Jump to content

Samuel Basallo 2024

Just Regular

By Just Regular
in Minors

 Share

Recommended Posts

Tony-OH Hangout Grand Counsel

Tony-OH

Posted
Posted
3 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

His numbers at DH could be down if he was DH’ing early in the season when he was getting over that injury. Could just be a coincidence too, since he had a bad first month or so. 

The DH numbers were mostly from early in the year when he wasn't allowed to throw due to the elbow. His slow start could have been because of the lack of offseason due to the elbow as well.

Saying that, Basallo is holding his own against AA pitching though not putting up the consistent power yet, but that will come. I've seen him take some pretty good at bats of late even though the numbers have not been great in July. 

He still has a great future.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 343
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

RZNJ
RZNJ

Per Baseball America Samuel Basallo, C, Orioles 90th Percentile Exit Velocity: 106.7 mph (98th Percentile)  There were about a dozen hitters I skipped over in 90th percentile exit veloc

Orioles Jim
Orioles Jim
e16bball
e16bball

One thing that probably is a little under the radar is how different the hitting environments are at the various affiliates at this point in time. Basallo has a .749 OPS (and a .340 wOBA), but wh

Posted Images

sportsfan8703 Hangout Grand Counsel

sportsfan8703

Posted
Posted
10 hours ago, Paul in Virginia said:

 

 

Nobody moved. Everyone was just in Awe of that one. WOW. 

Man, he’s the favorite of mine out of the big 3. Idk, I feel like that is controversial sometimes. He plays the most premium position on the field. 

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
RZNJ Hangout Grand Counsel

RZNJ

Posted
Posted
3 hours ago, Frobby said:

396 feet. That’s a baby homer for Basallo.

Yeah, that might be a wall scraper to LCF or RCF but pulled to RF where the fence is 340-360 it looks pretty sweet.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
emmett16 Hangout Grand Counsel

emmett16

Posted
Posted
2 hours ago, Just Regular said:

Eric Longenhagen has him up to #4 MLB-wide on his BOARD refresh including 2024 draftees updated this afternoon at Fangraphs.

He will be #1 by end of year.  He’s a 🦄

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sports Guy Hangout Grand Counsel

Sports Guy

Posted
Posted
7 hours ago, emmett16 said:

He will be #1 by end of year.  He’s a 🦄

He won’t be #1 unless he starts hitting. At this point, I assumed he would have been in AAA but I also assumed he would hit better too. 
 

His bat is what will carry him and while it’s still good right now, it’s not #1 prospect good.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
ChosenOne21 Major Leaguer Rising Star

ChosenOne21

Posted
Posted

I was at the Akron/Bowie game last night, and Basallo was doing something I've never seen a catcher do before. He'd give the pitcher a target with his glove, then drop his glove to the dirt, then bring it back up to catch the ball. He failed to catch a few pitches cleanly and that seemed to me to be the reason why. I'm no expert on playing catcher, so maybe someone who is can tell me if there's a good reason to do that? Just seems to me it makes it harder for the pitcher to hit his spots and harder to catch the ball.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
emmett16 Hangout Grand Counsel

emmett16

Posted
Posted
16 minutes ago, ChosenOne21 said:

I was at the Akron/Bowie game last night, and Basallo was doing something I've never seen a catcher do before. He'd give the pitcher a target with his glove, then drop his glove to the dirt, then bring it back up to catch the ball. He failed to catch a few pitches cleanly and that seemed to me to be the reason why. I'm no expert on playing catcher, so maybe someone who is can tell me if there's a good reason to do that? Just seems to me it makes it harder for the pitcher to hit his spots and harder to catch the ball.

Thats how you frame.  You bring the ball up into the zone.  If your glove is set at target and then you go down for the low pitch momentum and gravity will carry the glove and ball lower and out of the zone.  Same with inside/outside pieces, if you show target and move out towards the edge of plate, momentum will carry glove & ball further away. Catchers are taught the show target first, then drop glove down and catch the ball with a motioning coming up.  Same for inside/outside pitch’s, the glove will start further away and then you catch it with a motion bringing it into zone.   It’s much more difficult to do hence the missed ball (a lot of that at lower levels).  The very good framers do it effortlessly and smoothly and can bring the ball into zone for strikes.  Gone are the days of “stick it” & turn your wrist.  

  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
emmett16 Hangout Grand Counsel

emmett16

Posted
Posted
2 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

He won’t be #1 unless he starts hitting. At this point, I assumed he would have been in AAA but I also assumed he would hit better too. 
 

His bat is what will carry him and while it’s still good right now, it’s not #1 prospect good.

