Baltimore Orioles first overall pick Adley Rutschman has officially kicked off his minor league career. After spending five games in the Gulf Coast League with the GCL Orioles, Rutschman is now in Low-A Aberdeen and while he’s been a little slow to get going offensively, there’s nothing to worry about.
An awards ceremony tour and dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s on his first professional contract delayed his entrance into the professional ranks, only to be delayed even further by a bout of mono before his scheduled debut. He’s now settling into the lineup with the Aberdeen Ironbirds who enter this week with one of the better records in the New York-Penn League (28-21).