Samuel Basallo 2023

[Yossarian]

This kid needs a promotion. 

[CHIP]

The primary beat writers, Roch, Rich and Steve, all repeated the same gaslighting or propaganda by the Orioles PR machine.  That Basallo left the game with a muscle spasm.  I copied a link to the game and at 47:45 into the archived game, he pops up to foul of 3B and immediately puts his left hand on his left hip. As he hobbled around and walked back to dugout, he continued to press the upper area of where the thigh comes into the hip.

I earned my WWW.MD degree thru Google, and I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night, so I have a feeling this is a bit more than a muscle spasm and more likely a Hip Flexor strain.  Which as a catcher, and the shear violence involved in a baseball swing, hydrating with Gatorade isn't going to fix this.  

I hope my bed was lumpy and that my miss spelled something in my medical research... but that walk and urgency from the training staff wasn't over a spasm.

 

https://www.milb.com/live-stream-games/g728114

 

[Legend_Of_Joey]

2 hours ago, CHIP said:

The primary beat writers, Roch, Rich and Steve, all repeated the same gaslighting or propaganda by the Orioles PR machine.  That Basallo left the game with a muscle spasm.  I copied a link to the game and at 47:45 into the archived game, he pops up to foul of 3B and immediately puts his left hand on his left hip. As he hobbled around and walked back to dugout, he continued to press the upper area of where the thigh comes into the hip.

I earned my WWW.MD degree thru Google, and I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night, so I have a feeling this is a bit more than a muscle spasm and more likely a Hip Flexor strain.  Which as a catcher, and the shear violence involved in a baseball swing, hydrating with Gatorade isn't going to fix this.  

I hope my bed was lumpy and that my miss spelled something in my medical research... but that walk and urgency from the training staff wasn't over a spasm.

 

https://www.milb.com/live-stream-games/g728114

 

Well, it’s the same group that said Mullins would be back soon, then suddenly it’s “hopefully before the season ends.”

[Just Regular]

Gotta figure his name is coming up, and the other GM's will get the straight dope.

[86this]

Basallo in the lineup with Delmarva today at DH.  That's a good sign.

[Alasdaire]

3 hours ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Well, it’s the same group that said Mullins would be back soon, then suddenly it’s “hopefully before the season ends.”

@Filmstudy (tagging in case I'm paraphrasing inaccurately) has made the point on his pod that it's basically a waste of breath for the media to even ask coaches about injury status. There are incentives for them to withhold the truth, and if they do say anything it'll be aspirational.

That's amplified in a contact sport like football, but really in any sport the fans are in the dark with injuries.

[Filmstudy]

11 hours ago, Alasdaire said:

@Filmstudy (tagging in case I'm paraphrasing inaccurately) has made the point on his pod that it's basically a waste of breath for the media to even ask coaches about injury status. There are incentives for them to withhold the truth, and if they do say anything it'll be aspirational.

That's amplified in a contact sport like football, but really in any sport the fans are in the dark with injuries.

Right on the money.

[Paul in Virginia]

 

 

[Three Run Homer]

Now slashing .301/.379/.512 as an 18-year old at low A.

Fred McGriff as a 19-year old at low A:  .260/.369/.484

Two strapping lads (both 6'3") who started at catcher.   Basallo is also likely to switch positions.  

The dude's going to be a beast--we shouldn't trade him unless it's for a controllable front-end starter like Mitch Keller.   He's in the Mayo/Kjerstad "almost untouchable" category as far as I'm concerned.  

[RZNJ]

4 minutes ago, Three Run Homer said:

Now slashing .301/.379/.512 as an 18-year old at low A.

Fred McGriff as a 19-year old at low A:  .260/.369/.484

Two strapping lads (both 6'3") who started at catcher.   Basallo is also likely to switch positions.  

The dude's going to be a beast--we shouldn't trade him unless it's for a controllable front-end starter like Mitch Keller.   He's in the Mayo/Kjerstad "almost untouchable" category as far as I'm concerned.  

Sure you’re not thinking of Carlos Delgado?   McGriff throws LH.  I didn’t check but I doubt he started as a catcher.    Basallo looks like the catcher of the future depending on Rutschman.  Basallo isn’t “likely” to switch positions either.

Edited July 26, 2023 by RZNJ

[Three Run Homer]

9 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

Sure you’re not thinking of Carlos Delgado?   McGriff throws LH.  I didn’t check but I doubt he started as a catcher.    Basallo looks like the catcher of the future depending on Rutschman.  Basallo isn’t “likely” to switch positions either.

You are correct, I was confusing the two.  McGriff was never a catcher.

[emmett16]

16 minutes ago, Three Run Homer said:

Now slashing .301/.379/.512 as an 18-year old at low A.

Fred McGriff as a 19-year old at low A:  .260/.369/.484

Two strapping lads (both 6'3") who started at catcher.   Basallo is also likely to switch positions.  

The dude's going to be a beast--we shouldn't trade him unless it's for a controllable front-end starter like Mitch Keller.   He's in the Mayo/Kjerstad "almost untouchable" category as far as I'm concerned.  

Basallo is a notch ahead of Mayo for me.   He plays the most important position in the game and has a chance to stick there.  It’s not only his bat that’s special, he had an accurate cannon as well.  

Edited July 26, 2023 by emmett16

[emmett16]

I am impressed with guys that improve as they move up.  Here are Basallo’s OBP & SLG #s last three years.  He’s improved each year and has made a big step this year in his age 18 season.  

2021 .338 .410

2022 .350 .424

2023 .380 .508

[Gurgi]

Would be good for this kid to be the back up for Adley for a year or so then the replacement when we trade Adley for prospects in four years.  

[Tony-OH]

On 7/26/2023 at 12:49 PM, RZNJ said:

Sure you’re not thinking of Carlos Delgado?   McGriff throws LH.  I didn’t check but I doubt he started as a catcher.    Basallo looks like the catcher of the future depending on Rutschman.  Basallo isn’t “likely” to switch positions either.

I wouldn't agree with that. I do think it's likely he will need to move to 1B at some point. He's a huge young man that is going to fill out and be an even huger young man. It's not his arm and he's very limber for his size, but I just can't see a a 6-4 (He looks bigger than 6-3 to me), 230 or 240 pound catcher. That a lot of size and weight to bend down all the time. 

If the bat is as special as it looks like it could be, I think he'll end up at 1B. 

To me, Willems has the better chance to stick at catcher.