Adley Rutschman’s “First Half”

[DrungoHazewood]

14 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

That's probably better than he's going to do L/L.

I'd give it a full season in the majors before I even seriously considered it.

Making massive long-term decisions on the career of a rookie star based on 70 PA splits is, well, something no one with any sense would do.

[Sports Guy]

It feels like Adley is rolling over on a lot of pitches batting right handed.  They are working him away and he is trying to pull everything and is just hitting weak grounders.  He needs to try to use all fields instead of trying to pull everything.  
 

 

[baltfan]

12 hours ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Making massive long-term decisions on the career of a rookie star based on 70 PA splits is, well, something no one with any sense would do.

So you were against the Wander Franco and Acuna deals?

[Can_of_corn]

 

[spleen1015]

 

[DrungoHazewood]

19 hours ago, baltfan said:

So you were against the Wander Franco and Acuna deals?

I kind of doubt that either of those deals were negotiated mostly on the basis of how either of them hit in their last 70 PAs against lefties.

[baltfan]

2 hours ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I kind of doubt that either of those deals were negotiated mostly on the basis of how either of them hit in their last 70 PAs against lefties.

As would be the case here as well.  

[Sports Guy]

 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Baltimore Orioles: Is Adley Rutschman the Best Catcher in Baseball?

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As mentioned earlier, Adley has also hit plenty of doubles with 22 of his 54 hits have been doubles and 28 of his 54 hits going for extra bases. Adley has also stolen two bases which is unordinary for a catcher but he has shown good speed for his position with a league-average sprint speed for all position players. He has also increasingly gotten better this season each month as he had a 52 OPS+ in May but has increased that to 143 in July and 232 with a .400/.571/.600 slash line so far in August. Overall, he has had a .367/.530/.510 slash line since the All-Star break with seven doubles and fifteen walks in fifteen games.

 

[Frobby]

On 8/8/2022 at 7:19 AM, geschinger said:

He has a great chance of finishing high enough to earn himself a full year of service time eliminating the extra year of control the O's thought they might have ended up with once he got hurt in Spring Training.

I’d say his odds are at least 50-50.   He’s playing at an extremely high level and he had the big rep before he ever played a major league game.  Personally, I’d love the extra year of team control but if he plays great down the stretch and carries us into the playoffs (yes, I’m going there), I’ll gladly accept that consolation prize.   

[geschinger]

7 hours ago, Frobby said:

I’d say his odds are at least 50-50.   He’s playing at an extremely high level and he had the big rep before he ever played a major league game.  Personally, I’d love the extra year of team control but if he plays great down the stretch and carries us into the playoffs (yes, I’m going there), I’ll gladly accept that consolation prize.   

I'm hoping Pena gets hot and being on maybe the best team in baseball is enough to hold off Adley continuing to play at a higl level.

Playoffs would defitely ease the sting of losing a year combined with not earning the compensation pick.  

[justD]

I really enjoyed watching this breakdown this morning, by Mark DeRosa and Mike Lowell on MLB Central:

 

[Moose Milligan]

I can't remember an Oriole who's at bats I've enjoyed watching more in quite some time.  Maybe Markakis back in his rookie year.

Watching Adley's at bats compared to previous players on the Orioles is like having a sip of a great red wine after you've been drinking MD 20/20 your entire life.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

[Paul in Virginia]

"...Adley Rutschman has already cemented himself as a cornerstone of the Orioles franchise and is just beginning his upward trajectory towards superstardom. His value is only going to increase and it would be prudent for Elias to attempt to secure Rutschman long term now before the cost grows and the temptation of free agency becomes too much to resist..."

 

How much would an Adley Rutschman contract extension cost the Orioles? (birdswatcher.com)