{"id":726806,"date":"2026-06-15T19:18:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/726806\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:18:25","slug":"lumbertons-brandon-young-enjoying-breakout-season-with-orioles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/726806\/","title":{"rendered":"Lumberton’s Brandon Young enjoying breakout season with Orioles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brandon Young knows all about the \u201clegend\u201d of Clay Buchholz in Lumberton.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Buchholz built that legendary status in his hometown by winning a World Series with the Boston Red Sox. A banner with Buchholz’s picture permanently resides in the baseball stadium at Lumberton High School.<\/p>\n

But Young is now developing his own reputation for winning at the Major League level. When he takes the mound, it\u2019s almost always a winning proposition for the Baltimore\u00a0Orioles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Baltimore has won nine of Young\u2019s 10 total starts this season, highlighted by his best performance of the year this past week. Young threw seven innings of shutout ball during a 7-2 win last Wednesday over the Seattle Mariners.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel comfortable and confident,\u201d Young told reporters<\/a> after his most recent win.<\/p>\n

Young is a 2016 graduate of Lumberton High School. He played Division I baseball with the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns and signed with the Baltimore Orioles as an undrafted free agent in 2020.<\/p>\n

He worked his way through the organization and was the Orioles\u2019 Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award winner in 2024.<\/p>\n

However, 2026 has been Young\u2019s best season yet. He currently has a 3.04 ERA to go with 42 strikeouts. Young said his success this season has come from keeping hitters guessing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m throwing four different pitches for strikes,\u201d he said. \u201cJust being myself and attacking hitters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Young recently\u00a0got some high praise\u00a0from his fellow Lumberton \u201clegend” during the appearance on Intentional Talk. Buchholz said he\u2019s been watching Young closely this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been fun watching you pitch,\u201d Buchholz said in a video prepared for Young. \u201cIt\u2019s not every day that you get to see somebody from your hometown get to do what they love and prepared their whole life to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Young is scheduled to be back on the mound either Tuesday or Wednesday during the Orioles’ upcoming series against the Seattle. He hopes to continue his winning ways against a familiar opponent from his previous performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the goal as a starter\u00a0\u2014 to give your team a chance to win,\u201d Young said. \u201cWith this team behind me, they make it so easy\u2026it\u2019s awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brandon Young knows all about the \u201clegend\u201d of Clay Buchholz in Lumberton.\u00a0 Buchholz built that legendary status in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2374],"tags":[143,47,2538,5,4,125,90727],"class_list":["post-726806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baltimore-orioles","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-baltimoreorioles","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-orioles","tag-sportsdata"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116755739701202386","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726806","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=726806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}