If you’re itching to get your first live look at Baltimore Orioles first-round pick Adley Rutschman in a professional baseball uniform, you may not have to wait much longer (unless you’re an O’s fan in Florida who has been able to catch a Gulf Coast League game). Per MASN’s Roch Kubatko, the Orioles are expected to promote Rutschman to the Aberdeen Ironbirds, the New York-Penn League Low-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, for Saturday’s contest against the Hudson Valley Renegades (Tampa Bay affiliate).
After a delayed start to his professional career due to a case of mono, Rutschman has appeared in four games for the Gulf Coast League Orioles over the past week, providing instant entertainment and an extreme thirst for more and more content among fans as they impatiently await his move to an affiliate a bit closer to home.