Comments on: Beerman’s Report Card: Carlos Ruiz Signing

By: derekcarstairs

derekcarstairs — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:46:22 +0000

If I’m not mistaken, when Ruiz first came up, he was thought to be more of an offensive catcher. His last three years in the minors were very good offensively. 2008 is the only bad year he has had offensively in the last 6 years. I think an OPS of .750 is reasonable for 2010. Couple that with Chooch’s defensive skills, the Phils have a solid catcher, and his contract is a bargain.

By: WFC010

WFC010 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:56:48 +0000

I still say the Mets should’ve signed Pat Burrell, so he could still be a Mets Killer…playing for the Mets!

By: Pat Gallen

Pat Gallen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:20:17 +0000

SO maybe they will hit 100 homers next season, good for them.

By: Manny

Manny — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:15:59 +0000

Probably the smartest thing the Mets have done all offseason…

By: Don M

Don M — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:59:13 +0000

If it wasn’t for buying out Arbitration years… Ruiz would’ve commanded a lot more money .. smart move by him to get guaranteed money, smary move by the Phillies to lock him up for a few years

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Interesting news.. the Mets, in an effort to increase HRs in their ballpark will take the second level off of their CF wall .. cutting the height from 16 feet to 8 feet

By: psujoe

psujoe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:40:54 +0000

Solid signing. I’m very surprised he’s 3rd OBP for full time catchers. Talk about a bunus.

By: Jeff of Nova

Jeff of Nova — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:26:37 +0000

Interesting Cliff Lee just had foot surgery

By: bfo_33

bfo_33 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:22:48 +0000

Solid signing, esp with Schneider as back-up. If defense wins championships, the Phils should have killed the Yanks. Going by position, call left field a draw (although I’d give a slight edge to Ibanez because he has a decent arm), Yanks win with Tex at first, other 6 positions, Phils were far superior. Offense gets you there, Pitching wins championships.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:48:38 +0000

Beerman I think you were drunk when you wrote this, bc this was an A+++ signing compared to the usual 3 year deals Amaro deals out to AARP members.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:49:05 +0000

He i team MVP. Take him away and put in a marson offensive type and this team doesnt make the playoffs. Next most imprtant is victorino utley and J rol. defense wins championships people.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:32:09 +0000

His production for the 8 spot is fine. Not everybody in the lineup can be expected to hit .275 – .300.

By: Pat Gallen

Pat Gallen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:11:54 +0000

I’d give it a B+, but it’s oranges and apples I guess. I wish he’d hit a little bit better during the regular year like he did in the minors, but I guess you can’t complain too much about an 8-hole hitter. His strikeout to walk ratio is awesome. Plus the $5 million option seems high to me.

By: joegrandpa

joegrandpa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:54:33 +0000

I agree with both of you joepa and joema and so does joegrandma too.
We both think that Carlos Ruiz is a good catcher and will have another good year. And we also like that Brian Schneider fellow as well. He will really help Carlos.

By: joema

joema — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:26:51 +0000

good point joepa, maybe with a better backup this year in schneider, carlos will get some more days off and think its october and get hot..

By: Andrew R.

Andrew R. — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:06:42 +0000

Yea I love Chooch in the post-season…. he freakin’ turns into Johnny Bench. I think offensively, he makes small steps but they are indeed noticeable. Hitting in front of a pitcher is not the easiest thing in the world.

I always would like to see how he’d do hitting in the #2 spot. He hits a lot of ground-balls and line drives and could really be a poor-man’s Polanco, espicially if pitcher’s are going to be grooving him fastballs with Utley and Howard behind him.

By: joepa

joepa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:52:31 +0000

Carlos seems to excel in the playoffs. I believe the reason is that the regular season is a difficult grind physically on a catcher, and it takes it’s toll. In the playoffs where Carlos gets alot more days off, he excels.

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