Orioles promote outfielder Dylan Beavers, team's No. 3 prospect, to majors

Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun on Aug 16, 2025

Published in Baseball

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HOUSTON — After the trade deadline, the Orioles’ outfield has been MLB’s worst.

As castoffs, journeymen and natural infielders have manned the Orioles’ outfield, prospect Dylan Beavers was clobbering the ball in Triple-A, waiting his turn for a shot at the big leagues.

He’s finally getting it.

The Orioles are promoting Beavers, the club’s No. 3 prospect, to the majors Saturday, the club announced several hours ahead of its 8:10 p.m. game against the Astros. The 24-year-old has impressed with Triple-A Norfolk this season, posting a .420 on-base percentage and 34 extra-base hits in 94 games.

The space for Beavers was created at the deadline when the Orioles parted ways with Cedric Mullins, Ramón Laureano and Ryan O’Hearn. But the club didn’t promote Beavers immediately after the deadline despite his impressive numbers, instead electing to play infielder Jeremiah Jackson in right field, sign veteran Greg Allen, promote Jordyn Adams and claim Daniel Johnson and Ryan Noda off waivers. Orioles outfielders have a combined .585 OPS this month. Allen was designated for assignment to make space for Beavers on the roster.

The reasons the organization waited this long after the deadline to promote Beavers are unclear, but one factor could be ensuring Beavers remains rookie eligible for the 2026 season.

Since Beavers was promoted on Aug. 15 or later, he cannot accrue enough days on the Orioles’ active roster to lose his rookie eligibility (as long as he doesn’t exceed 130 at-bats this season). That could pay dividends for the organization.

If Beavers enters next season on two Top 100 prospect lists and wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award, he’d net the Orioles a 2027 draft pick at the end of the first round. That’s the same pick Gunnar Henderson earned Baltimore when he won the award in 2023. Beavers had never been a Top 100 prospect until earlier this month when Baseball America bumped him up to No. 83.

A lefty hitter with a compact swing, Beavers is batting .304 with almost as many walks (68) as strikeouts (76) this year. A year ago, he was in the midst of a down season, in which he hit only .242 with a .750 OPS between Double-A and Triple-A. But he’s improved virtually every area of his offensive profile this year, making more contact, striking out less, walking more and hitting for more power.

The Orioles drafted Beavers out of the University of California with the No. 33 overall pick in the 2022 MLB draft — 32 selections after they took Jackson Holliday No. 1 overall. Holliday was first promoted to the majors last April and has established himself this year. Beavers might have the chance to do the same over the season’s final two months.

“Definitely a little nervous, but more excitement than anything,” Beavers said this summer about the potential of making his MLB debut. “I’m really looking forward to getting out there at some point. That’s always been my dream.”

Beavers will likely receive regular playing time in the corner outfield, especially with Colton Cowser (concussion) and Tyler O’Neill (wrist) on the injured list. When they return, Cowser could stay in left field or shift over to center, while O’Neill will either play right field or serve as the club’s designated hitter.

Beavers joins an Orioles team on a three-game winning streak that included Holliday’s walk-off double Wednesday and Brandon Young’s perfect game bid Friday. The youngster also continues the Orioles’ trend of having their top prospects debut on the road. Since 2022, the Orioles have promoted 17 prospects (ones ranked inside the organization’s top 30 list) to the major leagues. Twelve of them, including Beavers on Saturday, debuted on the road.

While Beavers’ wait is over, it continues for Samuel Basallo, the club’s top prospect and baseball’s best minor league catcher. Basallo, 21, is hitting .270 with a .966 OPS in Triple-A this season.