When will Samuel Basallo be promoted? Orioles have a ‘plan in place.’

Samuel Basallo is performing better in Triple-A than every top Orioles prospect who came before him.

Basallo on Friday went 5-for-5 with a home run for the Norfolk Tides — just the rising star’s latest impressive performance. The 20-year-old catcher is hitting .282 with a whopping 1.020 OPS this season with 20 homers in 63 games.

His .918 career OPS in Triple-A (which includes the 21 games he played there at the end of last season) is higher than the career marks of the other elite prospects in the Mike Elias era. Basallo, the top catching prospect in MLB, is hitting better in Norfolk than Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson, Jordan Westburg, Colton Cowser, Heston Kjerstad, Jackson Holliday and Coby Mayo did when they were there.

So, when will Baltimore promote him to the major leagues?

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