— David Adler (@_dadler)June 18, 2022 He's a top-5 framer The next key defensive area for a catcher is pitch framing, and Rutschman is excelling at it. Rutschman has gotten called strikes on 49.7% of the borderline pitches he's received -- those are pitches taken by the batter th...
Baseball America, ESPN or MLB Pipeline now receives a full year of service time if they finish in the top two in Rookie of the Year balloting. Rutschman meets that qualification, meaning he’ll earn a full year of service for the 2022 campaign. That moves his path to arbitration and ...