Jordan Westburg is making his major league debut tonight, position and spot in batting order to be announced later. The Orioles selected Westburg’s contract and optioned infielder Joey Ortiz to Triple-A Norfolk. Catcher José Godoy cleared outright waivers yesterday and accepted an assignment to Norfolk, which opened a spot on the 40-man roster. Eve

He has essentially played a full big league season’s worth of games at the Triple-A level. And now, after 158 games with the Norfolk Tides and having spent more than a calendar year with that club, Jordan Westburg’s big league debut is finally at hand. He is expected to join the Orioles roster today and play in the game tonight when they open a thr

SAN DIEGO – Jeimer Candelario ranks among the league leaders in doubles, on pace now for 50 of them by season’s end. Ask the Nationals’ No. 3 hitter about his offensive approach, though, and his answer has less to do with how he gets to second base and more to do with what happens once he’s there. “Getting in scoring position, for me, is really, re

The heat that Orioles reliever Mike Baumann brings with his fastball isn’t what he used to burn the Mariners on Saturday afternoon. Baumann was put in the unenviable spot of inheriting an automatic runner at second base in the 10th inning. Throw the last warm-up pitch and step into a jam. Scoring position with no outs in a tie game. None of it your

SAN DIEGO – As he stalked off the mound, MacKenzie Gore looked directly at Juan Soto, who was looking directly back at the Nationals left-hander. Words were spoken. Heads were nodded. Competitive juices flowed. There was no disrespect from either party, just an acknowledgment that one had bested the other on this afternoon and that there surely wil

Jordan Westburg wasn’t in Triple-A Norfolk’s lineup this afternoon. He’s headed to Baltimore. An industry source confirmed that the Orioles are selecting Westburg’s contract, in time for Monday night’s series opener against the Reds at Camden Yards. MLB Pipeline ranks Westburg as the organization’s No. 3 prospect behind infielder Jackson Holliday a

One day after Orioles reserve outfielder Ryan McKenna hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning, backup catcher Anthony Bemboom broke a tie in less dramatic fashion. With less pop and some help from the Mariners’ defense, but only the result mattered. Bemboom popped up a fastball down the right field line in the fifth inning that fell for a hit. M

SAN DIEGO – If ever there was a time for Mason Thompson to rediscover his early season form, this was it. With Carl Edwards Jr. on the injured list with a sore shoulder, the Nationals desperately needed someone else to step up and prove worthy of joining Kyle Finnegan and Hunter Harvey in the back of their bullpen, and manager Davey Martinez specif

With a walk-off win yesterday on Ryan McKenna’s two-run homer to right in the last of the 10th, the Orioles moved a game closer to first place, strengthened their hold on a wild card playoff spot and set themselves up to try to win another series. The Orioles (46-29) are 4 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay, which lost Saturday. They have won three of thei

Orioles reliever Mychal Givens returned to Baltimore due to some soreness in his right shoulder. Givens left his injury rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk, where he began pitching again after a shutdown period caused by inflammation in the shoulder. He appeared in Thursday’s game and allowed one run and two hits in two-thirds of an inning. The