Orioles roster moves: Top prospects Coby Mayo, Samuel Basallo cut from spring roster

Orioles roster moves: Top prospects Coby Mayo, Samuel Basallo cut from spring roster

SARASOTA, Fla. — Coby Mayo entered spring training with a slim chance of making the Orioles’ opening day roster.

Orioles Option Coby Mayo

The Orioles announced this afternoon that they’ve optioned top infield prospect Coby Mayo to minor league camp. He’ll open the season at Triple-A Norfolk. Baltimore also reassigned non-roster invitees Samuel Basallo, Daz Cameron, Nick Gordon, Corbin Martin, Levi Stoudt and Thaddeus Ward to minor league camp. Mayo, 23, has played parts of two seasons in Triple-A. He’s a .279/.376/.543 hitter in 151 career games at that level. He expressed some di…

Orioles option Mayo to minor league camp: 'A lose-lose going to Norfolk'; Basallo's camp ends

SARASOTA—The Orioles optioned first baseman/third baseman Coby Mayo to their minor league camp and assigned their other top prospect, catcher/first baseman Samuel Basallo, to minor league camp on Tuesday. They also assigned right-handed pitchers Corbin Martin, Levi Stoudt and Thaddeus Ward, infielder Nick Gordon and outfielder Daz Cameron to minor league camp, leaving 41 players …

O's top two prospects -- Basallo, Mayo -- among latest camp cuts

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The Orioles’ top two prospects were among the latest round of Spring Training cuts on Tuesday afternoon. Samuel Basallo (MLB Pipeline’s No. 13 overall prospect) was reassigned to Minor League camp, while Coby Mayo (No. 14) was optioned. Basallo and Mayo had much different emotions following the