Basabe's 2024 season was truncated by a wrist fracture that limited him to 78 games between his rehab assignment in the Complex League and Triple-A Durham. Basabe has now amassed nearly 2000 plate appearances in the minor leagues, and does have a .301 average along with a .359 OBP as he has shown strong bat to ball skills throughout the minor leagues. The challenge has been that skill has not translated to the big leagues as he looked rather overmatched when we last saw him in 2023 and the club never did promote him last season despite his return from injury in mid-July. Basabe, with a hot camp, could beat out the anemic-hitting Taylor Walls for the club's utility man off the bench but it will have to come from his bat because Basabe has yet to prove he can handle any one position defensively. He is still just 24 years old and not yet out of minor league options, but 2025 is a make or break season for the right-hander who is only shortstop eligible on draft day. Read Past Outlooks