In 2017, Westburg graduated from New Braunfels High School in Texas.

Jordan was a two-time first-team all-state selection by the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association, earning the honor as a junior and senior.

Westburg chose Mississippi State over offers from Kentucky, Houston, Texas, and Baylor

Jordan is the son of Christine and Paul Westburg. He has one brother, Jesse.

Westburg began the 2019 summer in trials with USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team but didn’t make the team for international competition and instead reported in early July to Hyannis.

His 2019 Cape Cod numbers demonstrated he could handle the wooden bat, hitting .326/.385/.516 in 104 plate appearances with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks. In his first week in the Cape Cod League, after hitting .625 (10-for-16), he won Cape Cod Baseball Player of the Week, hitting two home runs in his first game. An honor like that among some of the best players in the nation was quite the start to his second season in Cape Cod.

Jordan made a smooth transition to the Cape and hit .326/.385/.516 in 25 games with Hyannis. 

In 2019, Westburg hit .294 with 6 home runs. In 2020, he was hitting .317 with 2 home runs when the pandemic hit.

With Mississippi State, Jordan known as "The Banana Man" at the College World Series. He brought a Rally Banana.

Westburg played on two College World Series teams.

June 2020: The Orioles chose Westburg as the first pick in the Comp Round (#30 overall), following the first round. Westburg signed a $2,365,500 deal, via scout David Jennings.

In 2021, the Baseball America Prospect Handbook rated Westburg as the 11th-best prospect in the Orioles' organization. He moved up to #6 in 2022. And he stayed at #6 in the spring of 2023.

2021 Season: Aberdeen (62 games), Bowie (30 games), Delmarva (20 games): The club’s sixth-ranked prospect had one of the best all-around seasons in the Minors. Westburg batted .285 and was second in the system with a .380 OBP and 74 runs scored, while his 79 RBIs, 121 hits, 27 doubles and five triples ranked third and his .479 slugging percentage and .868 OPS ranked fourth.

“He’s just a five-tool guy, and he's a really hard worker, steady demeanor,” Blood said. “Just showed a really mature approach to his work and the game.”

Westburg and Henderson crossed paths a lot between Aberdeen and Bowie, alternating positions on the left side of the infield. Westburg’s future is likely at second base while Henderson profiles better at shortstop.

The 22-year-old committed seven total errors in nearly 250 total chances in the field this season.  (Gerard Gilberto@Gerard_Gilberto - Oct 29, 2021)

2022 Season: Westburg was named the Orioles Top Minor League Player. The No. 5 prospect in the Orioles' organization according to MLB Pipeline, had a slash line of .265/.355/.496 with 27 homers, 96 runs scored and 106 RBIs in 138 games between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk.

Westburg led Orioles Minor Leaguers in doubles, extra-base hits (69), total bases (270) and RBIs. He also finished second in the organization in hits and home runs. After being promoted to the Tides on June 6, he led the International League with 74 RBIs and tied for the league lead with 25 doubles, while also ranking second in the IL with 46 extra-base hits, 184 total bases and 64 runs scored.  (Bill Ladson - Oct. 4, 2022)

Westburg is destroying minor-league pitching again this season. He swears he has a dual focus of helping Triple-A Norfolk win while improving on his own baseball deficiencies. 

He refuses to dwell on a possible promotion to the Orioles. He says he doesn’t spend much time on social media. He doesn’t listen to podcasts or radio shows clamoring for him to play in Baltimore.

“I don’t want to put too much thought to, ‘Oh man, like what else do I need to do?’ All the negatives that you can get caught up in as to why you are where you are,” Westburg said. “I just want to be where my feet are. I’m here (in Triple A) right now. There’s no reason for me to ponder why I’m not in the big leagues or worry about that.”

Westburg swears he hasn’t daydreamed about what his call-up may be like. Really.

“I can’t allow myself to imagine that. I don’t want to,” Westburg said, laughing. “I probably would be pretty speechless. I’m not a guy of many words as is, so there’d be a lot going on inside that I wouldn’t know how to express. I’m sure that when I get on the phone with my family or my wife, I’ll probably do a lot of babbling.”

