Samuel Basallo News: May debut in 2025

GM Mike Elias said Friday that Basallo is close to the majors and that it "would be beneficial" for him to see big-league action this season, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.

The 20-year-old didn't seem likely to get a taste of the majors this season when the Orioles entered the campaign with postseason aspirations, but the organization has shifted focus after a poor start and were sellers at the trade deadline Thursday. Basallo is one of the top prospects in baseball and has a .273/.385/.599 slash line with 20 homers in just 66 games with Triple-A Norfolk this season. If he is called up later this season, he could see a lot of his action at designated hitter with Adley Rutschman entrenched behind the plate.