“ Over his past 30 games — a stretch that has included little rest — Ruiz is hitting .250 with a .786 OPS and seven home runs. Production from a young offense, one that started nine players under 30, can give the team a slightly clearer picture on whether it can contend next season. But a young pitching staff is the foundation on which General Manager Mike Rizzo hopes to build.”
Here we go again with the partial season stats. His OBP over the last 7 games including last night's HRs in .190. For the season, guy has a .260 on base, that would get him benched on any other team, as would his pop time, arm weakness, and low throw out rate.
He makes it much harder for the team to contend, and Rizzo has not built any kind of foundation for contention, in spite of the propaganda he feeds the media who don't challenge him the way reporters do in other large markets.