In 2022, Westburg won the Orioles’ Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year Award after hitting 27 homers and driving in 106 runs combined at Double A and Triple A. For an encore in 2023, he’s hit .292 with a .952 OPS and 17 homers in 59 games with Norfolk.

“There’s definitely holes in my game still, and whether that’s why I’m not in the big leagues or not, you’re always chasing the unattainable perfection in the game of baseball. So, that’s kind of how I view it,” Westburg said. “I just view it as my job is to show up every day, to be a professional, to work on the things that I know I need to work on and trust that in time, hopefully, things come along where I get to have a big-league career. But if they don’t, then I’m OK with that, too.”

That last part is a little hard to believe. Because baseball is what Westburg has pursued since he was a young boy in Texas. His talent took him to baseball powerhouse Mississippi State. Playing pro ball is what he’s always wanted to do.

If he couldn’t follow his baseball dreams, though, maybe the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Westburg would have pursued becoming a Navy SEAL. It’s an occupation that requires intense physical and mental acuity. And he was obsessed with the Navy SEALS when he was younger.

“That’s completely another arena when you talk about mental toughness and grind,” he said. “But I’d like to think that I’d be tough enough to be a Navy SEAL. If not, I may have still joined the military.”

It doesn’t surprise those who know him that a career in military service would intrigue Westburg. He is disciplined, focused, and maybe a little too serious.

“Jordan, I call him our captain, because he’s the stern, let’s-get-business-done type,” Norfolk outfielder Colton Cowser said. “Hardly smiles, I swear. No, he does. Some.”

The gregarious Cowser and the reserved Westburg locker next to each other in Norfolk’s home clubhouse, and their interactions provide entertainment to their teammates and staff.

“They are funny together, the two of them,” Ambler said. “Westy is really serious. And Cowser can be very playful. They love each other. They are good friends. But Cowser sometimes will poke and prod Westy. And it’s a very funny dynamic.”

On the field, though, they have one purpose, one goal. And whether Westburg is at shortstop, second base, third base, in the outfield or at the plate, he’s the fulcrum of what is one of the best clubs in the entire minor leagues.

“He’s kind of a quiet leader. He just goes about his business. But he’ll bark when he needs to,” Britton said. “I think he’s more of a leader in how he goes about his things. And guys see that. He’s a baseball player, and this guy wants to win probably more than anybody on this team.” (Connolly - Jun 16, 2023 - The Athletic) 

It’s been an incredible calendar year for Westburg:

–He won the Brooks Robinson Award in September.

–He got married in December to Anna Claire, an elementary school teacher whom he met at Mississippi State.

–He’s been all over Top 100 prospect lists this year.

And now a call-up to the Orioles seems inevitable. (Connolly - Jun 16, 2023 - The Athletic)

MLB debut (June 26, 2023): Westburg walked in his first big league appearance and also got a hit later in the game.

Westburg has a quick, easy righthanded swing and finds the barrel often. He is an aggressive hitter and produces solid power that has mostly translated into doubles so far in his career, but those line drives should start going over the wall in time. He should develop 20-homers-per-year, with 55 grade power to all fields.

At 6-foot-3 and around 200 pounds, Westburg is a strong and athletic infielder with legitimate power that has really showed up in games. He can drive the ball to all fields and hit the ball out anywhere, though the over-the-fence pop shows up more to his pull side. It’s a power-over-hit profile, with some swing-and-miss to his game. Although his strikeout rate actually went down a little bit in 2022 from his first full season; and he offsets his strikeout rate with a healthy dose of walks (11.3 BB rate in 2022). He’s not a burner, but he runs well enough to take an extra base and steal a few. (BA - Spring 2023)

“Westburg’s been really good,” Norfolk manager Buck Britton said in 2022. “Mr. Consistency is what Westburg is. Smart baseball player."

