Adley Rutschman 2023

[Gurgi]

5 minutes ago, FlaO'sFan said:

Adley should lose 15 (or 20) pounds in the off-season.

He does look thick but not fat.  You really think he is overweight?

[OnlyOneOriole]

11 minutes ago, FlaO'sFan said:

Adley should lose 15 (or 20) pounds in the off-season.

I agree.  He does not look in shape to me at all and he has turned into a 125 pound slap hitter with almost no drive or power.

 

Drafting a catcher that high is just a loser. 

[Satyr3206]

Catchers typically lose 2 to 8 lbs per game. Try the gear on and catch a 9 inning game.

[FlaO'sFan]

3 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

He does look thick but not fat.  You really think he is overweight?

I don't think he's fat, but watching him all season I think that he is a little above an ideal weight that would maximize his athleticism. It's just an observation after a lifetime of watching sports, I honestly think it would help him. Of course I have no 'data' to back that up, so I fully expect a barrage of charts and analysis that shows Adley to be within 0.06% of his ideal playing weight.

[FlaO'sFan]

1 minute ago, Satyr3206 said:

Catchers typically lose 2 to 8 lbs per game. Try the gear on and catch a 9 inning game.

If using the average, my wife thinks about 10 games would do.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

7 minutes ago, Satyr3206 said:

Catchers typically lose 2 to 8 lbs per game. Try the gear on and catch a 9 inning game.

Chris Hoiles said during really hot and humid summer games he could lose 10 lbs during the course of a game. That's got to wear a catcher out over the season.

[Satyr3206]

1 minute ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Chris Hoiles said during really hot and humid summer games he could lose 10 lbs during the course of a game. That's got to wear a catcher out over the season.

It does. You have to replace that by the next day. It kicks your butt. Literally.

[Satyr3206]

14 minutes ago, FlaO'sFan said:

If using the average, my wife thinks about 10 games would do.

Lmao

[baltfan]

29 minutes ago, FlaO'sFan said:

Adley should lose 15 (or 20) pounds in the off-season.

He has a bit of an odd body.  He is a bit barrel chested and has a baby face.  I suspect that makes him look a little heavier than he actually is.  Weight is unlikely a problem. 

[e16bball]

Been saying for a while now that they should really consider dialing back the “Adley as DH” deployment a bit. 

I think it limits the mental/physical benefit to his “day off” if he’s still in the lineup and preparing to take a full slate of at-bats — and I don’t think that, at present particularly, he’s really a much better hitter than other options who could DH in his stead. 

Plus, it ties Hyde’s hands late in the game, when it might prove helpful to hit for McCann in a tight game.

[SilverRocket]

1 hour ago, Tbone83 said:

At the very least, the leadoff experiment needs to come to an end. I feel like Adley's had more bad at bats in the last week than he normally has in a month. 

He's had two really bad games. In the 10 games before that, he put up a .420 OBP. He's our best on-base guy by a good margin, and with the power at 2-3-4, we don't need someone to steal bases in that spot.

I wish he showed more power this year to become more of an impact player, but there really isn't a better option for leading off.

[Brooks The Great]

3 hours ago, SilverRocket said:

He's had two really bad games. In the 10 games before that, he put up a .420 OBP. He's our best on-base guy by a good margin, and with the power at 2-3-4, we don't need someone to steal bases in that spot.

I wish he showed more power this year to become more of an impact player, but there really isn't a better option for leading off.

It would have been Cowser had Hyde and Elias not sabatoged Cowser by not playing him every day and letting him work through his initial adustment period. 

Right now, moving Mullins up to leadoff is a reasonable solution. No one in the entire organization has as much experience leading off as Mullins does. Simply switching Adley's and Ced's spots in the lineup would be a nice way to change things up without disrupting the rest of the lineup. Although disrupting the rest of the lineup may not be a bad thing considering how the whole lineup has looked the past few days.

[Sports Guy]

Whether it’s batting first or second, Adley has a similar OBP(little higher batting second but it’s close). His slugging is 31 points higher batting second and his slugging is currently over 400 batting leadoff.

Edited September 15, 2023 by Sports Guy

[Roll Tide]

9 hours ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

I agree.  He does not look in shape to me at all and he has turned into a 125 pound slap hitter with almost no drive or power.

 

Drafting a catcher that high is just a loser. 

I thought about this a while back. I’d like to see him trying to drive the ball more as opposed to hitting lead off and looking for walks

[emmett16]

In a disappointing year he is going to put up 4WAR.  Not bad.  He looks exhausted.  They need to find a better way to get him through a full season next year factoring in extra workload in 2023 playoffs and 2024 playoffs as well.  
 

I think the drop in D & power is a function of being overworked.  Still 1+ year away from Basallo helping out.