BIOGRAPHY
Jordan Westburg was born February 18, 1999, in New Braunfels, Texas. He is an infielder in the MLB.
The Baltimore Orioles selected Westburg with the 30th overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. Westburg signed with the Orioles on June 28, 2020 for a $2.3 million bonus. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the pandemic.
Westburg made his professional debut in 2021 with the Delmarva Shorebirds of the Low-A East. On June 1, he was promoted to the Aberdeen IronBirds of the High-A East. In mid-August, he was promoted to the Bowie Baysox of the Double-A Northeast. Over 112 games between the three clubs, Westburg slashed .285/.389/.479 with 15 home runs, 79 RBIs, 17 stolen bases, and 27 doubles. He returned to Bowie to begin the 2022 season. After batting .247 with nine home runs and 32 RBIs over 47 games, he was promoted to the Norfolk Tides of the Triple-A International League in early June. Over 91 games with Norfolk to end the season, he batted .273 with 18 home runs and 74 RBIs. To open the 2023 season, he returned to Norfolk. In 67 games for Norfolk, Westburg hit .295/.372/.567 with 18 home runs and 54 RBI.
Westburg was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time on June 26, 2023. He drew a walk in the rain and scored a run in the second inning, drove in another with a fielder's choice in the third and got a one-out single in the fifth in his first three plate appearances as the starting second baseman in his MLB debut that night in a 10–3 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Camden Yards.
