Samuel Basallo

Bats L Throws R6'4" 180 lbBorn 2004 Santo Domingo, D.R.Debut 2025Team BALContract 8 y/$67M (26-33)+34 opt 2026: $1,625,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 114.2FIELD+ 92.4 at CTotal 2.00 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	328	297	73	14	1	14	26	80	1	0.247	0.310	0.439	0.750	0.193	0.324	24.5	7.8	104.1	1.19
2027	411	370	90	16	1	18	35	102	1	0.243	0.311	0.435	0.747	0.193	0.322	24.9	8.5	104.9	1.52

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 20

His ten closest age-20 comparables averaged 105 HIT+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Tom Satriano	1961	51.6	246.2	19
2	Darrell Porter	1972	54.0	134.1	416
3	Eddie Ainsmith	1910	48.1	56.1	163
4	Val Picinich	1917	43.1	63.5	162
5	Joe Garagiola	1946	71.0	115.8	228
6	Wickey McAvoy	1915	37.7	did not play
7	Steve O'Neill	1912	46.6	100.1	253
8	Buck Martinez	1969	56.8	21.8	11
9	Bobby Murcer	1966	55.2	did not play
10	Del Crandall	1950	63.5	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			411		90	16	1	18		1	35	102	0.243	0.311	0.435	0.747	104.9
2026*	BAL	87	315	34	69	9	1	16		0	26	83	0.242	0.308	0.449	0.757	109.2
2025	BAL	31	118	10	18	6	0	4	15	0	6	30	0.165	0.229	0.330	0.559	55.1
Career		31	118	10	18	6	0	4	15	0	6	30	0.165	0.229	0.330	0.559	55.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	315	91.3	10.9	13.3	45.6	31.9	40.3	0.251	0.473	0.338	24.9
2025	118	89.1	13.8	8.9	43.0	29.4	38.7	0.213	0.375	0.284	25.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BAL	C	22	179	169	9	2	0	0.989	-0.0
2025	BAL	1B	2	18	16	0	0	2	1.000	-0.5

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	321	23 HR, 0 SB	0.270	0.966
2024	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	86	3 HR, 1 SB	0.222	0.637
2024	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	446	16 HR, 9 SB	0.289	0.820
2023	A+	Aberdeen IronBirds	Bat	115	8 HR, 5 SB	0.333	1.131
2023	A	Delmarva Shorebirds	Bat	352	12 HR, 7 SB	0.299	0.887
2022	Rk	FCL Orioles	Bat	180	6 HR, 1 SB	0.278	0.774
2021	Rk	DSL Orioles 1	Bat	154	5 HR, 1 SB	0.239	0.748

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.237	0.364	0.359	0.301
2025	0.264	0.241	0.199	0.299

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.