Xavier Tyrone Avery

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 1, 1990 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Cedar Grove HS (Ellenwood, GA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 2012 (Age 22)   vs. TBR 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Orioles 2012
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.064, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*], Agents: Excel Sports Management [*]
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• 5/7 Indians Baseball Insider: Launching Off With The Aeros: 4/30/13 – 5/6/13: The Akron Aeros continued their run of winning over the past week, taking five of seven games to move to 15-16 on the season....
• 5/7 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: Should Nate McLouth Be An Everyday Player?: Guest Post by Cody Colston. You can follow him at @The_OtherCody. Nate McLouth’s hot streak the past 2 weeks, (19-for-51, 9...
• 5/5 Indians Baseball Insider: Moncrief's blast takes Aeros past Baysox 2-1: AKRON, OH -- What could right fielder Carlos Moncrief possibly do on Sunday to surpass his walk-off single Saturday...

• 4/29 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: Treinen vs. Gausman: Sunday afternoon the Harrisburg Senators played their final match in the three game series with Bowie and won by a score of 1...
• 4/24 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: Looking Ahead At The Future Orioles: Guest Post by Cody Colston. You can follow him at @The_OtherCody.  Sitting at the Bowie Baysox home opener, watching Kevin Gausman...
• 4/16 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: Xavier Avery Honors Jackie Robinson By Wearing His Number 42: Monday was Jackie Robinson Day around Major League Baseball as every player took the field wearing number 42. Down on the farm,...
• 4/15 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: Orioles Minor League Report – April 14: To keep everyone that doesn’t have time to check in with whats going on in the Orioles minor league system very often in...
• 4/14 Indians Baseball Insider: Poor pitching and defense lead to Aeros' 9-5 loss: AKRON, OH -- Akron pitchers continued their collective inability to prevent runs Sunday as the Akron Aeros lost 9-5 to the Bowie...
• 4/14 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: Checking In With The Minors – 4/14: To keep everyone that doesn’t have time to check in with whats going on in the Orioles minor league system very often in...
• 4/12 Indians Baseball Insider: Baysox, Gausman Win in Home Opener: Bowie, Md. - The Baysox (4-4) led the Akron Aeros (2-5) from start to finish in a 5-1 win Thursday evening in the home...
• 4/6 Seedlings to Stars: April 5th Honor Roll: Jarrett Grube and Anthony Aliotti: On Friday, three starters pitched 6.0 innings of no-hit baseball in the minor leagues but none of them could match Jarrett Grube‘s...

• 3/25 Fire Brand of the American League: Prospects Who Can Impact The 2013 AL East RaceThe top three minor leaguers from each AL East organization poised to influence the 2013 season....
• 3/23 Camden Depot: Todd Redmond, from 220 Miles Away: Sometimes, the news moves faster than I can publish my thoughts. This article was far more interesting and relevant before Friday,...
• 3/22 Camden Depot: Camden Depot's Orioles top 10: 6 through 10: I mentioned in a previous post that the prospect evaluation here at the Depot has undergone some changes with Nick Faleris' departure...
• 3/8 Camden Depot: Do the Orioles have the 4th worst farm system in baseball?: Victor Wang, I assume, is a pretty smart guy.  He began to break out on the sabermetric scene when he was 16 years old, worked...
• 3/8 Camden Depot: Who Might Be at Norfolk in 2013?: In Baseball America’s prospect handbook, I’m especially interested in the players whom I’m likely to see at Norfolk, either...
• 3/6 MLB Dirt: 2013 Baltimore Orioles Top 16 Prospects: Thanks, in large part, to the past two drafts, the Orioles have two of the best pitching prospects in the game with both being...

• 2/9 Jays Journal: AL East Fan Projection February Part II: Outfields and DH’s: With the recent additions to AL East teams in Luke Scott and Travis Hafner to Tampa Bay and New York, respectively, it signals...

• 1/26 Birds Watcher: Orioles: some baby birds who could be big in 2013: This week, ESPN.com senior writer David Schoenfield unveiled his list of the “All-Time Top 25 Players Under 25.” Topping...
• 1/17 Motor City Bengals: MLB Farm System Rankings: #23 Baltimore Orioles: It’s that time of year again. Time to give this prospect junkie his fix. Last year, I did farm system rankings for all of baseball,...
• 1/11 Baseball News Source: Baltimore Orioles Top 10 Prospects for 2013: With Manny Machado being promoted to the major leagues last season Dylan Bundy establishes himself as the number one prospect...

• 12/13 Seedlings to Stars: S2S 2013 Team Top 12 Prospects: Baltimore Orioles: The prospect lists I have created are based solely on my perspective as a baseball fanatic and nothing more, ultimately attempting...
• 12/6 Birds Watcher: Orioles produce ripples but no waves at Winter Meetings: The all-but-inevitable non-tender of Mark Reynolds last Friday, coupled with the loss of Triple A first baseman Joe Mahoney in...

• 11/26 Birds Watcher: Orioles 2012 Reflections: The Quest for a Leadoff Hitter: This is the 5th of 12 posts on the season past – my personal reflections upon some of the really stupid and few really smart...

• 10/25 Seedlings to Stars: French’s Favorite MiLB Sleepers: Baltimore Orioles: In this series dubbed “French’s Favorite MiLB Sleepers: (Your Favorite Team Here)” I will take a look at one pitching and...

