan has an 8.10 ERA, vs. a 3.16 ERA in five outings away from Baltimore. We’ll see if his familiarity with the Astros helps him reverse those home splits tonight. 
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<li>Jackson Holliday (L) 2B</li>
<li>Jeremiah Jackson (R) 3B</li>
<li>Gunnar Henderson (L) SS</li>
<li>Ryan Mountcastle (R) DH</li>
<li>Colton Cowser (L) CF</li>
<li>Samuel Basallo (L) C</li>
<li>Coby Mayo (R) 1B</li>
<li>Dylan Beavers (L) RF</li>
<li>Dylan Carlson (L) LF</li>
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<li>Jeremy Peña (R) SS</li>
<li>Carlos Correa (R) 3B</li>
<li>Jose Altuve (R) 2B</li>
<li>Christian Walker (R) 1B</li>
<li>Jesús Sánchez (L) RF</li>
<li>Yainer Diaz (R) DH</li>
<li>Victor Caratini (S) C</li>
<li>Mauricio Dubón (R) LF</li>
<li>Jacob Melton (L) CF </li>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Orioles news: Adley Rutschman to injured list with oblique strain]]></title>
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Adley Rutschman is back on the injured list with an oblique strain. The Orioles catcher missed time earlier this year with a left oblique strain. It’s the right oblique this time. The team announced the roster move ahead of Thursday’s game against the Astros. Outfielder Daniel Johnson was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk as the corresponding roster move.
One player who’s not on the injured list, at least for today, is Jordan Westburg. The infielder remains day-to-day with an ankle issue. The Orioles do have infielder Vimael Machín around on the taxi squad in case he ends up being needed.
Interim manager Tony Mansolino probably won’t say it yet, but the oblique injury could mean Rutschman is done for the 2025 season. The earlier injury saw Rutschman out between June 19 and July 28. Add a month and eight days from right now and it’s after the end of the regular season.
If so, it’ll be a disappointing end to the season for Rutschman. He’s got the worst hitting numbers of his career to date, batting .227/.310/.373 over 85 games. Just about the only thing going well is his walk rate. In bWAR terms, he’s finished with half of last year’s number, a 1.7 mark for the season. It’s not a terrible full-season pace, but he’ll only have about a half-season worth of games. The Orioles are going to need better than this.
I’m going to be curious to see whether the Orioles add a third catcher back onto the roster at some point now that they know Rutschman is out for a while. Without him, it’s just Alex Jackson and Samuel Basallo. Mansolino told reporters that Basallo is going to be the every day catcher in Rutschman’s absence, at least for the duration of the coming homestand. I wonder if it lasts beyond that.
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Orioles-Astros series preview: Houston, you have a problem]]></title>
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<updated>2025-08-21T08:10:57-04:00</updated>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[There are two major storylines heading into the Orioles’ weekend series vs. the Astros. The first revolves around the home debuts of recently promoted prospects Dylan Beavers and Samuel Basallo. The second pits the languishing Houston offense up against the dominant Orioles starting rotation. Both Beavers and Basallo have been largely successful since making their […]]]></summary>
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There are two major storylines heading into the Orioles’ weekend series vs. the Astros. The first revolves around the home debuts of recently promoted prospects Dylan Beavers and Samuel Basallo. The second pits the languishing Houston offense up against the dominant Orioles starting rotation. 
Both Beavers and Basallo have been largely successful since making their MLB debuts in Houston, and have collectively breathed new life into the Orioles’ offense. In his first four games, Beavers is 4-for-14 with a double, an RBI and three walks. And while we’re still waiting on the powerful Basallo’s first big league blast, he has contributed five RBIs in three games while going 3-for-10. Since Beavers’ debut last Saturday, the Orioles are scoring 6.5 runs per game and are 3-1 in that stretch.
Baltimore may not need a ton of offense to take this series from Houston, however. The Astros are 3-6 in their last three series and are averaging just above two runs per game during that stretch. Heading into yesterday’s matchup against the Tigers, the Astros were mired in a 28-inning scoreless streak—a streak that ended at 31 innings on a Mauricio Dubón RBI double off Charlie Morton in the 4th. In both games that the Orioles won last weekend in Houston, Baltimore shut out the Astros while only allowing seven hits across the two wins.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Game 1: Thursday, August 21st, 7:15pm ET</h4>
Where to watch: FOX
Probable pitchers: RHP Brandon Young (1-6, 5.68 ERA, 46 K) vs. RHP Jason Alexander (3-1, 4.74 ERA, 35 K)
What’s the best way to follow up a near-perfect game? How about a second crack at the lineup you just dominated? After starting the game with 7.2 perfect innings against the ‘Stros last Friday, Brandon Young will kick off the series in Baltimore looking to shut down Houston again. 
