If the Guardians are showing the value of bringing up several quality prospects, the Orioles are showing why, sometimes, all you need is one.
Rookie catcher Adley Rutschman has been a savant for the birds of Baltimore, slashing .254/.363/.442 with eight home runs and a team-leading 134 wRC+. He’s only played 79 games in the majors, but already he is starting to look like the best catcher in baseball on both sides of the plate. In addition to his threatening plate prescence, he has a pop time in the 80th percentile and frames pitches with the best of them.