21 hours ago · As a player with big size, big power and big exit velocities, the Orioles’ Samuel Basallo started flying up prospect rankings in the 2023 season. That year he posted a .953 OPS at three minor league levels. He reached Triple-A Norfolk late last year and is now a consensus top 20 national prospect ...

BALTIMORE -- Samuel Basallo got his first taste of MLB Spring Training in 2024, when the Orioles invited the promising young catcher to big league camp for the first time. That experience should help the 20-year-old as he returns to Sarasota, Fla., this spring.

18 hours ago · Four of the Orioles’ top 10 prospects, including Samuel Basallo and Enrique Bradfield Jr., will be nonroster invitees to spring training.

Samuel Alexander Basallo (born August 13, 2004) is a Dominican professional baseball catcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

Aug 13, 2004 · Samuel Basallo Positions: Catcher and First Baseman Bats: Left • Throws: Right 6-4, 180lb (193cm, 81kg) Team: Baltimore Orioles (minors) Born: August 13, 2004 in Santo …

Baltimore Orioles signed free agent C Samuel Basallo to a minor league contract.

19 hours ago · The Orioles have extended Basallo an invitation to major-league camp during spring training. Fellow top prospects Enrique Bradfield and Dylan Beavers will also be in camp with the big club ...

Aug 13, 2004 · Samuel Alexander Basallo Status: Active Born: 8/13/2004 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

4 days ago · The Orioles position player pipeline has slowed after a slew of graduations and trades, but Basallo is one of a handful of elite talents.

One of the first splashes the Orioles’ revamped international scouting department made in Latin America, Basallo signed for $1.3 million out of the Dominican Republic in 2021, receiving what -- at the time -- was the largest bonus ever given by the O’s to an international prospect.