Brandon Young of the @Orioles is the fifth rookie pitcher in the last 50 years to have perfect-game bid go at least 7.2 innings, joining Triston McKenzie in 2021, Jorge Lopez in 2018, Travis Wood in 2010 and Orel Hershiser in 1984.

Dylan Beavers is in a radically different situation than the Orioles outfield prospects who came before him. That means more playing time.

Before the middle contest Saturday of Houston's three-game series with the visiting Baltimore Orioles, Astros manager Joe Espada teased the potential return of slugger Yordan Alvarez, who has been sidelined since May 3 with a fracture in his right hand.

Highly touted Dylan Beavers will make his Major League Baseball debut Saturday night, batting sixth and playing right field for the Baltimore Orioles when they meet the Houston Astros. The 24-year-old Beavers arrived in Houston from Triple-A Norfolk earlier Saturday.

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A win is a win, but I don’t think the Astros deserved it. Neither did the Orioles, though. One of my favorite things about this current iteration of the Astros is their propensity for turning seemingly below-average pitchers into contributors.

The wait is over for one of the Baltimore Orioles’ top prospects. On Saturday morning, the Orioles announced they had called up outfielder Dylan Beavers for his

Baltimore Orioles right-hander Brandon Young lost his bid for a perfect game against the Houston Astros on Friday night with two out in the eighth inning on an infield hit by Ramon Urias