Right Fielder
6´2´´
210 pounds
Age: 24
SSS rank among all right fielders in the system: 3
2021 SSS Top Prospect Vote: 16
2020 SSHP Top Prospect Ranking: 12
2019 SSS Top Prospect Ranking: 8
2018 SSS Top Prospect Ranking: 9
Baseball America noted that some scouts saw Blake Rutherford as a possible “power-hitting center fielder in the Jim Edmonds mold” prior to the 2016 MLB draft. At this point, the White Sox might be happy with Rutherford as a right fielder in the Jim Eisenreich mode.
Rutherford was selected in the first round (18th overall) by the New York Yankees.