Adley Rutschman 2022

[Aristotelian]

17 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

This is probably somewhat weather related since weather in the Baltimore area looks bad for the weekend TIdes are in the future Oriole home and they can showcase him  

That actually makes sense.

[Going Underground]

15 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Excellent point, weather this weekend is going to be brutal.

Nashville weather might be iffy tomorrow but better on Saturday and Sunday 

[fansince1988]

24 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

May 16 ,start of home stand 

On a Monday? There would be 2,500 people there. Not much more on Tuesday, or Wednesday. Thursday the 19th is a 12:35 start. I think it will be Friday the 20th. 

[Aglets]

19 minutes ago, fansince1988 said:

On a Monday? There would be 2,500 people there. Not much more on Tuesday, or Wednesday. Thursday the 19th is a 12:35 start. I think it will be Friday the 20th. 

I think you are thinking about the incentives for the O's backwards.  The whole goal is to sell more tickets.  If he debuts on a Monday that would have low expected attendance (note this will be a Yankee game so I don't think we are looking at just 5,000 fans anyway) then that means an Adley debut might have MORE of an economic benefit for them.   He will help sell tickets.   I hope to be one such person able to purchase one to his debut whenever it happens.

[fansince1988]

3 minutes ago, Aglets said:

I think you are thinking about the incentives for the O's backwards.  The whole goal is to sell more tickets.  If he debuts on a Monday that would have low expected attendance (note this will be a Yankee game so I don't think we are looking at just 5,000 fans anyway) then that means an Adley debut might have MORE of an economic benefit for them.   He will help sell tickets.   I hope to be one such person able to purchase one to his debut whenever it happens.

The dream scenario is a sold out ball park on his MLB debut and he goes 4-4 with two home runs. I find it hard to imagine they will draw a large crowd if he debuts on a weekday game, much less a weekend game against Tampa. This is much different than when Bryce Harper, or even Matt Wieters came up. There was a lot more national buzz surrounding those players. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

The good news is Rutschman making his Orioles debut is just over the horizon now. It seems to be lined up for the next homestand on May 16th, but who cares at least it's actually (almost) happening.

I'm going to shut up about it now on fear of jinxing AR's MLB debut. 

[Frobby]

24 minutes ago, fansince1988 said:

The dream scenario is a sold out ball park on his MLB debut and he goes 4-4 with two home runs. I find it hard to imagine they will draw a large crowd if he debuts on a weekday game, much less a weekend game against Tampa. This is much different than when Bryce Harper, or even Matt Wieters came up. There was a lot more national buzz surrounding those players. 

There’s plenty of local buzz about Rutschman, but I can’t imagine his debut will draw anything near a sellout.  Wieters’ debut FWIW drew 42,704, which was the 6th largest home crowd that season.  The 2009 O’s drew 1.9 mm fans and did quite well a lot of weekends.   They topped 40,000 eight times that year, and 30,000 another 10 times.   By contrast, last year’s team topped 30,000 exactly once.

[fansince1988]

11 minutes ago, Frobby said:

There’s plenty of local buzz about Rutschman, but I can’t imagine his debut will draw anything near a sellout.  Wieters’ debut FWIW drew 42,704, which was the 6th largest home crowd that season.  The 2009 O’s drew 1.9 mm fans and did quite well a lot of weekends.   They topped 40,000 eight times that year, and 30,000 another 10 times.   By contrast, last year’s team topped 30,000 exactly once.

Agreed, a lot has changed since then. I'm thinking 15k-20k range for his debut. 

[nevadaO]

24 minutes ago, Frobby said:

There’s plenty of local buzz about Rutschman, but I can’t imagine his debut will draw anything near a sellout.  Wieters’ debut FWIW drew 42,704, which was the 6th largest home crowd that season.  The 2009 O’s drew 1.9 mm fans and did quite well a lot of weekends.   They topped 40,000 eight times that year, and 30,000 another 10 times.   By contrast, last year’s team topped 30,000 exactly once.

It was also a Friday night game.

[wildcard]

I am surprised that DL is moving up.   He is not scheduled to pitch until Tuesday so his promotion in not weather related.

[waroriole]

Just bring him up tomorrow. He’s healthy. He’s hitting. Let him play

[SteveA]

10 minutes ago, waroriole said:

Just bring him up tomorrow. He’s healthy. He’s hitting. Let him play

To sit in the dugout during rain delays all weekend?

[OriolesMagic83]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

There’s plenty of local buzz about Rutschman, but I can’t imagine his debut will draw anything near a sellout.  Wieters’ debut FWIW drew 42,704, which was the 6th largest home crowd that season.  The 2009 O’s drew 1.9 mm fans and did quite well a lot of weekends.   They topped 40,000 eight times that year, and 30,000 another 10 times.   By contrast, last year’s team topped 30,000 exactly once.

The O's have topped 30,000 twice this year already, right?  I think attendance will be better this year than last year.   I don't think people are as panicked about the risk of Covid. 

[Frobby]

34 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

The O's have topped 30,000 twice this year already, right?  I think attendance will be better this year than last year.   I don't think people are as panicked about the risk of Covid. 

Last year attendance was restricted to 25% capacity until June 1.   It probably didn’t matter much, but it certainly cost them a much bigger crowd on Opening Day.  

[emmett16]

Easy single off a Chris sale look a like in Small.  He’s ready.  Let’s get him up to Baltimore Sunday.