Orioles right-hander will start Saturdays game, making his major league debut. was among those to relay the update. Young has been added to the taxi squad for now and will be officially recalled prior to his start. He is already on the 40-man roster, so the Os will only need to make a corresponding active roster move. Young, 26, is one of Baltimores top pitching prospects. He went undrafted in 2020, the year in which the draft was shortened by the pandemic to just five rounds. He signed with Baltimore and has since been climbing through the minors and raising his stock, though Tommy John surgery led to him mi sing most of the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Around that long rehab proce s, he has to sed 265 minor league innings, allowing 3.57 earned runs per nine. He has struck out 28.5% of opponents while only giving out walks at an 8% clip. Last year, he to sed 111 innings between Double-A and Triple-A with a 3.57 ERA. His strikeout and walks rates matched his overall track record, coming in at 28.5% and 8% respectively. That was strong enough that the Os didnt want to risk losing him in the Rule 5 draft, so they added him to their 40-man roster in November. ranked him the clubs #20 prospect coming into this year, suggesting he could become a back-end starter in the big leagues. His Pat Verbeek Jersey somewhat tepid fastball velocity, which averaged 92.5 miles per hour last year, seemed to make BA a bit bearish. is a bit more bullish, recently giving Young the #6 spot in the organization, believing that improvements to his curveball and changeup give him a bit of a higher ceiling. He has started this year in the Triple-A rotation, posting a 2.76 ERA in his first three starts. Though Young has been putting up good numbers, his promotion perhaps says more about whats going on elsewhere on the roster. The Orioles have , , , , , and all on the injured list. That leaves them with a current rotation core of , , and . The Os have been able to get by with a four-man rotation recently. Eflin was the most recent injury, landing on the IL April 8th. Since then, the off-days on April 10th and 14th gave the club some natural breathing room. But they are now halfway through a six-game stretch and then an off-day on Monday will be followed by nine straight. Young will come up and make at least one start to keep the rotation on track. He could perhaps stay a bit longer but the Os will have entering the mix eventually. Gibson signed in the second half of March and agreed to be optioned in order to ramp up after mi sing spring training. He has made two Triple-A starts thus far, both between three and four innings long, so he shouldnt be too far off. Perhaps Young will just get one start for now or perhaps hell stick around for a lengthier stay. That will likely depend upon his own performance as well as the health of the other pitchers on the roster going forward. Photo courtesy of Kim Klement Neitzel, Imagn Images Matthew Lorito Jersey