Top Orioles prospects Adley Rutschman and DL Hall will join Triple-A Norfolk during a road series in Nashville on Friday, the Tides announced Thursday, continuing their progression towards the majors.

Rutschman, the top-ranked prospect in baseball, was on track to begin the season on the major league roster with the Orioles before a right tricep strain early in spring training sidelined him. The catcher reported to High-A Aberdeen late last month for a rehabilitation assignment, playing four games, before moving to Double-A Bowie.

With the Baysox, Rutschman played three games. Across both levels, the first overall pick in the 2019 draft is hitting .440 with a 1.157 OPS. He’s arriving again in Triple-A, where he excelled in 2021; Rutschman hit .312 for the Tides in 43 games.

Hall is reaching the Triple-A level for the first time in his career. The left-handed starter’s 2021 campaign ended prematurely when he suffered a stress reaction in his left elbow, and he remained in Florida working at the extended spring training facility after camp broke. But Hall then joined Rutschman in High-A, where he struck out six batters and allowed two hits in four scoreless innings.

Hall took the mound Thursday for Bowie and lasted 3 2/3 innings, striking out six before running into trouble later in his outing. The 23-year-old allowed two runs on three hits.

The duo will arrive in Nashville in time for Friday’s game against the Sounds.

This story will be updated.

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