{"id":102792,"date":"2025-06-24T21:41:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T01:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=102792"},"modified":"2025-06-24T21:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T01:41:55","slug":"orioles-sign-catcher-jacob-stallings-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/24\/orioles-sign-catcher-jacob-stallings-minor-league-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Orioles Sign Veteran Catcher Jacob Stallings to Minor League Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Orioles reportedly signed veteran major league catcher Jacob Stallings to a minor league deal Tuesday following <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/23\/whats-next-for-orioles-catcher-squad\/\" target=\"_self\">injuries<\/a> to their backstops in a short period of time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102796\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-102796\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26017019_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26017019_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26017019_168400885_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26017019_168400885_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26017019_168400885_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26017019_168400885_lowres-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26017019_168400885_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26017019_168400885_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apr 25, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Colorado Rockies catcher Jacob Stallings (25) reaches second on a double in the fifth inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Report: Orioles Sign Veteran Catcher Jacob Stallings to Minor League Deal<\/h2>\n<p>The team placed All-Star Adley Rutschman on the 10-day injured list <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/mlb\/news\/adley-rutschman-injury-orioles-catcher-strained-oblique-lands-on-injured-list-for-first-time-in-his-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunday<\/a> with a left oblique strain. Backup catcher Maverick Handley hit the seven-day concussion protocol after colliding with New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. that <a  href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/baltimore-orioles\/orioles-place-maverick-handley-on-concussion-list-call-up-catcher\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">same day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jacob Stallings is a 10-year MLB veteran who has played for Pirates (2016-21), Marlins (2022-23), Rockies (2024-25).<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old hit .143 with 3 doubles and 6 RBIs in 28 games for Colorado this season. He was released on June 6.<\/p>\n<p>Won an NL Gold Glove for Pittsburgh in 2021. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ol6KsOFDv1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ol6KsOFDv1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Rill (@JakeDRill) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeDRill\/status\/1937617448859238539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The deal, first <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/masnRoch\/status\/1937616906795503810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> by Roch Kubatko of MASN, provides much-needed depth to the team&#8217;s catcher position. Stallings&#8217; signing comes <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Orioles\/status\/1937210387843416200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one day<\/a> after the team recalled veteran minor-leaguer Chadwick Tromp from Triple-A Norfolk.<\/p>\n<p>The Rockies, who signed Stallings to a $2.5 million deal during the offseason, currently <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/colorado-rockies\/payroll\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">retain<\/a> the veteran&#8217;s entire salary.<\/p>\n<h3>Stallings&#8217; Past Performance<\/h3>\n<p>The veteran Rockies catcher was released by Colorado after a dismal start to the 2025 season. The 35-year-old <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stallja01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slugged<\/a> a .143\/.217\/.396 slash line over 28 games with three doubles and six RBI.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the veteran catcher had his best season, hitting a respectable .263\/.357\/.810 slash line with nine home runs and 17 doubles. In 2021, Stallings earned a Gold Glove award while playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He will likely head to Triple-A to back up rising prospect Samuel Basallo.<\/p>\n<p>Stallings, per estimates by <a  href=\"https:\/\/baseballsavant.mlb.com\/savant-player\/jacob-stallings-607732?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baseball Savant<\/a>, ranks low in almost every offensive metric in the sport. In addition, his defense appears to have diminished to well below-average. The veteran backstop struck out 31 times in 84 at-bats, while walking only five times.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unlikely Stallings sees any meaningful playing time at the major league level, barring another injury. Given his diminishing performance, he&#8217;ll likely stay at Triple-A until he is released when Rutschman or Handley return.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Orioles reportedly signed veteran major league catcher Jacob Stallings to a minor league deal Tuesday following injuries to their backstops in a short period of time. Report: Orioles Sign Veteran Catcher Jacob Stallings to Minor League Deal The team placed All-Star Adley Rutschman on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a left oblique [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5304,"featured_media":102795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1071,35],"tags":[2657,28449,28816],"class_list":["post-102792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-orioles","category-mlb","category-news","tag-adley-rutschman","tag-jacob-stallings","tag-samuel-basallo"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5304"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102792"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102798,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102792\/revisions\/102798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}