Overview
- Manager Craig Albernaz said Basallo will be back at catcher for Sunday’s game against the Red Sox, per MLB.com’s Jake Rill.
- Basallo told reporters the next day he felt cramping and that it did not seem severe, though the club is proceeding cautiously.
- The catcher exited Thursday’s Grapefruit League game after a lunging tag at the plate on Matt Vierling, then walked off with head athletic trainer Scott Barringer.
- The Orioles described the issue as right-side abdominal discomfort and characterized his removal as precautionary.
- Basallo is a consensus top-10 prospect expected to back up Adley Rutschman and see DH or first-base time, a key role as Baltimore manages other spring injuries to Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg.