{"id":479706,"date":"2025-08-22T13:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/orioles-agree-to-8-year-contract-extension-with-samuel-basallo-according-to-reports\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T13:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:18:56","slug":"orioles-agree-to-8-year-contract-extension-with-samuel-basallo-according-to-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/orioles-agree-to-8-year-contract-extension-with-samuel-basallo-according-to-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles agree to 8-year contract extension with Samuel Basallo, according to reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Baltimore. \u2013<\/strong> The <strong>Baltimore Orioles<\/strong> have reportedly secured the future of one of their top prospects by agreeing to a <strong>contract extension for eight years and 67 million dollars<\/strong> with Dominican catcher <strong>Samuel Basallo<\/strong>, according to multiple reports. The team has not yet confirmed the negotiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/resumen-samuel-basallo-dominicano-955-en-mlb-debuta-con-hit-y-dos-remolques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summary: Samuel Basallo, Dominican 955 in MLB, debuts with a hit and two RBIs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe news arrives just <strong>five days after Basallo&#8217;s debut in the Major Leagues<\/strong>, which took place in Houston. In his first four games, the <strong>21-year-old<\/strong> has shown maturity with the bat, driving in <strong>five runs<\/strong> and recording a batting average of <strong>.286<\/strong>.\n\nThe agreement also coincides with the absence of star catcher <strong>Adley Rutschman<\/strong>, who entered the injured list due to a strain in an oblique. Meanwhile, Basallo will assume the role of <strong>starting catcher<\/strong> at this crucial stage of the season.\n\nInterim <strong>manager Tony Mansolino<\/strong> stated that the plan is for Basallo to catch in <strong>five or six of the next eight home games<\/strong>, although he could also get time as a designated hitter or at first base.\n\nBeyond his renowned offensive strength, Basallo has worked in recent years to perfect his defense behind the plate, an aspect in which he will have the opportunity to continue developing at the Major League level.\n\nThe young Dominican, considered the <strong>number 1 prospect of the club according to MLB Pipeline<\/strong>, has not taken long to adapt to the Major League stage. In his debut at Camden Yards, he attended a large delegation of local media and made his first official statements in English, showing confidence and willingness for this new challenge.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI just feel great. Great to be here. Just happy to be here. Excited and ready to give my 100 percent every time,\u201d Basallo expressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nWith this move, the Orioles not only secure one of their most promising talents, but also send a clear message about the importance of Basallo in the organization&#8217;s long-term plans.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore. \u2013 The Baltimore Orioles have reportedly secured the future of one of their top prospects by agreeing to a contract extension for eight years and 67 million dollars with Dominican catcher Samuel Basallo, according to multiple reports. The team has not yet confirmed the negotiation. You may be interested in:Summary: Samuel Basallo, Dominican 955 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":479707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,39774,13766,41186],"class_list":["post-479706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-20Nc","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/temw1kq5ynnvmjofj8xo.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/temw1kq5ynnvmjofj8xo.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}