“Honestly, I think that’s the goal for everybody, to get to the big leagues as quickly as possible. “I would love to get as high as I can this year,” Westburg said. He tries to have a plan each time he comes to the plate. One of Westburg’s goals is to cut down on strikeouts. As long as you can find a way to win, it’s just awesome.” It makes baseball way more fun, especially when you’re on the road and the days do get longer. “It’s easy to show up to the ballpark when you have a great team and you have a chance to win and that’s what we’re doing right now. Westburg hopes the winning continues when the prospects reach Baltimore. Only Norfolk, at 15-24, has a losing record. I feel like every day I see something on social media that one of our prospects or one of our guys is having a great day on the plate or in the field just doing something special.”Ī winning culture is being developed at the minor league level. “The talent that we have, you know, Low-A, High-A, Double-A, Triple-A, it’s unbelievable. “I think the organization as a whole is pretty exciting when you think about it,” Westburg said. The club has a number of highly touted players throughout the minor league affiliates. It’s an exciting time to be in the Orioles ‘minor league system. Just being able to take the failures and the successes as learning experiences was probably the biggest thing for me.” “I didn’t expect to go out there and set the world on fire or tear the cover off the baseball. Getting to be in the dugout for the big, big games and even getting to play the last two or three innings was an awesome experience. “You just pick up little things about the game that you might never see if you don’t get those experiences.
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“Just getting to be around some of the older guys, the pro guys, and some of the staff members as well,” Westburg said.
Westburg is ranked as the Orioles’ sixth-best prospect by MLB.com The Orioles think invited him to spring training, an experience he savored. 317/.432/.517 (19-for-60) with six doubles, two home runs, 17 runs, and 11 RBIs in 16 games during his junior season at Mississippi State in 2020. 30 overall) of the 2020 draft after batting. Westburg was selected by the Orioles in the competitive balance round (No. I’m making adjustments in the box myself to have success but they are all learning experiences so I look forward to keep getting after it.” In High-A, guys throw more strikes, they’re more in the zone, they can command their secondary stuff better as well as that better philosophy so there’s been a bit of an adjustment. “When I was in Low-A there were a lot of walks.
“The consistent and then the ability to throw strikes,” Westburg said. Westburg also has 13 RBIs in 15 games for Aberdeen. 274 and hit his first home run for the IronBirds in a 19-4 loss to Asheville on Sunday. Westburg is still making adjustments for the IronBirds because the pitching has been tougher and pitchers are attacking him differently. The first week I got to go up was a home week so that was good to get settled in for about a week and now we’re on the back half of about a two-week road trip so I’m looking forward to getting back to Aberdeen and everybody else is because it’s been a long two weeks but that’s just part of it.” Westburg is still getting acclimated to his surroundings in Aberdeen. Westburg earned his promotion June 1st from Delmarva to Aberdeen by hitting. And as you watch these guys right now, you see traits of that.” You know, that type of a middle infielder body. “As you watch them, I think when you see a bigger kid, you dream on these kids and you want to compare them to the kid in L.A., Seager. “Gunnar is a little younger than Westy, but they are just physical infielders,” Mansolino said during spring training. Orioles third base/infield coach Tony Mansolino likes what he sees from both players. Let’s continue to push each other.’ Iron sharpens iron.”
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“ we had that little friendly pact like, ‘Hey, I’m not gonna let you play short, you better not let me play short. “Me and Gunnar … both infielders, want to play shortstop at the next level,” Westburg said.
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