Olivier Basabe was acquired by the RailCats to complete a prior trade with the Kane County Cougars. The utility player was born in Venezuela but would come to the states to play college baseball at Indian Hills Community College, and Faulkner University. 

Basabe complied some video game numbers while playing for the Eagles in 2017. He got into 65 games and finished with a .342 average, 20 doubles, and an OBP of .404. The San Diego Padres would select Basabe with the 8th round pick and send him to the Arizona Rookie League when he was just 19 years old.  

The next season the Venezuelan would be pulled up to Low-A and be a member of the Tri-City Dust Devils. With the Dust Devils he hit at a .313 clip, adding 13 doubles and four home runs. Those numbers would give him a nod to be a Northwest League Mid-Season All-Star.  

Basabe participated in a few more seasons as a Padres farmhand, last year he signed with the Kansas City Monarchs to begin the season and in early July he was dealt to Kane County. Between the two clubs, the right-handed hitter would play in 70 games slash at a .293/.335/.441, belting seven home runs, and 16 doubles.  

He isn’t the only member of his family to play professional baseball. His cousin Luis Alexander Basabe made it to the big leagues in 2020 with the San Francisco Giants, his twin Luis Alejandro Basabe was in the minors with the Boston Red Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks, and Osleivis Basabe, also a cousin, was in the show last year with the Tampa Bay Rays. Olivier’s brother, Osman was on team Venezuela in the 2023 Little League World Series.