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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jul 16, 2023 22:43:56 GMT -8
I can think of 3 things, maybe a combination of these 1. He spends 1/2 the game less than a couple of feet from the ump. Maybe he has rubbed some the wrong way. 2. The umps really admire him, but don't want to get caught showing preferences. 3. He's young, the umps want to make him earn his spot, and after 4-5 years he will get all of those calls. Is it possible that it's just a matter of him taking more close pitches than other batters? If he takes more close pitches, then the "bad" calls by the umpires (based on the catchers doing a good job of framing balls that just miss the strike zone), will have more chance to accumulate? With all the stats that baseball keeps, is there one to show where Adley ranks in taking pitches? Even that may not show it, if it doesn't take into account how close the pitches taken are to the strike zone. Then again, this may all be moot if Adley is willing to take the chance on close pitches when he is ahead in the count and doesn't let these "bad" calls affect his average or contribution to the team. This is some great thinking. Adley Rutschman is 10th in the Majors in number of pitches. An even more fun fact is that Steven Kwan is 9th in the Majors in number of pitches. (That's why Pittsburgh just spent a Third Round pick on Garret Forrester. Oregon State churns out players that eat up pitches.) More pitches = more umpiring mistakes. I would add that Rutschman is an above-average framing catcher, very good at expanding the zone up, best in the Majors. He may be suffering from a zone that he expanded himself. |
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