Left Fielder
6´3´´
205 pounds
Age: 24
2018 SSS Top Prospect Ranking: 9
2019 SSS Top Prospect Ranking: 8
2020 SSHP Top Prospect Ranking: 12
2021 SSS Top Prospect Ranking: 14
SSS rank among all left fielders in the system: 1
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 center fielder in the Jim Eisenreich mode.
Rutherford was selected in the first round (18th overall) by the Yankees.