Jordan Westburg
| Jordan Westburg | |
|---|---|
| Baltimore Orioles | |
| Shortstop | |
| Born: February 18, 1999 New Braunfels, Texas | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Jordan Cole Westburg (born February 18, 1999) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Baltimore Orioles organization.
Career
Westburg attended New Braunfels High School in New Braunfels, Texas, where he played baseball, basketball, and football.[1][2] He committed to play college baseball at Mississippi State University after his junior year.[3] As a senior in 2017, he batted .457 with four home runs and 22 RBIs,[4] earning All-State honors.[5] Undrafted in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Mississippi State.
In 2018, Westburg's freshman year at Mississippi State, he appeared in 42 games (making 31 starts) in which he batted .248 with two home runs and thirty RBIs.[6][7] He missed over two weeks due to a hamstring injury.[8] As a sophomore in 2019, Westburg started 66 games, hitting .300 with six home runs and 61 RBIs.[9] He earned Southeastern Conference Player of the Week during a week March, batting .476 with two home runs and 11 RBIs over five games.[10] That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks[11][12] alongside being named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.[13] In 2020, his junior season, he batted .317 with two home runs and 11 RBIs over 16 games before the college baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14][15]
Westburg was selected by the Baltimore Orioles with the 30th overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[16] Westburg signed with the Orioles on June 28, 2020 for a $2,365,500 bonus.[17]
References
- ^ Olson, Eric. "New Braunfels' Westburg goes bananas in Bulldogs' victory". Austin American-Statesman.
- ^ Herald-Zeitung, Tucker Stephenson The. "DIAMOND KINGS: Unicorns' Westburg, Salazar to continue baseball careers in college". Herald-Zeitung Online.
- ^ "2017 Texas HS Infielder Commits to MSU". PackPride.com.
- ^ Zuvanich, Adam (June 16, 2017). "H.S. baseball: Reagan's Bormet leads All-Area team". ExpressNews.com.
- ^ "TXSWA | 2017 All-State Baseball Teams". txswa.org.
- ^ Horka, Tyler. "What Mississippi State's infield will look like during opening weekend". The Clarion Ledger.
- ^ Sabo, Josh (May 31, 2020). "2020 MLB Draft Profile: Jordan Westburg, SS, Mississippi State".
- ^ Cleveland, Tyler. "From bananas to hero: Jordan Westburg rising to the moment for Mississippi State". The Clarion Ledger.
- ^ Horka, Tyler. "Mississippi State baseball has the pieces for 'nice depth' at infield positions". The Clarion Ledger.
- ^ sports@starkvilledailynews.com, Joel Coleman. "Westburg gives Bulldogs back-to-back SEC Player of the Week honors in baseball". Flex BLOX CMS.
- ^ "Cape Cod Prospect Rundown: Hyannis Harbor Hawks • D1Baseball". August 13, 2019.
- ^ news@barnstablepatriot.com, Mike Richard. "Hyannis' Jordan Westburg named CCBL Player of the Week". Barnstable Patriot.
- ^ "Tanner Allen, Justin Foscue and Jordan Westburg named to 2019 Collegiate National Team". USA Baseball.
- ^ Coleman, Joel. "Season cut short: Foscue, Westburg may have seen last at-bats for MSU". Flex BLOX CMS.
- ^ "How the MLB Draft concerns Mississippi State". 247sports.com.
- ^ https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-draft-jordan-westburg-mississippi-state-20200611-rcfosevjirgspf6nkn3yhlwqn4-story.html
- ^ https://www.si.com/college/mississippistate/baseball/westburg-signs-orioles-62720
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Mississippi State Bulldogs bio