Reference layer
Current snapshot
| Age | 22 |
| Height | 6' 4" |
| Weight | 250 lb |
| Debut | 2025-08-17 |
Player profile / Baltimore Orioles
Samuel Basallo
C · Bats/Throws L/R · 6' 4", 250 lb · Age 22
Club Baltimore Orioles
Position C
Roster Current MLB team
Status Healthy / active roster
Traditional line
Season by season
| PA | R | H | HR | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .165 | .229 | .330 | .559 |
| 2026 | 348 | 36 | 73 | 17 | 0 | .231 | .296 | .430 | .726 |
| 2 Seasons | 466 | 46 | 91 | 21 | 0 | .214 | .279 | .405 | .684 |
At a glance
Season percentile report
The headline weighs outcome stats (xwOBA, barrels); each bar averages its full strip group below. 100 = best in MLB.
80
Offense
percentile
percentile
Rolling projection
Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update
Rolling bands shrink current-season signal toward the preseason prior until the sample earns more weight.
| xwOBA preseason | 0.295 |
| xwOBA current pace | 0.320 |
| xwOBA rolling p50 | 0.310 |
| Observed weight | 62% |
xwOBA
0.279
0.294
0.310
0.327
0.342
wOBA
0.313
0.328
0.345
0.362
0.377
ISO
0.168
0.185
0.203
0.221
0.237
K%
22.5%
24.2%
26.1%
28.0%
29.7%
Live percentile strip
Current traits vs projection tick
100th = best in MLB.
Hitting · percentile strip
Barrel%8.6%
90
+20 vs proj
Exit velocity90.7
85
Hard-hit%45.0%
80
+20 vs proj
xBA0.335
70
xSLG0.634
85
xwOBA0.320
69
BB%8.1%
46
Bat speed72.6
85
K%26.9%
29
Defense · percentile strip
Blocking Runs0.7 · C
77
Catcher Throwing1.8 · C
78
Framing Runs-4.4 · C
11
Outs Above Avg0.0 · C
65
Pop Time1.9 · C
69
Range Runs0.2 · C
77
Baserunning · percentile strip
Sprint Speed24.8 · C
4
Mithrandir+
Plate skills: swing decisions and pitch-type resistance
Our research metrics for how this hitter controls the strike zone and handles each pitch family.
Avoids Bad ChasesST 57.4% · rebadged research
16
Avoids Bad TakesHPT 24.4% · rebadged research
60
Correct Decisions61.8% · rebadged research
15
SEAGER+ Plate Discipline94
19
Resists Breaking - horizontalwOBA 0.297 · borderline
33
Resists Breaking - verticalwOBA 0.271 · insufficient sample
69
Resists ChangeupwOBA 0.275 · validated thin sample
58
Resists Cutters + splitterswOBA 0.383 · insufficient sample
1
Resists FastballwOBA 0.335 · validated
53
Resists SinkerwOBA 0.381 · validated
10
Rolling form chart
xwOBA snapshot line
Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs
Spray profile
Field-coordinate spray profile
157 Statcast batted-ball coordinates from the pitch-event feed (2026). Direction profile remains as the v1 context layer when coordinate density is limited.
Zone profile
Aggregate zone heatmap
Aggregate zone metrics from seasonal Statcast leaderboards.
Bat tracking
Swing path, attack angle, bat speed
Aggregate Savant bat-tracking metrics; not per-swing motion capture. The full swing, with the recommended path overlaid, lives in the 3D Swing Simulator.
Live layer
Delta / regression
| xwOBA Δ | -0.006 |
| wOBA Δ | +0.020 |
negative regression
Regression watch
Running hot. Expect some cooling.
Basallo’s wOBA sits at 0.345, but the quality of contact underneath says it should be 0.320 — a gap of 0.025, -0.9 standard deviations from the MLB norm over 360 PA. The results have outrun the underlying process; as the sample grows, expect the numbers to drift back toward the deserved level.
Comp Engine · 2026 profile shape
Closest profiles
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| Alvarez, Francisco NYM · R | 0.76 | Oppo rateMax exit velocity | Player · Projection |
| Canzone, Dominic SEA · L | 0.76 | Barrel rateHard-hit rate | Player · Projection |
| Burger, Jake TEX · R | 0.72 | Fly-ball rateStrikeout rate | Player · Projection |
| Burleson, Alec STL · L | 0.70 | Pull rateWalk rate | Player · Projection |
Profile-shape similarity, not results: six weighted feature groups standardized within this season's qualified hitters.
Mithrandir coverage
Module shelf
| Module | Cards | Latest | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitting | 5 | 2026-04-20 | Impact contact carried uneven swing decisions |
| Fielding | 4 | 2026-08-26 | 1 chances | 0 difficult plays | Run Exp -0.095 |
Projection links / recent games
Available detail
| 2026-05-20 @ TB1 HR | 1 RBI / 0 Ch | 0 E | 2-4 | HR, 2 K, RBI |
| 2026-04-20 @ KC0 HR | 2 RBI / 15 Ch | 0 E | 2-3 | 2 BB, 2 RBI, R |
| 2026-04-17 @ CLE0 HR | 0 RBI / 7 Ch | 0 E | 0-3 | K |
| 2026-04-14 vs AZ1 HR | 1 RBI / 14 Ch | 0 E | 2-3 | HR, BB, RBI |
| 2026-04-13 vs AZ0 HR | 0 RBI / 13 Ch | 0 E | 0-4 | K |