• 9/19 Baseball Analytics: Nine to Know: Extra! Extra! Orioles win in 18: You simply don’t want to go into extra-innings against the Baltimore Orioles. It took the O’s 18 innings and 5 hours...
• 9/19 Birds Watcher: Orioles win on the longest day: I don’t even know where to begin on this one. I thought we had seen it all back in May when the Orioles outlasted the Boston...
• 9/15 High Heat Stats: Friday game nibbles: Rays 6, @Yankees 4: Three runs in the 5th (aided by 2 wild pitches) and a typical Price-is-right performance against the Bombers helped...
• 9/15 Swingin' A's: A’s Take First Game of Unlikely Big Series: It’s safe to say that anyone who predicted that a 3 game series between the Oakland Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles...
• 9/15 Birds Watcher: O’s drop game one in Oakland: I wouldn’t worry too much about the Baltimore Orioles in the wake of last night’s 3-2 loss in Oakland. We all know...
• 9/11 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Orioles, Red Sox, Indians: The Orioles decided to rely on internal options in the outfield after surveying the market for trade targets, Roch Kubatko of...
• 9/9 Birds Watcher: Orioles win a costly game: It’s safe to say that everything in life has a price. When I say everything, I mean literally everything…including...
• 9/1 Birds Watcher: Round one goes to the Orioles:   How many “biggest series’ of the year or in a long time” have the Baltimore Orioles played thus far in...

• 8/27 Baseball News Source: Baltimore Orioles – Top 10 Prospects – Machado, Bundy …: Machado and Bundy Top Orioles Prospects Striving for their first post-season appearance since 1997, the Baltimore Orioles have...
• 8/26 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: 6-1 Day Dampened by Niemann Setback: In the minor leagues, it’s always nice when your team wins. But it’s the individual performances that matter most....

• 7/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Orioles | Xavier Avery optionedThe Baltimore Orioles optioned OF Xavier Avery to Triple-A Norfolk....[+] The Baltimore Orioles optioned OF Xavier Avery to Triple-A Norfolk.
• 7/8 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Weaver Shuts Down Orioles and Makes History: Anytime you can do something that Sandy Koufax did, you are probably pretty good. Jered Weaver is pretty good. Weaver improved...
• 7/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Orioles | Xavier Avery optioned to Triple-AThe Baltimore Orioles have optioned OF Xavier Avery to Triple-A Norfolk....[+] The Baltimore Orioles have optioned OF Xavier Avery to Triple-A Norfolk.

• 6/30 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Orioles Outslug, Outlast Tribe; Orioles 9, Indians 8: By Robert Toth Derek Lowe continued his rough month of June and the Baltimore Orioles outslugged the Cleveland Indians Friday...
• 6/30 WahoosOnFirst: Orioles Outslug Tribe in 9-8 Loss: Derek Lowe‘s strong outing turned sour and the bullpen couldn’t hold the lead as the Orioles beat the Indians 9-8...
• 6/29 WahoosOnFirst: Indians Snap Losing Streak, Beat Orioles 7-2: Zach McAllister turned in a great start and the Indians actually scored some runs against a lefty as the Tribe kicked off a four-game...
• 6/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Orioles | Nick Johnson to DL: The Baltimore Orioles placed 1B Nick Johnson (wrist) on the disabled list with a sprained right wrist Thursday, June 28, and recalled...[+] OF Xavier Avery from Triple-A Norfolk in a corresponding move. Avery was hitting .333 (14-for-42) with eight walks, five stolen bases and 11 runs scored at Norfolk.
• 6/13 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Youkilis, Orioles, Chamberlain: Roger Clemens won his 300th MLB game and joined the 4,000 strikeout club on this date in 2003, when he pitched the Yankees to...

• 5/31 Full Spectrum Baseball: Organizational Outlook: Baltimore OriolesOrganizational Outlook is going to take you through each of the 30 teams and get you up to date on their top prospects....
• 5/23 Fragile Freddy's: Game 44 Recap: BOS – 011 003 010 – 6 – 13 – 0 BAL – 110 002 010 – 5 – 7 – 0 There are certain things you are never prepared to...
• 5/23 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 5/23: For the second time this season, the Boston Red Sox failed to get over the .500 mark when they had a chance. The first time...
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• 5/22 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/21: After taking two-of-three from the Philadelphia Phillies over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox return to the park for the first...
• 5/21 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/21: After taking two-of-three from the Philadelphia Phillies over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox return to the park for the first...
• 5/21 High Heat Stats: Weekend roundup: One late note from Saturday before we move on: @Giants 4, Athletics 0: A combined one-hitter by Ryan Vogelsong (7), Javier Lopez...
• 5/16 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - AL/NL Only Leagues: Xavier Avery will see plenty of action in LF for the Orioles. (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press provides some "under the...
• 5/15 The Baseball Page: New York Yankees Win Over Baltimore Orioles, but May Have Lost Another Starter to InjuryNew York Yankees Win Over Baltimore Orioles, but May Have Lost Another Starter to Injury...
• 5/15 The Baseball Page: New York Yankees Win Over Baltimore Orioles, but May Have Lost Another Starter to Injury: The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 8-5 on a rainy...
• 5/14 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: May 14, 2012: Andy Pettitte $15. Other bids $12, $8, $6.I didn't need him, but I'm surprised that more than four teams didn't take a flyer...