“If you kind of look at the performance a little bit more under the hood, you see really strong bat-to-ball, really good ball flight relative to previous seasons, which gives us some excitement about his ability to do damage in our park.”

Craig Breslow · said 2026-08-03 · reported 2026-08-04

Breslow explained the team's excitement about Rutschman's underlying contact quality despite declining top-line stats.