The Texas native delivered the best start of his career against his hometown team, largely thanks to great fastball command. He threw 41% heaters against Houston last time out, and not only did the Astros get a hit off the fastball, but they only had a .101 XBA on the four-seamers they did manage to get wood on. We’ve seen Trevor Rogers excel this year with a plan of attack based largely on fastball command, and it seems that <a href="https://x.com/JakeDRill/status/1958212774749732951">Young is trying to follow suit</a>.
Opposing the Orioles’ rookie right-hander is not the actor who played George on Seinfeld, but rather 32-year-old RHP Jason Alexander. The Northern California native is experiencing the first success of his career with the Astros this season, posting a 2.63 ERA in seven appearances. Alexander put together a quality start in his first appearance against the Orioles, going 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 HR and 6 K. The O’s will hope to be better prepared against Alexander’s changeup, after only getting one hit off the off-speed pitch last Saturday.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Game 2: Friday, August 22nd, 7:05pm ET</h4>
Where to watch: MASN/MASN+
Probable pitchers: LHP Cade Povich (2-6, 4.98 ERA, 90 K) vs. RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (2-4, 6.90 ERA, 50 K)
The Orioles deployed an opener last Saturday before turning to Povich in the second, and the left-hander delivered with a season-high 10 Ks. Povich’s fastball and changeup have been his best weapons all season, but against the Astros he had his curveball working. The ‘Stros only got three hits (all singles) off his breaking ball, while generating five swings and misses. 
Povich will try and maintain that level of success as he returns to Camden Yards. The second-year left-hander has a 6.05 ERA in Camden Yards this season, compared to 3.86 ERA on the road. Povich faced off against Astros once before in Baltimore, taking a no-decision after putting up 5.0 IP, 5 ER, 2 HR and 3 K. Slim has been hit particularly hard by Astros’ trade deadline acquisition Carlos Correa, who’s 4-for-8 against him with a homer. 
The Orioles’ lefty will try to outduel former All-Star Lance McCullers Jr. as he continues his recovery from a series of devastating injuries. A former key component in two World Series-winning teams, McCullers missed all of the 2023 and 2024 seasons due to complications from elbow surgery. His return to the mound in 2025 has been less than promising, as he has a career-worst 6.90 ERA while allowing nearly 2 HRs and 6 BBs per nine innings. Of the current Orioles, only Ryan Mountcastle and Adley Rutschman have faced McCullers, combining to go 0-for-4.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Game 3: Saturday, August 23rd, 7:05pm ET</h4>
Where to watch: MASN/MASN+
Probable pitchers: RHP Dean Kremer (9-9, 3.97 ERA, 123 K) vs. RHP Cristian Javier (1-1, 3.38 ERA, 7 K)
After Rogers, Kremer is the biggest contributor to the Orioles’ rotation, owning the best ERA in MLB during the month of August. The 29-year-old has a 2.14 ERA over three starts in August, and a 3.23 ERA in 39 IP across six second-half starts.
The Orioles and Kremer were unlucky losers in the first five of those starts, but the six-year vet picked up his first win of the second half last time out against the Astros. Like Young, Kremer dominated the Houston lineup, tossing seven shutout innings, while allowing only four baserunners and punching out seven. That was just the latest chapter in a career full of dominance against the Astros, as Kremer goes into Saturday’s matchup with a 1.47 ERA and .188 average against in five career starts vs. Houston.
Like McCullers, Javier is just working his way back from an elbow injury that cost him most of last season and the first four months of this season. Javier made only his second appearance of the season last Sunday—when he also faced off with Kremer—going 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER and 2 K in a 12-0 Orioles win. It’s not clear how many pitches Houston want Javier throwing at this point; he pitched five innings on 85 pitches in his first start off the IL, but only threw 50 pitches against Baltimore before leaving with an illness.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Game 4: Sunday, August 24th, 1:35pm ET</h4>
Where to watch: MASN/MASN+
Probable pitchers: LHP Trevor Rogers (6-1, 1.41 ERA, 67 K) vs. RHP Spencer Arrighetti (1-4, 6.94 ERA, 21 K)
Rogers didn’t get the chance to face the Astros in Houston, but will look to continue his unprecedented run when he closes out the series in Baltimore. Rogers’ 1.41 ERA gives him the best ERA over a pitcher’s first 12 starts in Orioles history—beating out Hall of Famers Hoyt Wilhelm and Jim Palmer. The 27-year-old southpaw is in the middle of a streak of eight straight quality starts, and hasn’t allowed more than one run in an outing in over a month. 
