What month will we see Samuel Basallo debut for the Orioles?

With Adley Rutschman on the injured list for at least a month and the Orioles #1 prospect being Samuel Basallo, currently a catcher who is hitting very well at Triple-A, there are plenty of people who have concluded that the obvious solution for the duration of Rutschman’s absence is to call up Basallo and have him get his big league career started.

While this is an understandable knee-jerk reaction, it’s also misguided, which my Camden Chat colleague John Beers laid out yesterday. Among the important things to keep in mind is that Basallo still has learning to do behind the plate; he’s only caught 17 games all season after not catching a full load last season either. As a 20-year-old, he…