Jim Palmer did what Orioles fans asked.
He pressed Dexter Fowler (half-jokingly) about what happened in 2016 when Fowler reportedly agreed to sign with the Orioles, only to then sign with the Cubs.
Here's their playful and informative back and forth on the Peacock broadcast:
Brandon Young has been a pleasant surprise for the Orioles’ pitching rotation 👏
Young has recorded a quality start in three of his last five outings.
#Birdland
In 2020, COVID cut the MLB draft from 40 rounds to 5. Brandon Young went undrafted and signed with the Orioles for $20,000. He turned down his childhood Astros because Baltimore made him "feel like they had a plan for him".
Two years later, Tommy John surgery wiped out his season after just 3 Double-A starts. He rehabbed across four affiliates in 2023, throwing 40 total innings. Then in 2024 he won the Orioles' Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year.
His rookie year wasn't pretty. He went 1-7 with a 6.24 ERA. But there were bright spots. He nearly threw a perfect game against Houston and logged an immaculate inning along the way. This offseason he simplified his pitch mix and changed his splitter grip mid-year, the results have followed:
A 3-1 record and a 3.35 ERA so far in 2026.
Asked as a teenager what he'd do after baseball: "I'm just going to play baseball."
His father: "It could have gone either way with all the injuries and setbacks. He's worked harder than anybody I've ever seen."
Young mentioned this spring: "I can never think I don't belong here. That's just not gonna work. I know I can."
From the guy that took the $20K signing bonus. Tommy John. A 6.24 rookie ERA. Nobody has handed Brandon Young anything. He just kept showing up, with Led Zeppelin inked down his pitching arm and Hendrix on the speakers, until the game had no choice but to let him in.
We love to see what he's bringing to the rotation so far in 2026 👏
Avery Jacobsen, a 22-year-old diehard Orioles fan from Lancaster County, Pa., and a recent Loyola University Maryland graduate, caught both Coby Mayo’s homer in 4th and Blaze Alexander’s double in 5th tonight.
Jacobsen didn’t even see the double until his friend, Kyle Weaver, saw it coming. Jacobsen caught it, then gifted that ball to a young fan behind him.
“You got to give balls to kids. You want them coming back to the ballpark.”
Gunnar Henderson was the first player out of the dugout after Colton Cowser’s walk-off home run.
Pete Alonso and Tyler O’Neill carried out one Gatorade cooler. Shane Baz and Kyle Bradish carried out the other.
A cathartic celebration for Cowser.