Just about anywhere you turn for draft coverage heading into Monday’s draft, you will find the analysts saying that Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman is the best player available for the Orioles or anyone else to draft. MLB Pipeline calls him “the complete package at and behind the plate.” ESPN’s Keith Law says Rutschman is “a no-doubt catcher and a switch-hitter with plus power.” You want that guy on your team. You need that guy on your team.
Or at least, you need that guy on your team if he is all that the prospect-ranking world says that he is.