Orioles Option Reed Trimble to Triple-A Norfolk After Strong Spring

Reed Trimble was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk after a strong spring showing and will begin the 2026 season with the Norfolk Tides, the club announced in its March roster moves. The left-field designation on the transaction log lists Trimble as headed to minor-league camp following his March 5 assignment to Baltimore’s prospects, and the official option was processed on March 8, 2026, leaving the big-league camp at 66 players as more cuts are expected.

Trimble, a 25-year-old switch-hitter who wears #62 on the MiLB roster, was added to Baltimore’s 40-man roster on November 18, 2025 to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft. When the contract was selected that day, the move was described bluntly: "Right-handed reliever Cameron Foster and outfielder Reed Trimble were selected to the 40-man roster, protecting both players from next month's Rule 5 Draft. To clear space, the Orioles designated infielder Luis Vázquez and outfielder Pedro León for assignment." Trimble’s 40-man status preserves an immediate depth option for the major-league club while he begins the year in Triple-A.

Trimble’s 2025 numbers underpin why the organization protected him and kept him in camp. Across four affiliates he produced a .259/.342/.486 slash line with 17 home runs and 49 RBIs in 317 at-bats, finishing the season with 21 stolen bases and an .828 OPS, and he played a career-high 90 games. The MiLB stat table lists 2025 totals as AB 317, R 61, H 82, HR 17, RBI 49, SB 21, AVG .259, OBP .342, OPS .828, figures repeated in team and minor-league records.

Career totals show a discrepancy in public records: MiLB’s profile lists career MiLB stats as AB 777, R 150, H 195, HR 25, RBI 110, SB 61, AVG .251, OBP .344, OPS .764, while a separate profile lists career at-bats as 822 with AVG .251, OBP .346 and SLG .415, with both sets of numbers preserved in organizational and scouting sources.

Versatility and baserunning are part of Trimble’s profile. He is cited as able to play all three outfield positions, a flexibility that factored into protecting him on the 40-man. Camp coverage captured a baserunning streak with the headline "Trimble has no trouble taking bases" and noted that Trimble "wasn't aware of his streak until catching references to it on social media." Trimble’s minor-league career has also been interrupted by injuries, with multiple 7-day injured-list placements and rehab assignments: Aberdeen placed him on the 7-day injured list on April 25, 2024, followed by rehab work in FCL and Delmarva before activation on June 18, 2024; in 2025 Chesapeake placed him on the 7-day IL on April 5, sent him on rehab assignments May 15 and May 20, and activated him May 27.

Roster construction around Trimble included other protected names, notably Cameron Foster, whose Triple-A Norfolk work included a 3.38 ERA in 13 relief outings with 23 strikeouts in 16 innings and a full-season 3.11 ERA over 46.1 innings, pieces that helped justify simultaneous 40-man additions. With Samuel Basallo, Dylan Beavers and Enrique Bradfield Jr. already high on the organizational board, Trimble represents a depth piece for Baltimore who will be on the Tides’ roster opening week and available for call-up as the season and the club’s pitching decisions unfold.