US EditionOrioles 3rd baseman Jordan Westburg will be out at least through April with an elbow injury
Westburg will miss at least two months due to a partial ulnar collateral ligament tear treated with platelet-rich plasma injection, avoiding immediate surgery, Orioles GM Mike Elias said.
- Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias said Friday in Sarasota, Fla., that Jordan Westburg has a partial UCL tear and will receive a PRP injection without surgery.
- After an offseason oblique strain, Westburg reported elbow soreness `for quite some time`, and the club gave vague answers during the week.
- Coby Mayo will get extended time at third base after a strong finish last season batting.301 with five home runs, as the Orioles start without two expected infielders including Jackson Holliday.
- After April, the club says a definitive timetable will follow, and Elias said Westburg might not see game action until May or June at the earliest.
- Should Westburg miss extended time, the Orioles could pursue utility infielder and former Gold Glove third baseman Ramón Urias, while Westburg's history of injured-list trips and playing over 100 games just once complicates his long-term availability.
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Orioles infielder Jordan Westburg to miss start of season with partial UCL tear
Jordan Westburg, Baltimore Orioles’ third baseman, is set to miss months of practices and games as he handles a partial tear in one of his elbows. Orioles manager Mike Elias provided an update Friday morning on Westburg. Elias said Westburg was “rehabbing his oblique injury,” but that the elbow soreness persisted at a rate Westburg was not used to. Further tests determined that Westburg has “a partial tear in his ulnar collateral ligament in his…
Jordan Westburg has torn UCL in early Orioles injury concern
The talented yet oft-injured third baseman has been diagnosed with a partial ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) tear in his right elbow, Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias told reporters.
Orioles INF Jordan Westburg has partial UCL tear
Orioles infielder Jordan Westburg will be out through at least April due to a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, Baltimore president of baseball operations Mike Elias told reporters Friday.
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