{"id":485842,"date":"2026-02-19T18:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485842\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:17:16","slug":"baltimore-orioles-3b-jordan-westburg-oblique-physically-unable-to-participate-at-spring-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485842\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Orioles 3B Jordan Westburg (oblique) &#8220;physically unable&#8217; to participate at spring training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/baltimore-orioles\/225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/baltimore-orioles\/225\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a> third baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/jordan-westburg\/1208127\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/jordan-westburg\/1208127\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Westburg<\/a> has been unable to take part in spring training after a right oblique injury during the offseason, and it was unclear Thursday whether an elbow issue also was keeping him off the field. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s just unable to participate right now,\u201d first-year manager Craig Albernaz told reporters Thursday. \u201cHe\u2019s getting evaluated by our medical team and also outside people to make sure we have a plan in place, and see what\u2019s going on with Jordan to get him going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">When asked whether it was the oblique or a new elbow issue for Westburg, the manager replied, \u201cJust physically unable to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Albernaz also was asked whether there was a fear that any issues for Westburg are worse that originally thought.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cJust want to make sure that we do our due diligence and make sure Jordan is in the best chance to play this year,\u201d Albernaz said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Westburg, who turned 27 on Wednesday, hit .265 with 17 homers and 41 RBs in 85 games last season, when he missed time with a left hamstring strain and a right ankle sprain. He hit .265 with 18 homers and 63 RBIs in 107 games in 2024, when he appeared in the All-Star Game two weeks before sustaining a broken right hand when getting hit by a pitch. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mike Elias, the team\u2019s president of baseball operations, said last week at the start of camp that Westburg was recovering from a right oblique injury that could delay his participation in spring training games. The first game is Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Orioles will be without second baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/jackson-holliday\/1396122\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/jackson-holliday\/1396122\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Holliday<\/a> to start the season after surgery last week to repair a broken hamate bone in his right hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Baltimore Orioles third baseman Jordan Westburg has been unable to take part in spring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-485842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}