{"id":72028,"date":"2025-07-29T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72028"},"modified":"2025-07-29T08:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:00:21","slug":"report-orioles-keep-teasing-samuel-basallo-call-up-while-saying-absolutely-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72028","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Orioles keep teasing Samuel Basallo call-up while saying absolutely nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tony Mansolino won\u2019t explain why Orioles are dragging out Samuel Basallo call-up<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_160,w_5132,h_2886\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k15wptwbwcjwzqnaft.jpg 1x,  \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_160,w_5132,h_2886\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k15wptwbwcjwzqnaft.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_160,w_5132,h_2886\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k15wptwbwcjwzqnaft.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_160,w_5132,h_2886\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k15wptwbwcjwzqnaft.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_160,w_5132,h_2886\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k15wptwbwcjwzqnaft.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_160,w_5132,h_2886\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k15wptwbwcjwzqnaft.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_160,w_5132,h_2886\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k15wptwbwcjwzqnaft.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_160,w_5132,h_2886\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k15wptwbwcjwzqnaft.jpg 2x,\n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_160,w_5132,h_2886\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F11%2F01k15wptwbwcjwzqnaft.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Baltimore Orioles v Pittsburgh Pirates\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_160,w_5132,h_2886\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/11\/01k15wptwbwcjwzqnaft.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore Orioles v Pittsburgh Pirates\" width=\"5132\" height=\"2886\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Baltimore Orioles v Pittsburgh Pirates | Kevin Sabitus\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Conventional wisdom would suggest that after the Baltimore Orioles\u00a0dramatically alter their roster\u00a0following the MLB trade deadline on Thursday, the team will be in a position to give top prospect,\u00a0Samuel Basallo, a run at the Major League level to close the season.<\/p>\n<p>Basallo figures to be in the Orioles&#8217; 2026 plans, so baseball logic would suggest that the team should want to expose him to the Major League level when the pressure is low.<\/p>\n<p>The Orioles, in theory, have a plan in place for Basallo, but interim manager Tony Mansolino has no interest in revealing what that plan may be.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking with reporters on Saturday, Mansolino\u00a0offered a word salad regarding what is next for Basallo.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\"><em>\u201cThere\u2019s a plan in place for him right now,\u201d Mansolino said. \u201cThere\u2019s definitely a plan in place; [Mike Elias] is thinking about him every day. Our front office is really smart. There\u2019s a lot that goes into those decisions. We talked earlier in the year about knocking the door down. It feels like he\u2019s starting to do that in a lot of ways.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Tony Mansolino made Samuel Basallo\u2019s MLB timeline even harder to figure out<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Mansolino would go on to infer that the Orioles&#8217; front office wants to see more development from Basallo as a catcher before bringing him up to the Major League level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">As true as that may be, the fact remains that the Orioles believe they can contend again as early as 2026, and Basallo figures to be a catcher on that roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">What would put the Orioles in the best situation for those two things to become true would be giving Basallo an early look at catching at the Major League level during the final two months of a season where they are not contending.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Offensively, Basallo is ready, posting a 163 wRC+ at the Triple-A level this season with 20 home runs. In MLB Pipeline&#8217;s updated Top 100 list, they have Basallo\u00a0as the ninth-ranked prospect in all of baseball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The writing is on the wall; Basallo needs to be with the Major League team before the end of the season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Mansolino won\u2019t explain why Orioles are dragging out Samuel Basallo call-up Baltimore Orioles v Pittsburgh Pirates | Kevin Sabitus\/GettyImages Conventional wisdom would suggest that after the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":72029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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