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“Expect to see Adley Rutschman in a new uniform in 2026”
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
“Expect to see Adley Rutschman in a new uniform in 2026”
Credit: The Orioles have several good, quality youngsters. And for years, the thinking has been that the club should try to sign a few long-term guys to keep the core intact. Jackson Holliday and Gunnar Henderson are Scott Boras clients, which has always made the project more complicated. But catcher Adley Rutschman, who has been the […]

The Orioles have several good, quality youngsters. And for years, the thinking has been that the club should try to sign a few long-term guys to keep the core intact.

Jackson Holliday and Gunnar Henderson are Scott Boras clients, which has always made the project more complicated. But catcher Adley Rutschman, who has been the biggest element toward the Orioles' return to respectability, has always been THE candidate of choice.

But over the past year, it's been harder for him on the field. So it seems: things aren't looking good for the Orioles in 2025, either.

Then, in the last few days, the Orioles announced that Samuel Basallo, a young catcher with a week's worth of show experience , has agreed to sign an eight-year contract in town. And the owner announced that there's more to come… contract extensions.

Even if Basallo can play elsewhere on the field, we agree that this is quite a message towards Rutschman. With two years and counting to go, is the face of the franchise in recent years on his way out?

The question arises. And according to Bob Nightengale (USA Today), the answer is quite clear.

Expect to see Adley Rutschman wearing a new uniform in 2026. – Bob Nightengale

Nightengale asserts that Rutschman, who is currently injured and is therefore making way for Basallo, will be the biggest name on the market this winter among position players.

Will a club go after him? And will they want to sign him long-term before they get him? We'll have to wait and see.

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