Orioles’ Dylan Beavers moves rehab assignment to Triple-A Norfolk
Beavers reached Triple-A Norfolk after a 0-for-8, four-walk rehab stint in Chesapeake, putting him one step from Baltimore's outfield.
Dylan Beavers moved his rehab assignment to Triple-A Norfolk on June 23, the next checkpoint in his return from a right oblique strain that sent him to the Orioles’ injured list on May 13, retroactive to May 11. The 24-year-old outfielder had spent the first leg of the assignment with Double-A Chesapeake, and the jump to Norfolk puts him a step away from forcing Baltimore to make another outfield decision.
Beavers did not light up the box score in Chesapeake, but the line mattered for different reasons. In three rehab games there, he went 0-for-8 with four walks, a small sample that still offered a look at whether his timing and load tolerance were ready to advance. For a hitter coming back from an oblique injury, the swings and the swings he passed up matter as much as the hits.
Before the injury, Beavers had appeared in 33 games for Baltimore in 2026 and hit .243 with nine extra-base hits and 12 RBI. MiLB lists him as a 6-foot-5, 220-pound right fielder from San Luis Obispo, California, and Baltimore took him 33rd overall in the 2022 draft out of the University of California. He made his major league debut on August 16, 2025, and has already shown enough in the majors to make this rehab stretch more than routine maintenance.
His 2025 season gave the Orioles a preview of that ceiling. In 35 games that year, Beavers hit .227 with four home runs and 14 RBI. His current MLB line shows 103 at-bats, 25 hits, two home runs, 12 RBI and three stolen bases, the kind of production that does not scream star yet still fits into a club searching for usable offense on the edges.
The Orioles have been piecing together returns across the roster, with Dean Kremer, Cade Povich and Félix Bautista all working back toward game action. Beavers’ move to Norfolk is different because it is close enough to matter immediately. If the bat sharpens quickly and the oblique holds up under a bigger workload, Baltimore’s outfield picture could change again before July arrives.
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