Rutschman's stats are what they are, but the fact is Orioles hitters up and down the system are judged internally more by intricacies like swing decisions than by counting numbers, and defensively by proprietary analytics. Sometimes this approach even rewards on-field failures like called strikeout...
Rutschman trailed only Toronto’sAlejandro Kirkin on-base percentage and finished eighth in slugging. The former Oregon State star also threw out 11 of 36 attempted base-stealers, rated as 18 runs above average with the glove by measure of Defensive Runs Saved and immediately stepped in to le...