Rogers has only faced the Astros once before in his career, putting up a start of 5.1, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB and 5 K last season right before the All-Star break. It’s a testament to how far Rogers has come with the Orioles that, if he were to repeat the same stat line Sunday vs. Houston, it’d be considered a bad start for Baltimore’s burgeoning ace. 
How Rogers approaches the Astros lineup will be interesting. Up until this point, Rogers has thrown ~40% fastballs and 25% changeups, while mixing in his breaking balls as needed. The Astros are a much better hitting team against fastballs than changeups, so we’ll see if he deploys a similar game plan to his outing against the Phillies, when he threw his change 36% of the time. 
On the opposite end of the spectrum from Rogers is Astros’ scheduled starter Spencer Arrighetti. Since being recalled on August 8th, Arrighetti has a 7.90 ERA over 13.2 innings while giving up a .339 average and .571 slugging percentage. The Houston area native took the L in his last start against the Tigers, giving up five runs over five innings while allowing two HRs in a 10-0 Astros’ loss. 
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[Orioles GM Mike Elias took a chance with Dylan Beavers and it’s paying off]]></title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[When the Orioles traded away two-thirds of an outfield ahead of the July 31 trading deadline, that seemed like it had to be prime territory for the team to call up outfield prospect Dylan Beavers. They didn’t do it. A week later, when another two-thirds of an outfield landed on the injured list simultaneously, they […]]]></summary>
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When the Orioles traded away two-thirds of an outfield ahead of the July 31 trading deadline, that seemed like it had to be prime territory for the team to call up outfield prospect Dylan Beavers. They didn’t do it. A week later, when another two-thirds of an outfield landed on the injured list simultaneously, they still didn’t do it, fielding an outfield of Ryan Noda, Greg Allen, and Dylan Carlson. Putting up with that for any length of time was more frustrating by the day.
Anyone could surmise that the lack of a Beavers promotion was entirely aimed at preserving his rookie status going into the 2026 season, in hopes that Beavers might qualify the team for a bonus draft pick down the road. This required waiting until there were fewer than 45 days remaining in the regular season. General manager Mike Elias did not even wait a day after that threshold had passed to get Beavers up to the major league team, surprising everyone with a 9 o’clock on a Saturday morning press release announcing the promotion while the team was in Houston.
The idea of doing all of this just in hopes of the draft pick seemed silly to me as we ticked through the first half of August. The other important part of possibly qualifying for the draft pick involves Beavers being named on two out of three of these top 100 prospect lists heading into next season: Baseball America, ESPN, and MLB Pipeline. Beavers had never been on any of these lists before.
While Elias was making us wait out the intervening days with an outfield of misfits, this seemed ridiculous, all on the off chance of Beavers making the lists and then maybe, just maybe, having a Rookie of the Year-caliber season. I thought that strategizing around a bank shot like that for a 24-year-old player was not worth it, and that the Orioles would be better served by just getting Beavers up to the team and letting him start to adjust to major league competition.
Give this much to Elias: As of yesterday, he’s pulled off the first part of this longshot strategy. Or at least, the signs are positive that he’s going to pull it off in four months time. By now, all three of those prospect lists have put out updated midseason top 100 rankings, reflecting movement for players who’ve graduated to MLB since the preseason lists, updates based on player performance, and new additions to lists in the form of fresh draftees.
Beavers had put himself in a good position to get himself onto the lists with how he was playing in Triple-A this season. The outfielder began the season with Norfolk, and over 94 games, he batted .304/.420/.515 with 18 home runs. Beavers was already doing well in April and May, posting OPS numbers over .820 in each of those months, and starting in June, he took it to another level, OPSing over 1.000 in each of June and July, as well as in August before his major league promotion.
It takes a lot for a player who has not previously been ranked highly to break in after a few years in the minors. Beavers doing so was not guaranteed, even with as well as he has been hitting. He’s done it, though. Baseball America now has Beavers at #82, joining catcher Samuel Basallo, younger outfielder Nate George, and pitching prospect Esteban Mejia. Pipeline has left Beavers off for the time being. However, ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel updated his list earlier this week and <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46017620/2025-mlb-prospect-rankings-update-kiley-mcdaniel-konnor-griffin-kevin-mcgonigle-jesus-made">Beavers is there at #92</a>.
