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Esteury Ruiz
Ruiz with the Fort Wayne TinCaps in 2018
Oakland Athletics – No. 1
Outfielder
Born: (1999-02-15) February 15, 1999 (age 25)
Azua, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 12, 2022, for the San Diego Padres
MLB statistics
(through July 5, 2023)
Batting average.249
Home runs1
Runs batted in37
Stolen bases44
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Teams

Esteury Ruiz (born February 15, 1999) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022 with the San Diego Padres and also played for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Career

Kansas City Royals

Ruiz signed with the Kansas City Royals as an international free agent in 2015.[1] He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Dominican Summer League Royals and started 2017 with the Arizona League Royals.

San Diego Padres

On July 24, 2017, the Royals traded Ruiz, Matt Strahm and Travis Wood to the San Diego Padres for Trevor Cahill, Ryan Buchter and Brandon Maurer.[2][3] He began his Padres career with the Arizona League Padres.[4] He played 2018 with the Fort Wayne TinCaps and 2019 with the Lake Elsinore Storm. He did not play for a team in 2020 due to the Minor League Baseball season being cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ruiz returned in 2021 to play for the San Antonio Missions and returned there to start the 2022 season.[5] On July 12, 2022, the Padres selected Ruiz to the major league roster.[6] He made his major league debut that day as the starting center fielder against the Colorado Rockies, going 2-for-4 with an RBI.[7]

Milwaukee Brewers

On August 1, 2022, the Padres traded Ruiz, Taylor Rogers, Dinelson Lamet and prospect Robert Gasser to the Milwaukee Brewers for Josh Hader.[8] In 2022, he batted .332/.447/.526 in 437 at bats.[9] Ruiz led the minor leagues in stolen bases, with 85,[10] while being caught 14 times, and was third in the minor leagues in times hit by pitch with 27.

Oakland Athletics

On December 12, 2022, the Oakland Athletics acquired Ruiz from the Brewers in a three-team trade in which the Atlanta Braves acquired Sean Murphy, the Brewers acquired William Contreras, Joel Payamps, and Justin Yeager, and the Athletics also acquired Manny Piña, Kyle Muller, Freddy Tarnok, and Royber Salinas.[11]

On March 25, 2023, manager Mark Kotsay announced that Ruiz had made the Opening Day roster.[12] By June 1, Ruiz led Major League Baseball in stolen bases, with 40.[13] While playing against the New York Yankees on June 28, Ruiz was the final out, grounding out to Josh Donaldson, in Domingo Germán's perfect game. In a July 5 game against the Detroit Tigers, Ruiz stole his 43rd base of the season in the 12–3 victory. In doing so, he set the A's rookie record for stolen bases in a season, surpassing the previous record of 42 set by Mitchell Page in 1977.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Prospect Esteury Ruiz is on the Rise | East Village Times". March 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Padres get Strahm, Wood, prospect from KC". MLB.com.
  3. ^ "Minors: What to know: New Padres prospect Esteury Ruiz". July 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "Arrow's pointed up for 'Caps infielder | TinCaps | Journal Gazette".
  5. ^ "Minors: Esteury Ruiz's new discipline, Luke Voit struggling in el Paso". May 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "Padres pregame: Esteury Ruiz in lineup for MLB debut; Rockies without Cron, Bryant". July 12, 2022.
  7. ^ "Esteury Ruiz makes successful MLB debut with Padres". friarsonbase.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  8. ^ Cassavell, AJ (August 1, 2022). "Padres acquire Hader from Crew in 5-player trade". MLB.com. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  9. ^ 2022 Register Batting Leaders Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Axisa, Mike (November 23, 2022). "Hunter Renfroe not surprised by Brewers trade; these seven players could also be 'too expensive' for Milwaukee". CBSSports.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  11. ^ "Sean Murphy trade: Braves land catcher from A's in three-team deal; Brewers get William Contreras". CBSSports.com. December 12, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  12. ^ "Athletics' Esteury Ruiz: Lands spot on Opening Day roster". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  13. ^ "Athletics' Esteury Ruiz: Busy on bases Wednesday". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  14. ^ "A's Rookie Esteury Ruiz steals 43rd base, makes history!". whitecleatbeat.com. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
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