Adley Rutschman 2021

[Mooreisbetter27]

Adley just homered to LCF to tie the game. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

Adley just homered to LCF to tie the game. 

But did he have a passed ball leading to a run?

I didn't think so, he's no Severino!

[Ruzious]

Just amazing that we have garbage at catcher at the ML level and keep the organization's most valuable property in AA at age 23.  

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

Just amazing that we have garbage at catcher at the ML level and keep the organization's most valuable property in AA at age 23.  

Elias has made it clear what his priorities are.

[OriolesMagic83]

23 hours ago, Frobby said:

Overall, his strike zone judgment is super impressive and he’s shown power.   I’m still waiting to see a nice streak of multi-hit games.   Outside of last weekend’s doubleheader, he’s not had back to back games of more than one hit,and his longest hitting streak so far is four games.   Now the prodigious walk totals make up for that in large part, but I’d still like to see a true hot streak from him.   

When's the last time the O's drafted and developed a player that walks this much?  Markakis had a pretty good walk rate, but his walk rate was nowhere near where Adley's seems to be.  A catcher who frequently puts up a .400 OBP would be insanely good.  Are O's fans allowed to get excited after how their hopes were raised to helium levels by Weiters. 

[VaBird1]

3 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

When's the last time the O's drafted and developed a player that walks this much?  Markakis had a pretty good walk rate, but his walk rate was nowhere near where Adley's seems to be.  A catcher who frequently puts up a .400 OBP would be insanely good.  Are O's fans allowed to get excited after how their hopes were raised to helium levels by Weiters. 

I gonna guess Randy Milligan.

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, VaBird1 said:

I gonna guess Randy Milligan.

Drafted by the Mets.

[Just Regular]

4 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

When's the last time the O's drafted and developed a player that walks this much?  Markakis had a pretty good walk rate, but his walk rate was nowhere near where Adley's seems to be.  A catcher who frequently puts up a .400 OBP would be insanely good.  Are O's fans allowed to get excited after how their hopes were raised to helium levels by Weiters. 

DJ Stewart's minor league walk rate is ~12% - his Eye is probably his carrying tool as a Duquetteian qualified major leaguer.

Adley looks like he is around 5% better than that now, but some of that him terrifying sub-AAA pitchers probably more than Stewart ever did.

[LTO's]

46 minutes ago, OrioleDog said:

Adley looks like he is around 5% better than that now, but some of that him terrifying sub-AAA pitchers probably more than Stewart ever did.

As someone who has watched quite a few of his ABs on Milbtv and in person, I can tell you he should have even more walks than he does. AA umpires are pretty terrible. Having this level of plate discipline is such a useful tool as you progress.

[LTO's]

#8. Stays back and puts a good swing on this breaking ball not trying to pull it. 2 walks so far as well. Starting at 1B.

[waroriole]

36 minutes ago, LTO's said:

#8. Stays back and puts a good swing on this breaking ball not trying to pull it. 2 walks so far as well. Starting at 1B.

That thing really carried or he’s got some 2013 Chris Davis power. 

[Frobby]

Rutschman’s last six homers have come on the weekend, including 5 the last 4 Sundays.  

[joelala]

32 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Rutschman’s last six homers have come on the weekend, including 5 the last 4 Sundays.  

Weekend Warrior 

[Legend_Of_Joey]

One thing to keep an eye on is how he does the next 2 months and how the Orioles organization uses him. He has played in every game so far. If that keeps up, let’s see if they move him out of catcher more (more DH or 1st baseman use) or if they start giving him some days off and keep him behind the plate as much or more.

[Dreadnought]

I think playing him at 1st base is about maximizing his ABs at the professional level, while not having him catch 120 games in one year.  The pattern in six-game series have been, catch 3-4; IB or DH 2 to 3.

Edited June 6, 2021 by Dreadnought