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Posted by Tim Malcolm, Wed, February 25, 2009 03:43 PM | Comments: 10
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Carlos Ruiz was the final Phillie to sign a contract for 2009. The catcher signed a one-year, $475K contract that would be worth $255K in the minor leagues.
Ruiz, 30, hit .219 with 4 HR and 31 RBI in 2008.
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Posts: 0 Phillies ink Ruiz - Off the Record Sports
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Posted: 03:54 PM on February 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Georgie
So he gets a $50K raise for handling the pitching staff superbly and playing great defensively? Seems a little cheap, but what do I know?
Posted: 03:57 PM on February 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH!
Posted: 03:58 PM on February 25, 2009
Posts: 0 JOE
saved a lot of Lidges pitches,hidden hero,playing for peanuts.I get mad at Phillies for not throwing the guy a bone,they know nobody in b/ball will take him-exploting the catcher.Last yr F garcia pitcher said his arm was ok they signed him for a couple of mil without examination [2yr]ago cant figure front office reasoning.Adam Eaton’s signing 2 yrs ago had me baffled-penny wise dollar foolish
Posted: 04:21 PM on February 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Phillin' 'er up!
CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH
Posted: 04:30 PM on February 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Matthew
That is horse dookie. Give the guy a little credit in terms of cash…
Posted: 05:21 PM on February 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Shawn
He deserves 500k for the playoffs alone.
Posted: 10:03 PM on February 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
Its just not right. Where is his arbitration or super agent? When we struggled with our RISP difficulties, it was Chooch that came through for us.
Someone needs to kick the Phillies ownership in the ding ding because they don’t appreciate Ruiz enough.
Posted: 09:00 AM on February 26, 2009
Posts: 0 NJ
Just the way it goes, Ruiz is hurt by his age because he’s not going to break the bank in arbitration that will probably see him non-tendered towards the end of his arb years and he’s not going to hit the bank as a free agent.
The reality is defensive catchers don’t rake in the big bucks but they can hang around and make a nice career out of their skill. In reaility at this point Chooch is a glorified back-up, he handles the staff well but his bat hurts his value in the era of the Mauer’s and McCann’s and he isn’t in the ranks of the Molina’s yet.
Posted: 09:18 AM on February 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Bear Mike
It’s hard to have pitty for a guy who makes $475K. I have a feeling that Choooch will have a good season this year – same defensively but hopefully he will hit around 0.275 with some power.
I am pysched – I my wife bought me season tickets today! 3rd base side Section 135.
GO PHILLIES!
Posted: 01:22 PM on February 26, 2009