Samuel Basallo

Basallo is a hold — league average with a little more contact behind it.

His expected wOBA is .320, five points above the league average of .315, and he has 371 plate appearances — well past the point where that number becomes reliable. The skill is roughly league average, which is the whole story. His contact quality is a touch above the pack: 90.2 mph average exit velocity, a 42.7% hard-hit rate, and a 12.6% barrel rate, all past the batted-ball sample that makes them trustworthy. There is no luck stat dragging or inflating the line. The concern is the strikeout rate, 26.4% against a league average of 22.0%, and his swinging-strike and chase rates run high, which will keep the batting average jumpy. His expected wOBA has stepped up across the sample, though, so the underlying bat is trending the right way. Nothing here is unstable enough to buy or sell. Hold. 1 HR / 5 R / 6 RBI / .203 AVG is deep-league counting only — hold, but a drop-tier catcher with no counting ceiling.