2 weeks Ago By Matt Weyrich
A slump isn’t over with one at-bat, but Jordan Westburg did his best to put nearly two weeks’ worth of struggles behind him.On Saturday, the Orioles infielder broke up an 0-for-30 skid with a solo home run off Cincinnati Reds reliever Carson Spiers in the bottom of the seventh inning.West day ever.
pic.twitter.com/3AsdBb9xZp— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) April 19, 2025Westburg, 26, has gotten off to a slow start to the 2025 campaign after suffering a couple of injuries at the end of spring training.
He entered Saturday’s game hitless since April 6 and carried a .175/.246/.
317 slash line for the season.“A guy pressing,” manager Brandon Hyde said of Westburg on Friday. “I gave him a day off a couple days ago.
He’s really trying hard and he’s just out in front, getting in bad counts and all those things when someone is going through a tough time. He’s getting in bad counts and he’s expanding and it looks like he’s trying to catch everything way out in front and not trusting his hands.”The 2024 American League All-Star was dealing with an “upper-body injury,” Hyde said, but the club wasn’t considering placing him on the injured list as of Friday evening.
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