No games in 2020, but Rutschman is doing what he can do to prepare for a major-league career

Minor league baseball went dark last season due to the COVID-19 crisis, bad timing for those in the beginning stages of their professional careers.

Even so, Adley Rutschman made the most of his 2020 non-season.

The No. 1 pick in the 2019 major-league draft spent the summer on the Baltimore Orioles’ 60-man roster, though he trained with the minor-league group in Bowie, Md., about 30 miles south of the city.