MLB.com on Rutschman: read this and drool!

[Frobby]

https://www.mlb.com/news/adley-rutschman-top-all-around-catcher

[Malike]

From Dave Adler's keyboard to God's ears.

[Moose Milligan]

This is awesome 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

This portion of the article stood out to me:

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The .295 BA: Rutschman's bat-to-ball skills are driving his average. His swing-and-miss rate since June 10 is under 16%, ranking in the top 10% of the league over that time. When Rutschman swings at strikes, he connects 89% of the time, putting him among the top 15% of hitters in in-zone contact rate.

[LookinUp]

Kind of stinks to have a catcher who can frame like that when they’re about to go to an electronic k zone. Might mean his peak value will be next year.

[Frobby]

2 hours ago, LookinUp said:

Kind of stinks to have a catcher who can frame like that when they’re about to go to an electronic k zone. Might mean his peak value will be next year.

Doesn’t sound like MLB is going to an electronic zone anytime soon.  The players hated it. 

[LA2]

What's amazing about the clip of Adley cutting down the stolen base attempt is Kiner-Falefa actually had a great jump on the pitcher (Krehbiel).

[interloper]

It's now extremely noticeable when Chirinos simply gives up on borderline pitches. He'll catch them and just immediately move the glove away from the zone to throw the ball back to the pitcher. 

Adley has been a joy to watch, and his throwing is starting to come around which was my only concern early on. 

[DrinkinWithFermi]

Those eye-popping offensive metrics really underscore why a reunion with Trey in free agency is so undesirable despite how much we all love the guy- if Adley isn't catching on a particular day, he needs the DH spot open to keep his bat in the lineup.

 

[survivedc]

30 minutes ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

Those eye-popping offensive metrics really underscore why a reunion with Trey in free agency is so undesirable despite how much we all love the guy- if Adley isn't catching on a particular day, he needs the DH spot open to keep his bat in the lineup.

 

Adley alone isn’t a reason to not sign Trey or any other mostly DH player. Adley should probably get one full day off per week and the regular DH couldn’t sit the other one?

[seak05]

I was wondering when we were going to start getting the "Adley is a dude" at catcher articles. Glad to see the first one. Combining off/def he's probably already a top 5 catcher in baseball 

[DrinkinWithFermi]

5 minutes ago, survivedc said:

Adley alone isn’t a reason to not sign Trey or any other mostly DH player. Adley should probably get one full day off per week and the regular DH couldn’t sit the other one?

There may be streches, especially during the balmy mid-Atlantic July and August, where we want Adley to DH a bit more to keep him fresh for the stretch run, or where he might be a bit too banged up to handle the rigors of catching 9 innings but still in good enough shape to hit. Not having a well-paid everyday DH to relegate to bench duty would be beneficial at those times.

And of course other guys would benefit from that flexibility as well.

[Tony-OH]

9 hours ago, Frobby said:

https://www.mlb.com/news/adley-rutschman-top-all-around-catcher

That's a heel of an article with great facts/stats along with video clips.

There is little doubt that Rutschman is destined for stardom and may already be there!

[clapdiddy]

Rutschman not only brings the skills, but I love what I see in his enthusiasm for the game.   He seems like a natural leader.