Adley Rutschman 2021

[jabba72]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Or hi A.   He went straight from Delmarva.  

bbref says he played A+ before his debut in 2005.  854 OPS and 22 HR's, though I he think he was demoted from Baltimore at some point and went into an extended slump on his return to High A.

[Pickles]

5 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Or hi A.   He went straight from Delmarva.  

If memory serves, he came up straight from Frederick.

[Frobby]

2 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

bbref says he played A+ before his debut in 2005.  854 OPS and 22 HR's, though I he think he was demoted from Baltimore at some point and went into an extended slump on his return to High A.

You are right, I misremembered.   What I recall is that his teammate Markakis had some minor injury at the time, so they called up Fio instead.   

[Pickles]

6 minutes ago, Frobby said:

You are right, I misremembered.   What I recall is that his teammate Markakis had some minor injury at the time, so they called up Fio instead.   

I recall the logic behind Fio was they needed someone who could play CF.

[OriolesMagic83]

6 minutes ago, Pickles said:

I recall the logic behind Fio was they needed someone who could play CF.

If I remember right, he had a great 3 or so games, and O's fan were like "Yeah, the next O's outfielder" and then Fiorentino started hitting like you imagined an average A hitter in MLB would hit.

[Just Regular]

Fly out to CF just now was CF stealing a would be Grand Slam with a fantastic catch.   BaySox have hit SWR to give Rodriguez big lead.

[Pickles]

4 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

If I remember right, he had a great 3 or so games, and O's fan were like "Yeah, the next O's outfielder" and then Fiorentino started hitting like you imagined an average A hitter in MLB would hit.

That's a pretty common thing.

[Frobby]

Rutschman by week:

May 4-8: 25 PA, .190/.320/.381, 1 HR, 4 RBI

May 11-16: 29 PA, .278/.552/.667, 2 HR, 6 RBI

May 18-23: 27 PA, .273/.407/.409, 1 HR, 3 RBI

May 25-30: 20 PA, .500/.600/1.000, 2 HR, 7 RBI

June 1-6: 28 PA, .292/.393/.625, 2 HR, 2 RBI

June 8-13: 30 PA, .296/.333/.519, 2 HR, 5 RBI.

June 15-20: 27 PA, .286/.444/.286, O HR, 1 RBI

June 22-27: 27 PA, ..227/.370/.409, 1 HR, 4 RBI

Not really dominating of late.
 

[fansince1988]

We have friends that recently moved to Bowie and they invited us to this afternoons Baysox game, and I was able to go along with my 2.5 year old son! I've been to dozens of Frederick Keys games over the years, but the only Baysox game I had previously attended was at Memorial Stadium with my father, back in the early 90's. It was a nasty hot day, the official attendance was under 2,000. Wish I could provide a more detailed review of the game, but most of my time was spent chasing my son around the shaded concourse. I did see AR's first AB, it was a solid single up the middle. Ended up being his only hit of the afternoon. Glad we were able to see him before he gets promoted, hopefully soon. 

Edited June 27, 2021 by fansince1988

[joelala]

Honest question: what would be a Rutschman outcome you’re happy with? I’ll go out on a relatively sturdy limb and say he won’t reach the offensive heights of Posey nor the overall, complete and utter greatness of Molina. Basically, what exactly are we expecting from him at this point?

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, joelala said:

Honest question: what would be a Rutschman outcome you’re happy with? I’ll go out on a relatively sturdy limb and say he won’t reach the offensive heights of Posey nor the overall, complete and utter greatness of Molina. Basically, what exactly are we expecting from him at this point?

Highly unlikely he will.  Molina is going to have at least a three season head start on him.  Hard to make up three years worth of counting stats.

[7Mo]

3 hours ago, Frobby said:

 

Rutschman by week:

May 4-8: 25 PA, .190/.320/.381, 1 HR, 4 RBI

May 11-16: 29 PA, .278/.552/.667, 2 HR, 6 RBI

May 18-23: 27 PA, .273/.407/.409, 1 HR, 3 RBI

May 25-30: 20 PA, .500/.600/1.000, 2 HR, 7 RBI

June 1-6: 28 PA, .292/.393/.625, 2 HR, 2 RBI

June 8-13: 30 PA, .296/.333/.519, 2 HR, 5 RBI.

June 15-20: 27 PA, .286/.444/.286, O HR, 1 RBI

June 22-27: 27 PA, ..227/.370/.409, 1 HR, 4 RBI

Not really dominating of late.
 

Thanks for this. Hope you'll keep doing them when warranted.

[Hazmat]

1 hour ago, joelala said:

Honest question: what would be a Rutschman outcome you’re happy with? I’ll go out on a relatively sturdy limb and say he won’t reach the offensive heights of Posey nor the overall, complete and utter greatness of Molina. Basically, what exactly are we expecting from him at this point?

Would you take half of Jorge Posada’s career?

[Moose Milligan]

5 minutes ago, Hazmat said:

Would you take half of Jorge Posada’s career?

The half with the rings?  Yes.

[Moose Milligan]

1 hour ago, joelala said:

Honest question: what would be a Rutschman outcome you’re happy with? I’ll go out on a relatively sturdy limb and say he won’t reach the offensive heights of Posey nor the overall, complete and utter greatness of Molina. Basically, what exactly are we expecting from him at this point?

I'm not expecting anything.

That's not to say that I'm not expecting ANYTHING.  I'm just tired of making pronouncements about what he will or won't be.  Or who's career he'll have.  Buster Posey's?  Yadier Molina's?  Carlton Fisk's?  Ivan Rodriguez's?  Matt Wieters'?  Joe Mauer's?

Second, the constant speculation of when or when he won't be called up and the surrounding scenarios and situations around it, service clock time, etc...

It just goes on and on and on and on and on and on...

It's tiresome.  I'm just over it.  I'm enjoying seeing how he's handling AA pitching and hoping that he'll have a seamless transition to the majors at some point.  Constant speculation about when he'll be up and how he'll turn out to be...well, let's just say your maw-maw would tell you that you'll turn blind.