Jordan doesn't have a plus tool but has spent his career maximizing what he has. Westburg has become more aggressive in all counts as he has matured, and he used the team's challenging practice to address deficiencies with hoppy fastballs up in the zone and sliders away. At every level, he's adjusted back to the league and gone on to excel. Westburg has a clean, simple swing that still generates plenty of bat speed and could allow him to be an average hitter with above-average power thanks to his ability to pull the ball and drive it to the opposite-field gap. Consistency in his at-bat quality has been an issue, though, leading to two prolonged slumps in 2022. (Jon Meoli - Baseball America Prospect Handbook - Spring, 2023)

In 2020, he opened eyes at Baltimore’s instructional camp. Then he excelled across three levels in 2021, hitting .285 with a .868 OPS, 15 homers and 17 steals. Flashing a blend of tools from his 6-foot-3, 200-pound frame, Westburg’s most notable attribute is his combination of strength and bat speed. He has a compact right-handed swing that can drive the ball gap-to-gap and with power, particularly to the pull side, and an aggressive approach that led to occasional struggles with pitch recognition in college. He’s quelled most of those concerns as a pro despite showing some swing-and-miss, reaching base at a .389 clip in his first full season.  (Spring 2022)

Jordan shows an aptitude to adjust and rise to the competition level each time. An above-average hitter who made consistent contact with good swing decisions, Westburg abandoned a toe-tap late in the season and moved to a leg lift that caused his hard-contact rate to spike down the stretch at Bowie. As he moves forward with that and doesn’t give up his ability to drive the ball late in counts. (Jon Meoli - Baseball America Prospect Handbook - Spring, 2022)

Jordan has a compact right-handed swing that can drive the ball both gap-to-gap and with power, particularly to the pull side, and an aggressive approach that led to occasional struggles with pitch recognition in college. Those holes weren’t an issue, however, at Orioles instructional camp in October, where he was considered one of the top performers. (Spring 2021)

Westburg, who tied a College World Series record with seven RBIs in one game in 2018 and helped the Bulldogs return to Omaha in 2019, has a compact right-handed swing and possesses the bat speed and strength to provide 20 or more homers on an annual basis. He lacks consistency at the plate because he has a very aggressive, pull-happy approach and sometimes struggles with pitch recognition and managing the strike zone.

After he failed to make the U.S. collegiate national team, he settled down nicely in the Cape Cod League and was one of the circuit's more productive hitters. (Spring 2020)

2023 Season: The Orioles promoted Westburg on June 26. The Mississippi State product played second, shortstop and third base at Triple-A and made a few appearances in both outfield corners. Baltimore’s magnificent infield depth required Westburg and his peers to develop defensive versatility early in their professional career.

Henderson and Jorge Mateo provided above-average defense at short, so Westburg stuck to second and third base during his rookie campaign. He finished the year with 50 appearances at second, 29 at third base, and one start as the designated hitter.

Westburg essentially entered a platoon at second base with Adam Frazier. Frazier slashed .248/.303/.406 against right-handed pitchers compared to a sub-.200 average against southpaws. Westburg posted similar numbers against righties, going .246/.288/.388, but the rookie made his greatest impact with a .284/.354/.432 line against lefties.

Westburg graded as a perfectly average hitter with a 100 OPS+. The rookie already proved that he belongs on an MLB roster, but the 24-year-old could blossom into a lineup fixture with a strong sophomore campaign.

Westburg tallied 22 extra-base hits with 17 doubles, a pair of triples and three home runs. The power should spike next year, and Westburg projects as a hitter that can tally double-digit homers even in a semi-permanent role. He could build on a seven percent walk rate after averaging a double-digit number at every level in the minors.

In 2022, Westburg played 91 games at Triple-A and another 67 before debuting this season. Westburg and Henderson were closely linked before Henderson exploded in 2022. Very few prospects can replicate Henderson’s production—shoutout Jackson Holliday—but Westburg remained focused. He joined Henderson and Baltimore and appears likely to stick around long term. 

2024 Season: Westburg had a breakout season. A big part of his success came from his aggressive approach early in counts, which I believe helped him put more power behind his swings. Had he remained healthy, he would have been on track to hit about 27 home runs. (Scott Chu - March 4, 2025 - PitcherList)

2025 Season: For the second straight season, Jordan Westburg missed a significant time because of injuries. In 2024, the 26-year-old third baseman broke his right hand when he was hit by a pitch and missed most of the season’s second half.

