When should the O’s call up Rutschman?

[Frobby]

Adley Rutschman is currently hitting .277/.445/.530 at Bowie, with 6 homers, 20 RBI, 23 BB and 21 K’s in 24 games and 110 PA.   Obviously, he is showing great plate discipline and a lot of power.    There have been some reports that he’s vulnerable to well placed high fastballs.   But, the majority of his strikeouts occurred in his first 6 games, when he struck out 11 times in 29 PA.   Since then, he’s had only 10 K’s in 81 PA.

You could argue that he’s shown he’s ready enough that he wouldn’t be overwhelmed by the big leagues.   You could even argue that he’s already better than Severino/Wynns/Sisco.   Certainly, there’s no way to inow without trying it.  

Still, if you call him up you start his service clock, and it’s not like the O’s will contend this year with him, or even sniff .500.    And, perhaps there is more to learn in AA and/or AAA that would help him to be more ready when he does make his major league debut.  

So, what would you do?   I think we ran a similar poll in the offseason, but now we have a month of data on Rutschman and we can see where things stand with the team and the other catchers.    Thoughts?

 

 

[Gentile4]

There's no reason to promote him to the big leagues now. I'd rather he develop a working relationship w/pitchers like DL Hall and Grayson Rodriguez and bring them all up together. I can't imagine those two pitchers are going to need much more time in the minors.

[Frobby]

For those interested, here is the similar poll that was run back in February:  

 

[Philip]

I can’t really vote adequately because I don’t have all the facts, but I’ve been voting since I was 18 and that never stopped me before.

I have no problem with playing the service time game, so I don’t wanna call him up too early, but for me the main thing is how does he handle off speed stuff. I have been told that is the big deal, that minor-league Pitching offspeed stuff is not nearly as good as major-league off speed stuff, and that’s what trips up the guys. I have no idea how will he hits curveballs are breaking balls or slurves or whatever they are called, But given appropriate attention to service time, I think how well he hits those should be the arbiter.

[Frobby]

2 minutes ago, Philip said:

I can’t really vote adequately because I don’t have all the facts, but I’ve been voting since I was 18 and that never stopped me before.

Great line!

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

I'll go with September call up, since it's already June now and AR has yet to play in Norfolk. Even though a case could be made that AR could skip AAA, but with the O's being this bad I don't know if it makes sense like when Manny got called up from Bowie in 2012. 

I'm hoping the service time games get eliminated in the next bargaining agreement, so future top prospects don't get held down in an effort to maximize their service time before free agency. 

[Yossarian]

I thought we were going to offer him as trade bait to get some young talent in the system and build for the future.

[Sports Guy]

Anytime between now and the AS break.

[Aristotelian]

If he is as good as advertised I want an extra year of him. I went with G admittedly without knowing how big the difference is between G and F. If it's a few days, might as well avoid Super 2 as well as get the extra year. 

[Ripken]

2 months ago.

[billw76]

I voted September. I'd like to see him work as much as possible with Hall and Rodriguez at Bowie before getting called up.

 

[MurphDogg]

My hope is that he is with Bowie until the All Star Break, he and Hall are called up to AAA at that point and if they succeed over the next six weeks are called up around September 1 and are up for good. If they tread water at AAA, they stay there through next May, assuming that the new CBA gives them an extra year until free agency by doing so.

[Sports Guy]

What is the point of a Sept call up?  He barely gets his feet wet and you start the clock.  Either do it soon or just wait.  

[Just Regular]

1 hour ago, Sports Guy said:

Anytime between now and the AS break.

Tonight's my first time appreciating the Futures Game and Night 1 of the Draft are both Sunday 7/11 - that will be quite a day.   I voted for Now, but suspect the front office is in draft lock mode and probably doesn't want the distraction.

My best case hope is the ensuing 10 days - the last 10 days of July apt to be trade deadline mode.   I suppose one more month a candle perhaps still lit for the Pedro Severino hot streak coinciding with Mitch Garver being the start of a catcher attrition run.

[owknows]

How about now?

Too early?

Ok maybe now?

Still too early?

Let's give it a little time.

OK... how bout now?