{"id":571868,"date":"2026-02-14T08:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T08:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/571868\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T08:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T08:50:38","slug":"whats-up-with-os-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/571868\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s up with O&#8217;s injuries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With all the cold and snow that we have been having, I was so looking forward to spring training. However, before the Orioles pitchers and catchers have even hit the field, we already have injury news \u2014 a constant with this organization lately (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/2026\/02\/11\/orioles-jackson-holliday-hand-surgery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOrioles\u2019 Jackson Holliday has broken bone in hand, will miss opening day,\u201d<\/a> Feb. 11).<\/p>\n<p>Some injuries just happen, like what happened to Jackson Holliday when he broke his hand during a batting practice. That\u2019s the nature of the game. Others, like the oblique strain to Jordan Westburg, seem to be a recurring theme, not just bad luck. It\u2019s a clear sign that the player in question is injury-prone and can\u2019t be depended on, no matter his potential.<\/p>\n<p>Westburg is a walking Injured List candidate and can\u2019t be depended on at all. Nothing is going to change that, no matter what anybody thinks. Tyler O\u2019Neill is another player who history says can\u2019t be depended on, with more than 15 trips to the IL already in his career. You can\u2019t have those types of players on your roster, whether it\u2019s fair or unfair.<\/p>\n<p>The Orioles have changed training methods, fired trainers and still have more than their share of injuries. All teams deal with injuries, that\u2019s true, but it\u2019s important to evaluate more than a player\u2019s skill set. At least that\u2019s what you do if you have a good organization. It appears the current management team has not done a very good job of doing that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Lancione, Towson<\/p>\n<p>Add your voice: Respond to this piece or other Sun content by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/opinion\/bal-letter-submission-ngux-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">submitting your own letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With all the cold and snow that we have been having, I was so looking forward to spring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2374],"tags":[143,47,2538,5,13990,3530,1514,581,4,8957,125,75211,591],"class_list":{"0":"post-571868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-orioles","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-orioles","10":"tag-baltimoreorioles","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-hand","13":"tag-injuries","14":"tag-jackson-holliday","15":"tag-jordan-westburg","16":"tag-mlb","17":"tag-oblique","18":"tag-orioles","19":"tag-trainers","20":"tag-tyler-oneill"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116068130999348300","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}