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The benefit of being a team with no expectations, you’re afforded time to see who’s a part of the future and who isn’t. Keibert is clearly not the catcher of the future. He might legitimately be one of the worst everyday players in baseball.
He needs to take an assignment to Triple A. His approach os terrible. He has one decent month in the last 9.
I don't think he has any options. He'd need to be waived. It'd be interesting to see if he's claimed given the amount owed.
I was looking at the numbers some more this morning. Ruiz has a lower career OPS against major league pitching (.669) than Drew Millas (.694). We also know that by reputation at least Millas is the best defensively between him, Ruiz, and Adams.Why are we so reluctant to give Millas a shot again?
It's weird. Millas is denigrated as having an mlb backup ceiling by many who follow the system, but at this point, I don't see Ruiz as tapping into much more
His only skill is he doesn't K. Catcher is a premium defensive position. Doesn't K with bad D and no power can’t hack it even as a backup. At some point, results should matter
Who remembers Jesus Flores? Ruiz reminds me of him. Ruiz might actually be worse.
Did they….. Just gamble on an extension?
They did. Addressed it a few times.
It was a good contract extension. We need to applaud good FO behavior. They signed him early and meant when he went bust, it wasn't a team crippling mistake. However, if he busted out a top 10 offensive season, we'd have had a bargain.Keibert Ruiz isn't the reason the Nationals have struggled. And as JCA said, if this team was winning in next few season, his salary isn't keeping Nats from reducing his role.
Theres no way Boras would have let him sign away three years of free agency. Not without some sort of opt outs. Would have been fine with 50 million in exchange for 1 year of free agency. 3 plus two options is freaking stealing.
Nationals backstops have put up -1.7 WAR this season, a full 1.5 worse than the Angels in 29th place. These are not replacement-level killers. These are killers who live far beneath the earth’s surface, digging tunnels, crushing people with rocks, blowing them up — wait, I guess I’m just describing Dig Dug, but you get the point. Washington’s catchers rank 29th in wRC+ and 30th in baserunning and overall offense. They rank 28th in catcher ERA. According to Statcast, they rank 30th in blocking, 30th in framing, and – hey, look at that! – 13th in caught stealing above average. So it’s not all bad.
And it was the right decision. The upside was worth the risk. At the time, the contract seemed really smart. Your take was spot on
Kid me was convinced Flores was going to be a star.
Lord Thunder2:32Is there any chance the Nationals decide to just eat the Keibert Ruiz contract, and DFA him?AvatarJon Becker2:33Down the road, sure, there's a chance, but I don't really see a good reason to do that anytime soon. It's not like he's blocking a top prospect in the wings, they'd have to pay Ruiz anyway, and the deal is so cheap that he wouldn't be really overpaid if he ends up being a backup, either.
