{"id":81167,"date":"2024-07-25T11:32:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=81167"},"modified":"2024-07-25T11:32:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:32:47","slug":"orioles-jorge-mateo-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/25\/orioles-jorge-mateo-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles Second Baseman Dislocates Elbow, Top Prospect Promoted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orioles second baseman Jorge Mateo has been placed on the 15-day injured list after suffering a left elbow transient dislocation. Going for a ball up the middle, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mateojo01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jorge Mateo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> collided with shortstop <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hendegu01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gunnar Henderson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the third inning of the Orioles series-opening loss to the Marlins. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mateo\u2019s left arm appeared tangled with Henderson\u2019s legs, forcing his elbow and arm to bend backward. The 29-year-old infielder was in visible pain as he held onto his left arm, just above his elbow. Still holding his arm, Mateo was helped off the field by Brian Ebel and the Orioles training staff. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/u\/uriasra01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ram\u00f3n Ur\u00edas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> replaced Mateo in the lineup, slotting in at third base as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/westbjo01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordan Westburg<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shifted from third to second.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We have made the following roster moves: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JeZFP7OgbT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/JeZFP7OgbT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Orioles\/status\/1816469774555062740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>After the game, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde stated Mateo\u2019s X-rays were negative, but he would undergo an MRI. Baltimore\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/prospects\/orioles\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>No. 5 prospect<\/span><\/a><span>, second baseman <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=norby-000con\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Connor Norby,<\/span><\/a><span> was added to the Orioles taxi squad and will start at second base for Thursday&#8217;s series finale.\u00a0<\/span><span>Hyde said on Wednesday that Mateo is \u201cgoing to miss some time,\u201d allowing Norby to get some regular playing time. While Norby was already a member of Baltimore&#8217;s 40-man roster, the Orioles optioned right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=mcderm000cha\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chayce McDermott<\/a> following <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/24\/orioles-chayce-mcdermott-mlb-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">his MLB debut<\/a> yesterday and recalled reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bakerbr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryan Baker<\/a> from Triple-A Norfolk.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Orioles Place Jorge Mateo On The Injured List After Dislocating Elbow<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the subject of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/23\/orioles-tarik-skubal-trade-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trade rumors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Norby made his MLB debut last month, appearing in four games before returning to Triple-A Norfolk. Slashing .297\/.389\/.519 and a .908 OPS through 80 games, leading the Tides in batting average. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Norby made a good first impression going 3-for-14 with a homer in his first big league opportunity. Drawing four starts at second base for the Orioles in June, the 24-year-old can play the outfield as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it&#8217;s unclear how much time Mateo may miss, he&#8217;s been a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/21\/orioles-jorge-mateo-new-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">key part of the Orioles infield<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this season. Drawing 52 starts at second base, the longtime shortstop has delivered Gold Glove caliber defense as Baltimore&#8217;s primary second baseman. All-Star infielder Jordan Westburg drew the bulk of the starts at the keystone when Mateo suffered a concussion last month, which will likely continue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: James A. Pittman-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orioles second baseman Jorge Mateo has been placed on the 15-day injured list after suffering a left elbow transient dislocation. Going for a ball up the middle, Jorge Mateo collided with shortstop Gunnar Henderson in the third inning of the Orioles series-opening loss to the Marlins. Mateo\u2019s left arm appeared tangled with Henderson\u2019s legs, forcing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4975,"featured_media":81182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1071],"tags":[2527,5788,28659,28533,2688,3716,1108,71,5835],"class_list":["post-81167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-orioles","category-mlb","tag-brandon-hyde","tag-bryan-baker","tag-chayce-mcdermott","tag-connor-norby","tag-gunnar-henderson","tag-jordan-westburg","tag-jorge-mateo","tag-miami-marlins","tag-ramon-urias"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}