This year, he missed time because of a strained hamstring and a sprained ankle and played just 85 games. Even worse, after two postseason appearances in his first two seasons, the Orioles won just 75 games and finished far out of the playoffs.

“I don’t know if I’ve processed it yet,” Westburg said on September 28th, the final day of the season. “It’s hard to end the season this way after the last couple years, the teams that I’ve been able to be a part of and making the postseason and having some really special celebratory moments. So that part is hard. There’s a lot of feelings going on inside of me.

“I’ll take a moment to process them. I don’t know if I can put them into words right now, but for right now, just a little bit of disappointment.”

Westburg’s numbers were good. His 17 home runs were tied with Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday for the team lead, and he had 41 RBIs, a .265 average and .770 OPS.

“I think the first time I came off the IL, I kind of found my groove a little bit and felt like I was playing some really good baseball and felt like I was playing close to the caliber of player that I hold myself to,” Westburg said. “Of course, I went on the IL again with the ankle and rushed back, wasn’t myself.

“But I felt good these last four or five games, and it sucks that we’re ending now and can’t keep building on that. It was a tough year. Frustrating year for me personally, not being able to stay on the field. I’m going to do everything I can this offseason to try and correct some things that need correcting, to work on my body so that I can try and stay on the field for 162, because first and foremost, I want to help this team win, anyway that is. And I do think that I’m a capable player to be on the field and help us win games.”

Westburg knows that 2026 will be a test to determine if 2025 was a fluke or a sign of a team in decline. (Rich Dubroff - October 10, 2025 - BaltimoreBaseball.com)

Jordan is exceptionally athletic. He should stay at shortstop with the instincts and actions to keep him there. 

Westburg has seen most of his time as a pro at shortstop, and he has the arm strength and moves well enough to play capably there. At second base or third base, he could be at least an above-average defender, and it’s looking like he’s going to have the power-hitting offensive profile that fits well at the hot corner. He should hit his way to the big leagues sooner rather than later and might keep moving around the infield to get that bat into the lineup. (BA - Spring 2023)

Westburg can play shortstop but may be stretched to be average there, with above-average potential at second base as an everyday position. He can play third base, too. His versatility may be key to his future in what's shaping up to be a loaded Orioles infield. His ability to play up the middle and potentially hit for power make him a future solid-average regular. (Spring, 2023) 

Defense isn’t Westburg’s calling card given his size and average speed, but he’s a reliable defender at short and athletic enough to move around if need be. His arm strength is plus; that and his power potential could forecast a move to third base somewhere down the line. Baltimore’s lack of high-level infield prospects made Westburg a candidate to move quickly and so far he’s lived up to that billing, reaching Double-A in 2021 and looking like a potential impact player at the big league level. (Spring 2022)

Westburg’s size and average speed mean he’ll never be the slickest defensive shortstop, but he can make all the plays and is athletic enough to move around if necessary. The arm strength is plus (60 grade), leading some to believe he could be a plus defender at third base down the line. With his power potential, he still profiles offensively at the hot corner. He’s young for his Draft class and seen as someone who could move quickly through Baltimore’s system.

Westburg's 60 grade arm would allow him to be a solid 3rd baseman, too.

Jordan is 6-feet-3 and 205 pounds, so being that large will make evaluators focus on his defense in 2020.

Westburg has solid speed and arm strength to match, giving him a chance to stick at shortstop at the next level. He's big for the position at 6-foot-3 and if he adds more strength to his frame, he could slow down and necessitate a move to third base. With his power potential, he still could profile offensively at the hot corner. (Spring 2020)

Westburg's hands are good enough for the infield, and his arm strength plays well on the left side of the diamond — a 55 grade arm. 

He's big for the position at 6-foot-3. And if he adds more strength to his frame, he could slow down and necessitate a move to third base. With his power potential, he still could profile offensively at the hot corner.

Aug, 1-Sept 22, 2024: Westburg was placed on the 10-day injured list with a fractured right hand.

April 27-June 10, 2025: Jordan was on the IL with left hammy strain.