Tuesday Bird Droppings: Where we’re getting antsy for Adley

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesGood morning, Camden Chatters.

It was only a few days ago that Orioles fans were anxiously circling May 16 on the calendar, pinpointing that as the date that Adley Rutschman, former #1 overall draft pick and current #1 prospect in baseball, would make his long-awaited major league debut.

Though the O’s never promised that the 16th would be the big day, it seemed to make a lot of sense. Rutschman, rehabbing from a spring triceps injury, had spent about one week at each minor league stop, climbing the ladder step by step from High-A Aberdeen to Double-A Bowie to Triple-A Norfolk. And the end of his first full week at Norfolk happened to coincide…