I think he’s going to catch fire.  He had to cut training in off-season/spring training from the stress fracture. Then had to get strength back & adjust to timing at the higher level.  I think we will see him go off remainder of season assuming he’s healthy.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
ChosenOne21 Major Leaguer Rising Star

ChosenOne21

Posted
Posted
2 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

Thats how you frame.  You bring the ball up into the zone.  If your glove is set at target and then you go down for the low pitch momentum and gravity will carry the glove and ball lower and out of the zone.  Same with inside/outside pieces, if you show target and move out towards the edge of plate, momentum will carry glove & ball further away. Catchers are taught the show target first, then drop glove down and catch the ball with a motioning coming up.  Same for inside/outside pitch’s, the glove will start further away and then you catch it with a motion bringing it into zone.   It’s much more difficult to do hence the missed ball (a lot of that at lower levels).  The very good framers do it effortlessly and smoothly and can bring the ball into zone for strikes.  Gone are the days of “stick it” & turn your wrist.  

Huh. All the way to the dirt? I hadn't noticed, but I haven't watched a lot of baseball lately, and certainly haven't been paying extra attention to the catcher.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
emmett16 Hangout Grand Counsel

emmett16

Posted
Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, ChosenOne21 said:

Huh. All the way to the dirt? I hadn't noticed, but I haven't watched a lot of baseball lately, and certainly haven't been paying extra attention to the catcher.

Yes.  For a pitch that is 2-3” below the zone you need to start at the dirt or you won’t be able to come up through it. 

It’s extremely difficult. And it’s extremely important.  That’s why catchers receiving ability is so critical.  I’ve heard folks say that in order of importance receiving is 90%, blocking is 8%, throwing is 2%.  If you can’t receive no one cares if you can black or have an accurate cannon.  

Edited by emmett16
  • Thanks 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Posts

    • EddeeEddee
      This is the kind of thing that drives me crazy

      By EddeeEddee · Posted

      I doubt solid MLB pitchers can be acquired just by trading position players the vast majority of the time.  Look at how we acquired Bradish and Povich -- by trading solid (at the time anyway) MLB level pitchers.  In those trades we were on the other end, but we forced teams to trade good young pitchers for Bundy and Lopez respectively.  Now we did acquire McDermott and Seth Johnson by trading Trey Mancini.  So it does happen that pitching can sometimes be acquired trading only a position player, but Mancini had had a strong major league career to that point.  My point is I don't think you can expect to acquire pitching only by trading position players -- but if you can it may need to be a strong veteran that is not easy to part with. Perhaps we could acquire Tarik Skubal for just Jackson Holliday -- or Holliday plus one or two other strong position prospects.  But that would be a whole other level of a blockbuster trade. Also, I'm not sure how we can say the system is bereft of homegrown minor league pitching talent and then complain that we traded Baumeister and Chace -- two homegrown minor league pitchers that everyone here seems to agree are talented.  We can criticize the trade, but clearly there was and probably still are some desirable arms in the system that we'd rather not trade.  No, none of the ones Elias drafted have made it to the bigs yet, but maybe those two would have been among the first.    
    • Aristotelian
      This is the kind of thing that drives me crazy

      By Aristotelian · Posted

      Seth Johnson on the Phillies' "philosophy": Orioles are data driven, Phillies are more "old school". I don't get much out of this but it's a data point. https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/seth-johnson-mlb-debut-phillies-orioles-trade/613582/ “I think the big thing is that Baltimore is very data-based,” he said. “Here’s a nice blend of the numbers and baseball strategy. Kind of old school. And I’ve been really enjoying it so far. For me, it’s kind of simplified everything. Concentrating on basic concepts like moving the fastball around. Not worrying about pitch shapes all the time. Just going out here and trying to pitch.”
    • Aristotelian
      Winter 2024 40-Man Additions

      By Aristotelian · Posted

      If we have room, why wouldn't we add Pham and Van Loon just to have available depth in AAA (whether or not they are at risk of being taken)? 
    • Jammer7
      Winter 2024 40-Man Additions

      By Jammer7 · Posted

      I think Young will be added, and that is it. I like Pham, but no AAA experience makes him unlikely to be taken. Whatever open spots should be used to upgrade the bullpen and other pitching depth. It is well documented here that we don’t have much beyond raw guys like Strowd and Heid. we lack flexibility and options. This has to change. 
    • DrinkinWithFermi
      Trevor Rogers 2024

      By DrinkinWithFermi · Posted

      Repeating this over and over doesn't make it any less dumb. It's still just as dumb as the first time you said it (which is MUCHO btw).
    • Frobby
      Nestor German 2024

      By Frobby · Posted

      Nestor German finished his season in fine style, tossing four shutout innings on 4 hits, 0 walks, 6 strikeouts.  His final numbers: 73.2 IP, 1.59 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 11.0 K/9, 5.3 K/BB.  At Aberdeen, 1.78 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 11.7 K/9, 11.0 K/BB.   Terrific season that was interrupted for a month with an injury but he came back just as strong if not stronger.  
    • e16bball
      Samuel Basallo 2024

      By e16bball · Posted

      I’ve watched Travis Lakins Sr. serve up some home runs before, but never enjoyed one nearly so much as now…

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...