Adley Rutschman 2022

[justD]

20 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Still a pretty good throw.  

I liked the one in Aberdeen, but everyone got up in arms over it being short; I thought it was the 2B's issue for not digging it out like Ortiz did. Maybe I'm not picky enough

[nevadaO]

Smacked the ball into RF floating towards center, that the RF dove for but couldn't get, a double for Adley.

[justD]

2 minutes ago, nevadaO said:

Smacked the ball into RF floating towards center, that the RF dove for but couldn't get, a double for Adley.

Between Adley and Gunnar, I could be posting video clips all night!

[seak05]

2 minutes ago, justD said:

Between Adley and Gunnar, I could be posting video clips all night!

I could get used to seeing them in a lineup together....

[justD]

14 minutes ago, nevadaO said:

Smacked the ball into RF floating towards center, that the RF dove for but couldn't get, a double for Adley.

 

[nevadaO]

Struckout swinging on his next AB. Still in the game catching, top 8th

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 hours ago, nevadaO said:

Struckout swinging on his next AB. Still in the game catching, top 8th

Looks like Rutschman caught the entire game. Nice. 

https://www.milb.com/gameday/senators-vs-baysox/2022/05/03/673354#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=673354

[waroriole]

Call him up!!

[RZNJ]

12 hours ago, justD said:

I liked the one in Aberdeen, but everyone got up in arms over it being short; I thought it was the 2B's issue for not digging it out like Ortiz did. Maybe I'm not picky enough

That throw was an abnormal throw for any ML quality catcher. It wasn't a matter of whether the 2B should have handled it.  It bounced a good 10 feet in front of the bag.  Another poster estimated it at 15 feet. Hopefully, it was just rust.  We may never see Rutschman throw one that short again, if healthy. 

[Frobby]

MASN recapped the Bowie game on the postgame show last night and the announcers mentioned that Adley let a couple of pitches get past him while he was catching that he normally would have smothered.   I see we had two wild pitches in the game, nothing scored as a passed ball.  So I don’t know if the two WP are what they were referencing.  

[Going Underground]

DH'ing today Makes sense day game after a night game. 

[justD]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

MASN recapped the Bowie game on the postgame show last night and the announcers mentioned that Adley let a couple of pitches get past him while he was catching that he normally would have smothered.   I see we had two wild pitches in the game, nothing scored as a passed ball.  So I don’t know if the two WP are what they were referencing.  

Here's the one from the 5th inning, Ryan Watson pitching; the second in the 9th off Burch looks like he came up early in his stance to throw the runner out and it got under his glove.

Edited May 4, 2022 by justD
Added the second vid clip

[Frobby]

Hard to tell from that angle.  Clearly it was a wild pitch, but did he have a shot at blocking it more cleanly?   Could be.  

[Sports Guy]

They won’t even let him catch a whole game.  He’s rusty.  Missing some balls that he normally gets to isn’t that surprising, nor does it really matter or cause for any concern.

[Frobby]

3 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

They won’t even let him catch a whole game.  He’s rusty.  Missing some balls that he normally gets to isn’t that surprising, nor does it really matter or cause for any concern.

Nobody said they were concerned.  But it could suggest that he’s rusty and could use a few minor league games under his belt to sharpen his catching skills into his usual form.  He did catch the whole game yesterday.   Will be interesting to see his workload this week.