The Baltimore Orioles have had a tremendous season to date, as they own the second-best record in the American League at 54-35.
Led by stars such as Adley Rutschman, Cedric Mullins, Austin Hays, Gunnar Henderson, and Anthony Santander, the Orioles have won five games in a row and are now just two games back of first place in the AL East.
But one player on their team, despite his success, has run into a little bit of bad luck this season.
That player is Rutschman.
No player in all of baseball has had more pitches that were out of the strike zone called strikes on him than the young catcher.
On Twitter, Codify posted a compilation video of all the outside pitches that were called strikes on Rutschman.
No MLB batter had more out-of-zone pitches called strikes during the first half of this season than Adley Rutschman. 50! pic.twitter.com/bn9lM9DbgU
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) July 13, 2023
Rutschman is enjoying yet another successful season after finishing second in the voting for American League Rookie of the Year honors.
The young switch-hitting catcher is hitting .273 with 12 home runs, 39 RBI, and a .799 OPS.
He also is reaching base at a clip of .376 and slugging .423 on the year.
But not unlike Julio Rodriguez early last season, Rutschman has had some pretty bad luck with pitches out of the strike zone that were ultimately called strikes by the home plate umpire.
Certain players sometimes run into bad luck with called strikes, and Rutschman has been that player this season.
However, his stats are good this year and he’s on track to help the Orioles break their six-year postseason drought by securing a playoff spot.
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