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Blake Rutherford RF
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Scouted by Greg Goldstein (Jul 20, 2017)
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Birth Date	5-2-1997
Height	6' 3"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	27 years, 11 months, 19 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

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: 2018
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2016	PUL	Rk	APP	25	100	.255	.321	.370	.500	96	12.1	3.0	-0.5	178	-1.8	0.0	3.5	0.4
2016	YAT	Rk	GCL	8	30	.225	.301	.297	.263	93	2.2	0.9	-0.1	108	-1.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1
2017	CSC	A	SAL	71	304	.253	.316	.368	.341	96	6.1	8.5	-1.1	98	-7.0	-2.6	-0.6	-0.3
2017	KAN	A	SAL	30	136	.243	.303	.360	.257	103	-7.9	3.8	-0.7	98	-1.6	-0.1	-0.6	0.1
2018	WNS	A+	CAR	115	487	.250	.327	.369	.351	104	8.2	13.8	-4.5	121	-6.6	1.1	10.0	1.4
2019	BIR	AA	SOU	118	480	.242	.316	.362	.343	100	-3.3	12.8	-4.9	95	-0.1	2.4	-0.9	1.0

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2016	YAT	Rk	GCL	30	25	3	6	1	0	1	10	3	4	6	0	0	.240	.333	.400	.160	1	0
2016	PUL	Rk	APP	100	89	13	34	7	4	2	55	9	9	24	0	2	.382	.440	.618	.236	1	0
2017	CSC	A	SAL	304	274	41	77	20	2	2	107	30	25	55	9	4	.281	.342	.391	.109	3	0
2017	KAN	A	SAL	136	122	11	26	5	0	0	31	5	13	21	1	0	.213	.289	.254	.041	0	1
2018	WNS	A+	CAR	487	447	67	131	25	9	7	195	78	34	90	15	8	.293	.345	.436	.143	3	0
2019	BIR	AA	SOU	480	438	50	116	17	3	7	160	49	37	118	9	2	.265	.319	.365	.100	5	0

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YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
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Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
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Compensation

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 37 d		2024

Details

1 year (2023). Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/28/23 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Washington 8/4/23. Sent outright to Triple-A by Washington 10/18/23.
1 year (2022). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/22. DFA by Chicago White Sox 3/29/22. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/1/22.
1 year (2021). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox.
2020. Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 11/20/19.
Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from NY Yankees 7/18/17.
Drafted by NY Yankees 2016 (1-18) (Chaminade Prep, Canoga Park, Calif.). $3.282M signing bonus ($2.4416M slot).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	WARP
90^o	386	38	86	16	2	10	40	17	101	4	2	.235	.268	.372	56	-6.5	-0.7
80^o	365	34	76	14	2	9	36	15	97	4	2	.219	.250	.349	48	-11.1	-1.2
70^o	350	32	70	13	2	8	33	14	94	4	2	.210	.241	.333	42	-14.0	-1.5
60^o	337	29	65	12	2	7	31	13	92	3	2	.202	.231	.317	37	-16.3	-1.7
50^o	325	27	59	11	1	7	29	12	90	3	1	.190	.219	.300	32	-18.3	-1.9
40^o	313	25	54	10	1	6	27	11	88	3	1	.181	.208	.281	27	-20.0	-2.1
30^o	300	24	50	9	1	6	25	10	85	3	1	.174	.201	.275	22	-21.7	-2.3
20^o	285	21	45	8	1	5	23	9	82	2	1	.164	.189	.255	16	-23.4	-2.5
10^o	264	18	38	7	1	4	20	8	77	2	1	.150	.174	.232	8	-25.3	-2.7
Weighted Mean	329	28	61	11	2	7	30	12	91	3	2	.194	.223	.309	33	-17.6	-1.9

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2018-09-18 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Pick a prospect: Blake Rutherford or Carlos Rincon? (Carl from Baltimore)	Rincon (Mike Gianella)
2018-09-04 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Cease and Basabe made "the leap" as prospects this year. Any others, in terms of guys a bit further from the majors, who showed notable progress to you? (Jake from From State Farm)	Aside from the lotto ticket guys I listed above--and without quibbling about the definition of The Leap on those two you named--Micker Adolfo also had a really successful year, even with the injury. Jimmy Lambert took a big step forward, in my opinion. Amado Nunez finally had some good performance to go with his tools in rookie ball. Joel Booker, Luis Gonzalez, and Ti'Quan Forbes all took leaps in their own ways, and I'd think Blake Rutherford had a bounceback season too. Generally speaking, it was an injury-riddled year for the Top 10, but a lot of the depth guys in the system emerged or progressed, such that you wind up with the Endless Uber Reliever Pipeline, for example, that I discussed above. (Nick Schaefer)
2018-05-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Has Blake Rutherford gotten himself back into top prospect consideration? He has been great so far this season. (Frank from PA)	I mean we had him in the 101 so I don't know that he ever left. He's a talented dude. (Nicolas Stellini)
2017-08-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	My farm consists of Gleyber Torres, Vlad Guerrero Jr, Franklin Barreto, Austin Meadows, Scott Kingery, Mickey Moniak, Blake Rutherford, Michael Kopech, Mitch Keller and Tyler Mahle. Plus recently graduated Amed Rosario, Bradley Zimmer and Clint Frazier. Is there any positions or areas I should focus on as I work to be competitive in 2019? (Trip from SC)	Trip. Dude. You're kidding me, right? That is a ridiculous farm system, and seems pretty well-timed for your 2019 target date. I mean, really. Just to be sure, I checked with Scooter Hotz of our prospects team. His take: "I agree with your assessment. I would also add that with prospects, don�t worry about positional need. Focus on getting the best prospects regardless of position. If you end up with a surplus of players at a position in the majors, use the trade market to re-organize your roster positionally. That will give you more value than prioritizing positional need over getting the best player available." (I will note that Scooter and I are in a fantasy league together. I've spent the entire year with a surplus of OFs and a lack of RPs, and he had a surplus of RPs and a lack of OFs, and we never got it together to make a trade. So do as we say, not as we do) (Rob Mains)
2017-06-27 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Next Year's Ronald Acuna? (Mike from ATL)	Blake Rutherford about right for where Acuna was coming into the season? (Jarrett Seidler)

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Blake Rutherford RF
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