SS J.J. Hardy (wrist) did not have any setbacks after playing six innings for Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday, according to manager Buck Showalter. Hardy went 1-for-2 with a walk and a run. Hardy is expected to rejoin the team team by Sept. 1. "I think the biggest thing with him is the same thing he goes through in spring is getting his shoulder in shape," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "Not that it hurts or anything. It just doesn't have that fluidity that he's looking for. So, that's what's going to take the most time, I think."

SS J.J. Hardy (fractured wrist) is still on rehab with Triple-A Norfolk. Manager Buck Showalter said the team will listen to Hardy about when he'll be ready to return to the Orioles. "With the experience he has and the player he is, he'll know," Showalter said. "He'll tell us when he's ready."

OF J.J. Hardy (fractured wrist) will begin a rehab assignment Monday at Triple-A Norfolk. He could return to the Orioles by Sept. 1 or earlier, depending on his progress. "He told me he's planning on going down there and playing nine innings, so that's a good sign that he feels well," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "We'll see if that happens." Tim Beckham has been solid at shortstop since being acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays and Hardy will be challenged to replace him in the starting lineup.

SS J.J. Hardy, out since June 19 with a broken right wrist, hit in the indoor batting cage Wednesday and played long toss. He is scheduled to take batting practice on the field Friday. "I'm hoping that we're going to get into the hitting part of it soon. I know he's been taking a lot of dry swings," Orioles manager Buck Showalter told reporters. "He's ready to get going. He's antsy about getting going. We sure would like to get him back." Whether he has position when he returns is another question with Tim Beckham playing so well.

SS J.J. Hardy (right wrist fracture) is eligible to come off the 60-day disabled list on Friday, but he won't be ready by then, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Saturday. "But we're hoping no too much after. He's progressing right on schedule. He did his work today. He's getting a little better every day. I know he's taking a lot of dry swings and he's not having soreness there. The bone itself has healed. It's the other stuff that we got to get back into playing shape. When you have that ligament and everything that's been so inactive for so long, he's trying to get some of the strength back in it." Hardy has been on the disabled list since June 19.

SS J.J. Hardy (right wrist fracture) could rejoin the active roster Aug. 18 and will resume his role as the everyday shortstop, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "The actual bone now has healed," Showalter said about Hardy's injury. "It's just the ligament now," Showalter said. "He's in a restrictive apparatus and through that now he's got to get the strength back. The only spot he still has some discomfort is the ligament where it connects. The bone itself has healed, so that's good." Hardy is batting .211 with three home runs and 21 RBIs over 64 games.

SS J.J. Hardy (right wrist fracture) was transferred from the 10-day disabled list to the 60-day DL. INF Tim Beckham, acquired from Tampa Bay on Monday, probably will see some time at shortstop pretty quickly.

SS J.J. Hardy (right wrist fracture) took ground balls before the game. In addition to his injured wrist, Hardy also dealt with a fractured bone in his rib cage, which is fully healed. There is still no timeline for Hardy's return. He is batting .211 with three homers and 21 RBIs over 64 games.

SS J.J. Hardy received good news when team doctors told him that the fractured bone in his ribcage had healed. "That's good. It looks like we've got that part behind us," manager Buck Showalter said. Hardy is still weeks away from a return due to a right wrist fracture he suffered on June 18. He is batting .211 with three homers and 21 RBIs over 64 games.

SS J.J. Hardy (right wrist fracture) said Sunday he will not be able to participate in any baseball activities for at least three more weeks. In addition to the fractured wrist, an MRI exam on Hardy's ribcage revealed a fractured bone. Hardy said he would likely be able to play with that injury. He is batting .211 with three homers and 21 RBIs over 64 games. "Hoping that we're moving toward," Hardy said. "I wonder how many players might have what JJ has and just might play through it. There are some different impactful things going on in the game today that might not have been in my day."

SS J.J. Hardy (right wrist fracture) has an MRI on his ribcage that revealed a fractured bone, according to manager Buck Showalter. Hardy suffered the injury when running into outfielder Trey Mancini at Yankee Stadium. "He said it didn't really bother him that much to play and he said it didn't really think much of it other than being a little sore, but it hasn't gone away," Showalter said. Hardy is batting .211 with three homers and 21 RBIs over 64 games.

SS J.J. Hardy was placed on the disabled list Monday with a right wrist fracture. Manager Buck Showalter and Hardy both said it was a non-displaced fracture of the wrist, and they're hoping he'll be back in 4-6 weeks.

SS J.J. Hardy told reporters that his broken wrist will sideline him four to six weeks. "We did the CT scan today and it just kind of showed what they saw on the X-ray," Hardy said prior to his team's series opener against the visiting Cleveland Indians. "It's a small bone, and it's a non-displaced fracture. They say four to six weeks for the bone to heal, and to get back into baseball activities." A three-time Gold Glove recipient, Hardy sustained the injury after being struck in the wrist by a fastball from St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Lance Lynn in the fourth inning of Sunday's contest.

SS J.J. Hardy will have his right wrist scanned Monday morning after being hit with a pitch in Sunday's?8-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Hardy was knocked out of the game in the sixth inning with what the team called a right-wrist contusion. An x-ray following the game showed something that concerned the Orioles. There is no timeframe for his return.

SS J.J. Hardy was held out of the starting lineup in the series finale Sunday against the Blue Jays. It was a normal rest day for Hardy, who struggled with injuries last season. Hardy is batting .194 with two homers and 14 RBIs in 38 games. "Got a pretty long stretch coming up where we're going to need everybody," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "Trying to move things around. But I don't have any new plans on anything." Hardy entered as a defensive replacement in the eighth inning.

SS J.J. Hardy hit just his second homer of the season on Tuesday. His leadoff blast in the third against Detroit starter Matthew Boyd sparked a seven-run outburst. He finished it off with an RBI fielder's choice but didn't have another hit on the evening. Hardy, who added another run-scoring fielder's choice, has seven extra-base hit in 34 games.

SS J.J. Hardy's triple in the second inning on Friday night was the Orioles' first three-bagger of the season. It was Hardy's first triple since June 5, 2012.

SS J.J. Hardy was given the day off from the starting lineup because manager Buck Showalter didn't want to play Hardy in all four games of the series due to the artificial turf in Toronto. Hardy is 6-for-30 (.200) in nine games this season

SS J.J. Hardy was 1-for-4 Wednesday in the 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays and is on a six-game hit streak. He is batting .273 (6-for-22) with two doubles and one RBI in that span. His longest hit streak of the season is 10 games July 2-17 when he hit .385 (15-for-39) with two homers and nine RBIs.

SS J.J. Hardy has been on a tear throughout the month of September and done especially well recently. He went 2-for-3 on Saturday and has a five-game hitting streak. Plus, Hardy is hitting .542 while getting hits in seven of his last eight games and giving Baltimore some extra offense at the bottom of the lineup.