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Elias thinks Basallo and Beavers could make their Orioles’ debut in 2025

CHICAGO—Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias said he would like to see the top prospect in the organization, catcher/first baseman Samuel Basallo, and outfielder Dylan Beavers make their debut in 2025.

“I hope so,” Elias said in a video conference call on Friday morning. “They’re both having terrific seasons. They’ve both been bright spots in the organization in a tough year.”

The 20-year-old Basallo is MLB Pipeline’s ninth-ranked prospect, and the 23-year-old Beavers is the third-ranked Orioles prospect, according to Pipeline, trailing Basallo and outfielder Enrique Bradfield Jr.

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Basallo is batting .273 with a .984 OPS, 20 home runs and 51 RBIs for Triple-A Norfolk. Beavers is hitting .304 with a .916 OPS, 14 home runs and 42 RBIs.

“I do think getting them a taste in 2025 would be a good thing for all parties,” Elias said.

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Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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