HAMPTON ROADS — Orioles Prospect Trey Gibson has been promoted to Norfolk from Double-A Chesapeake and is scheduled to make his Triple-A debut tonight, Wednesday, Aug. 13, at Jacksonville.
Gibson was born in Newport News and attended Grafton High School in Yorktown. He is ranked No. 12 on MLB.com’s Top 30 Prospects for the Orioles.
Gibson, 23, graduated from Grafton in 2019 and attended Liberty University. He went undrafted in the 2023 class and signed a minor league contract with Baltimore on Aug. 9, 2023. Gibson is in his third professional season this year, starting in High-A Aberdeen. He went 1-2 in with a 5.12 ERA (22 ER, 38.2 IP) and 67 strikeouts to 14 walks. In the time he was in High-A, Gibson tied for the South Atlantic League lead in strikeouts.
Gibson was promoted to Double-A Chesapeake on June 3, and has been on fire since. In 10 starts, he’s 3-2 with a 1.55 ERA (9 ER, 52.1 IP) with 68 strikeouts to 16 walks, allowed a 0.90 WHIP and an opponent’s average of .157. While playing in the Eastern League, he ranked second in ERA, WHIP, opponent’s average, and third in strikeouts. Overall, the 135 strikeouts by Gibson this season are the second-most in all of Minor League Baseball.
Gibson will become the 14th Tide to have played at a high school in the 757 area code. He joins Garrett Stallings (Grassfield High School, Chesapeake) and Colin Selby (Western Branch High School, Chesapeake) of locals who have played for Norfolk since 2021.