SAN DIEGO -- One of the hottest hitters in the American League is an Orioles rookie who made his MLB debut in August. And, no, it’s neither Samuel Basallo nor Dylan Beavers, the heralded prospects who arrived last month.

It’s Jeremiah Jackson , a beneficiary of Baltimore’s late-July Trade Deadline fire sale who played his first big league game on Aug. 1 at Wrigley Field. The 25-year-old -- who had never played above Double-A entering 2025 -- proceeded to hit .323 with an .828 OPS over 26 games last month, starting nearly every day.

On Monday, the calendar turned to September and Jackson’s bat turned it up another notch.

Jackson collected three more hits and homered in the Orioles’ 4-3 win over the Padres at Petco Park, scoring the winning run on Beavers’ two-out RBI single in the se

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