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Justin Ruggiano Opts Out Of Giants Contract

By Steve Adams | July 25, 2017 at 6:09pm CDT

Veteran outfielder Justin Ruggiano has opted out of his minor league deal with the Giants, tweets Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area. The 35-year-old had been playing with the team’s Triple-A affiliate. San Francisco also bumped reliever Reyes Moronta from Double-A to Triple-A, and Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle tweets that the righty, who is already on the 40-man roster, could get a look later this season.

Ruggiano appeared in 19 games and made 63 plate appearances with the Giants earlier this season, hitting .217/.238/.333 with a couple of home runs. He was outrighted earlier this year and accepted the assignment, but he’s yet to return to the Majors despite a solid .280/.325/.478 slash through 169 plate appearances with Triple-A Sacramento. He’ll now presumably look to latch on elsewhere — likely on another minor league pact.

Ruggiano is a career .256/.318/.434 hitter through 1478 plate appearances across parts of nine Major League seasons. A right-handed bat, Ruggiano is most valuable as a weapon against lefties, as evidenced by his lifetime .273/.336/.515 slash when holding the platoon advantage. He spent most of his time in Triple-A playing center field, but he hasn’t posted positive marks there in the Majors since his 2012 campaign with Miami.

 

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Comments

  1. RiverCatsFilms

    6 years ago

    Oh no! I was going to see Sandoval at the River Cats tomorrow! Guess I won’t see him

    Reply
    • bigcubsfan

      6 years ago

      Ruggiano is the one that opted out.

      Reply
      • RiverCatsFilms

        6 years ago

        I know that, I meant I won’t see Ruiggiano

        Reply
    • Colorado_d

      6 years ago

      Sandoval is starting at high A I thought.

      Reply
      • RiverCatsFilms

        6 years ago

        He’s in Sacramento today, San Jose yesterday

        Reply
  2. JoeyPankake

    6 years ago

    Giants have had so many terrible outfielders this year I completely forgot Ruggiano was one of them.

    Reply
    • davidcoonce74

      6 years ago

      Yeah. The Giants have an odd affinity for older outfielders past their prime. Pence and Hernandez are examples from this year, but I remember cody Ross, Randy Winn, Pagan, Blanco, Rowand, Torres…loyalty is sometimes detrimental.

      Reply
  3. GoRockies

    6 years ago

    Pence, Pagan, blanco, and Ross all helped win World Series

    Reply
    • davidcoonce74

      6 years ago

      Yes, and then the Giants hung onto them well past their usefulness. I mean, did they really think any of these guys were going to age well?

      Reply
  4. OnMy11Six

    6 years ago

    Yawn

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