Elias has his two out of three lists. It’s not locked in yet, because it’s the preseason lists for next year that will determine the potential for future prospect promotion incentive draft picks. Beavers will have the inside track to stick on the two lists he’s already made and possibly even push even higher on them, just based on his Triple-A performance this season.
Only an absolute flop over the remaining Orioles games might knock Beavers off, and even then, list-makers don’t tend to penalize players too much if their early games late in a season go poorly. For one demonstration of this, see Coby Mayo, who remained high up most of the 2025 preseason lists even after a tough 17-game introduction to the MLB level last season. 
Elias did not choose to play the “maybe he’ll get a draft pick” game with Mayo, which probably would have required clearing the way by trading Ryan Mountcastle last offseason. Not that Mayo was likely to play into the ROY race if he had spent the whole season on the roster this year. He’s had more downs than ups, and even if he’d played consistently better, not-Oakland’s Nick Kurtz seems to be running away with that race.
The hardest part yet remains. Beavers would have to play well enough and stay healthy enough to get serious ROY consideration next year. This is not guaranteed for even the most promising prospects, as we learned last year with Jackson Holliday. Nor is it guaranteed when a player plays well, as we also learned last year: Colton Cowser deserved to be the winner and the voters were paying attention to something else. 
Put those two things together and the Orioles didn’t get a PPI bonus pick in 2025. This did not hurt their quest to have a bunch of draft picks in the late first round area of the draft, since they had compensation picks for Corbin Burnes and Anthony Santander signing elsewhere, and they got an extra competitive balance pick by trading Bryan Baker to the Rays just days before the draft. They certainly won’t be able to count on any free agent-related picks in next year’s draft.
For Orioles fans who have not yet had the concept of hope driven out of them, the biggest hope for 2026 is surely that Beavers, along with Basallo, will be playing well enough to be the only two real ROY contenders next year. Elias also played the same games with Basallo, calling him up literally one day later than Beavers. That was less of a surprise, and was more justifiable, with Basallo being younger and reports generally agreeing he has some more development to do at his primary position, catcher.
Will all the shenanigans have been worth it? I remain skeptical, just because there’s so much that could stand in the way of winning the ROY. It’s tough to remain as frustrated about it as I was a week ago before Beavers arrived. I’m not dealing with “Beavers is in the minors while Allen and Daniel Johnson are in the Orioles outfield.” We’ll still get a solid month-plus of Beavers playing for the 2025 Orioles, minus a game here or there to make sure he stays under the 130 AB threshold as well. Beavers and Basallo might even play well enough to rekindle a little bit more excitement for 2026 than we all had a month ago.
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 4, Charlotte Knights (White Sox) 3 – Game 1 In what seems like it will be Kyle Bradish’s final rehab outing, the former Cy Young contender was…eh, OK. He threw 89 pitches, which is probably the most important number. That got him through 4.2 innings, in which he allowed three runs on […]]]></summary>
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<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="iE4YKF">Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 4, Charlotte Knights (White Sox) 3 – Game 1</h4>
In what seems like it will be Kyle Bradish’s final rehab outing, the former Cy Young contender was…eh, OK. He threw 89 pitches, which is probably the most important number. That got him through 4.2 innings, in which he allowed three runs on six hits, two walks, and three strikeouts. Scouting the box score of a minor league game is never smart, and that is truer than ever with a rehabbing big leaguer who is just trying to check boxes and come out of it feeling ready to compete.
The two pitchers that followed Bradish were more effective on paper. Cameron Foster worked 1.1 hitless innings, and Chayce McDermott followed with a shutout seventh inning to earn the win. Both of these righties are expected to be in the mix for the Orioles bullpen in 2026, so their performances down the stretch are worth monitoring.
