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Orioles Select Jordyn Adams, Terrin Vavra

By Steve Adams | August 1, 2025 at 10:48am CDT

The Orioles announced Friday that they’ve selected the contracts of outfielder Jordyn Adams and infielder Terrin Vavra from Double-A Chesapeake. Infielder Luis Vazquez was also recalled from Triple-A Norfolk. They’ll fill three of the roster spots vacated by Baltimore’s series of deadline trades.

Adams, 25, was a first-round pick by the Angels in 2018. This is his second look with Baltimore this season since signing a minor league pact over the winter. He appeared in five games earlier in 2025 but was primarily a pinch-runner/defensive replacement. He only received one plate appearance. Adams played in 28 games with the Halos from 2023-24 and, in 78 plate appearances, hit a combined .175/.205/.216 with a 36% strikeout rate.

Adams hasn’t fared much better in the minors this year. He’s hitting .185/.281/.280 in 235 plate appearances — all but five of them coming at the Triple-A level. He’s not likely to see regular playing time, but he’ll fill a reserve role behind Dylan Carlson, Colton Cowser and Tyler O’Neill following yesterday’s trades of veterans Cedric Mullins (to the Mets) and Ramon Laureano (to the Padres). Adams is a plus runner and defender who can handle all three outfield spots.

Vavra, 28, is a known commodity for O’s fans. He’s appeared in two prior seasons with Baltimore and been in the organization since coming over from the Rockies in a 2020 trade sending Mychal Givens to Colorado. Vavra is hitting .247/.354/.341 in Triple-A this year. He’s experienced at second base, third base and first base. He’s a left-handed bat who draws walks and gets on base but offers minimal power upside. He can mix in at various spots around the infield and take some at-bats as Baltimore’s designated hitter, too — roles that are more open following trades of slugger Ryan O’Hearn (to the Padres alongside Laureano) and utilityman Ramon Urias (to the Astros).

Notably absent from Baltimore’s slate of post-deadline call-ups is former top prospect Heston Kjerstad. The 26-year-old, whom Baltimore selected second overall in the 2020 draft, was optioned to Norfolk earlier this season after some pronounced struggles against big league pitching. His offense fell even further after being sent down, as he slashed just .149/.225/.248 in 112 plate appearances at Norfolk before exiting a July 25 game. Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com was among the members of the O’s beat to report a couple days ago that Kjerstad had been playing through fatigue and was being placed on the 7-day injured list to rest. He’ll be reevaluated in a week’s time.

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  1. Smith 3

    12 hours ago

    Today’s lineup:

    Holliday 2B
    Westburg 3B
    Henderson SS
    Rutschman C
    O’Neill RF
    Cowser LF
    Mayo 1B
    Carlson CF
    Jeremiah Jackson DH

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    • King Floch

      11 hours ago

      Cowser should really be playing CF everyday the rest of the year to see if he can cover it full time in 2026 or if we need to go out and get a 1 year stopgap this offseason to hold us over until Bradfield is ready.

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      • skinsfandfw

        11 hours ago

        Agreed and I would be giving Jackson time all over the IF and OF rather than DH to see if he can adequately fill the super utility role since both Urias and Mateo (I’m hoping/assuming) will not be around in ‘26.

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        • saj

          9 hours ago

          Also agreed, but cut JJ some slack for his first game.

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  2. will3113

    11 hours ago

    Still no Basallo or Beavers. There is no better time then now!

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    • O’sfan222

      11 hours ago

      There is a better time. In September when it wormy effect their rookie clock and make them eligible for rookie of the year next year

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      • skinsfandfw

        11 hours ago

        Aug 15 is that magic date actually. They can be recalled at any point after then and retain rookie status in ‘26.

        So only 2 weeks. Makes sense to wait to me. 2 weeks won’t make or break anything, and you also get 2 tickets in the ROY lottery next season.

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        • coachdit

          11 hours ago

          It’s actually 130 at bats that we need to keep them below to maintain their rookie status for next season.

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        • skinsfandfw

          11 hours ago

          It’s both. Number of days and 130 ABs.

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        • saj

          9 hours ago

          Also agreed, but cut JJ some slack, let him ease in for his first game.

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      • saj

        9 hours ago

        Note that the top two AAA hitters (by wrc+)that will be AL rookies in ’26 are Basallo and Beavers. Salivating over that 32 pick.

        Course, last one was Griff Oferral now hitting an ops of 612.

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        • skinsfandfw

          8 hours ago

          I hated the O’Ferrall pick. Reminded me of Cadyn Grenier in 2018 who we also chose with a comp pick at the end of the 1st round. Waste of a pick, especially seeing not much was saved with the signing bonus given.

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    • cooperhill

      11 hours ago

      Ba$tards just being cheap in regards to service time!😡

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      • Susannah

        10 hours ago

        Not service time at all. Service time will not change in any meaningful way whether they get called up now or 2 weeks from now.

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        • cooperhill

          9 hours ago

          Wrong.

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        • Susannah

          9 hours ago

          Nope

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        • cooperhill

          5 hours ago

          Yes, because they would get to be free agents sooner.

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        • Susannah

          5 hours ago

          Not at all. 2 weeks now will not get a full year of service time. It takes 6 full years. If you get 2 months this year, that will not get you 6 years in 2030. Same with 6 weeks this year.

          You can believe what you want to believe.

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  3. King Floch

    11 hours ago

    I hope Vavra actually gets some real playing time in the coming weeks to see if he can be a utility bench guy for us next year.

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    • paosfan

      11 hours ago

      Or Vazquez

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    • skinsfandfw

      11 hours ago

      I’m OK with Vavra, but I prefer Jackson since he’s more versatile and athletic. Jackson may be better all around defensively.

      Hell, we might need both guys next year unless Elias decides to bring in a “veteran presence” utility guy in the offseason.

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      • King Floch

        11 hours ago

        I really like Vavra’s on base prowess, but Jackson and Vazquez should definitely get an audition too.

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        • skinsfandfw

          10 hours ago

          Vavra definitely shows a good eye at the plate. He seems to be trending in the wrong direction from a development standpoint though, possibly due to all his various injuries. He offers little in the way of pop or speed, whereas Jackson might. I don’t think the Os were ever high on his infield defense either.

          Will be good to see the competition and these guys battling it out either way.

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  4. cooperhill

    11 hours ago

    Adams sucks, can’t even hit AAA pitching. Orioles just being cheap about Beavers status.

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    • skinsfandfw

      10 hours ago

      I’m a huge Beavers fan. Two weeks doesn’t change things at this point to keep him at Norfolk and get an extra ticket in the ROY lottery next season for the extra draft pick. Sammy isn’t a shoo in for that. Never know what might happen with injuries, etc. I think it makes sense to be patient in this case.

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    • tuck 2

      4 hours ago

      Wrong. There’s no point in changing Beavers schedule at this point in the season. Same w Basallo. Every decision isn’t about money.

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  5. tuck 2

    4 hours ago

    Kjerstad is a really sad situation. Astronomical minor league numbers, and of all the young Os he got off to the best MLB start – so much so that they added him to the playoff roster in 23. He was performing well in 24 until the beaning so it seems pretty clear he has not recovered from that either physically or mentally.

    Careers have ended this way, but hopefully he has a chance. Maybe the Os should shut him down for the year – perhaps send him to the instructional league. Regardless his career seems to be on the line because Clay Holmes decided to throw at his head.

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  6. Dumpster Divin Theo

    3 hours ago

    Here come the scrub lineup whee!

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