The Norfolk lineup had to grind out their four runs. They managed just one extra base hit (an Emmanuel Rivera double), but had seven singles and three walks to give them plenty of traffic on the bases. Over the course of the game, they went 4-for-9 with runners in scoring position. Maverick Handley was the only hitter with multiple hits (two singles). Livan Soto singled, walked, stole a base, scored a run, and drove in a run. Daniel Johnson went 1-for-3 with a walk and two RBI, both of which came on the final swing of the game, a walk-off single.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-none">Triple-A: Charlotte Knights (White Sox) 6, Norfolk Tides 1 – Game 2</h4>
Trey Gibson’s second Triple-A start did not go as well as his first. He lasted just 3.2 innings and gave up six runs, but only three of them were earned due to a pair of errors in the second inning. Gibson also allowed a pair of home runs. The three relievers that came after Gibson were terrific. Keagan Gillies, Vinny Nittoli, and José Espada combined for 3.1 scoreless innings to give their bats a chance at a comeback.
Alas, that comeback never materialized. The Tides managed just one run on five hits, two walks, and eight strikeouts in the seven-inning affair. Jud Fabian and Silas Ardoin both doubled, but were left stranded. Ryan Noda’s fourth-inning solo homer was their only run of the day. As a team, the Tides went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="L3WZ0B">Double-A: Chesapeake Baysox 6, Richmond Flying Squirrels (Giants) 0</h4>
Where to start!? Both the Baysox pitching staff and the lineup put together impressive performances to earn the win on Wednesday night in Bowie.
Let’s go with the arms. Four different pitchers stepped on the mound for Chesapeake, and every one of them did some good things. Zach Fruit started and went 4.1 scoreless innings while striking out four. Daniel Lloyd snagged the win with 1.2 shutout innings. Ryan Long worked a clean seventh inning. And then Carter Rustad made quick work of final two frames for what seemed like an easy win for the good guys.
Not to be outdone, the Baysox lineup had a constant stream of base runners. They compiled 10 hits and 10 walks (!!) to go along with two Fly Squirrels errors. Enrique Bradfield Jr. had a big day. The leadoff hitter went 2-for-3 with two walks, a run, an RBI, and two stolen bases. Now healthy, it will be interesting to see if the Orioles give him a taste of Triple-A to end the season. Creed Willems, Douglas Hodo, and Reed Trimble had one double apiece. Willems and Hodo also drove in a pair of runs each. One negative of this game was an injury to Aron Estrada. The pop-up prospect left the game with right quad discomfort. He was replaced by Carter Young, who went 2-for-2 with a walk, a stolen base, and a run scored.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="lMCGnk">High-A: Aberdeen IronBirds 7, Brooklyn Cyclones (Mets) 6</h4>
It was a tough High-A debut for Boston Bateman. The lefty had his first major struggle as an Orioles prospect. Over 3.2 innings he allowed five runs on six hits, two walks, and five strikeouts. Most of the damage came in the fourth inning, which included a solo homer, three hits, and a walk for four of the runs charged to Bateman. But the bullpen was great behind him. Four Aberdeen relievers combined to allow one run over the final 5.1 innings. Christian Herberholz earned the win while Zane Barnhart notched his fourth save.
Colin Tuft led the Aberdeen offense with three hits. But it was Thomas Sosa that came through with the big hit, a bases-clearing triple in the seventh inning that put the IronBirds up for good. Griff O’Ferrall singled, stole a base, walked twice, scored twice, and drove in two runs. Nate George walked and scored a run. Vance Honeycutt went 1-for-4 with a run scored and three strikeouts.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="3uMd2x">Low-A: Delmarva Shorebirds 6, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (White Sox) 1</h4>
The 2025 draft picks kept showing off their impressive bats in this win. Ike Irish smacked his first professional homer, a two-run bomb in the second inning. Wehiwa Aloy singled, walked twice, stole a base, and scored twice. Caden Bodine went 1-for-3 with two walks, and a run scored.
Four Delmarva pitchers shared the workload in this one. Kiefer Lord, a 2023 draft pick who was making his first ever appearance for a full-season affiliate, allowed just one unearned run on one hit, three walks, and three strikeouts over 2.1 innings. Jacob Stretch earned the win with his 2.2 scoreless innings. And then Kenny Leiner and Joe Glassey tossed two shutout innings apiece to close out the victory.
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<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="UIN12w">Thursday’s Schedule</h4>
Norfolk: vs Charlotte, 12:05 pm. Starter: Tyler Wells (1-0, 2.38 ERA)
Chesapeake: vs Richmond, 6:35 pm. Starter: Nestor German (4-6, 4.42 ERA)
Aberdeen: vs Brooklyn, 7:05 pm. Starter: Yeiber Cartaya (0-1, 10.29 ERA)
Delmarva: vs Kannapolis, 7:05 pm. Starter: Brandon Downer (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
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