Rio Ruiz
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 Professional baseball player Rio Ruiz in 2015 playing for the Mississippi Braves at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi. | |||
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Rio Noble Ruiz (born May 22, 1994) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Atlanta Braves organization.
Career
Ruiz attended Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, California. He played both baseball and football.[1] Ruiz verbally committed to attend the University of Southern California (USC) as a 14-year-old freshman to play college baseball for the USC Trojans baseball team.[2] As a junior he was The San Gabriel Valley Tribune's Baseball Player of the Year.[3] Considered a potential first round pick in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft entering his senior season, he missed most of the year due to a blood clot in his right clavicle.[4][5][6]
Ruiz ending up getting drafted by the Houston Astros in the fourth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.[7] He signed with the Astros for $1.85 million over playing college baseball at USC.[8] He made his professional debut that season for the Gulf Coast Astros and also played for the Greeneville Astros of the Rookie-level Appalachian League. He finished his first season hitting .252/.336/.400 and one home run in 38 games.
In 2013, Ruiz played for the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League.[5] He played in 114 games and hit .260/.335/.430 with 12 home runs. Ruiz spent the 2014 season with the Lancaster JetHawks of the Class A-Advanced California League. The Astros traded Ruiz, Andrew Thurman, and Mike Foltynewicz to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for Evan Gattis and James Hoyt on January 14, 2015.[9][10]
References
- ↑ "Bishop Amat's Rio Ruiz contributes to great prep sports moments". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ↑ RIO RUIZ HAS BEEN READY FOR YEARS
- ↑ "Baseball: It’s a Banner year for Bishop Amat, Rio Ruiz and coach Andy Nieto earn top honors". Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ↑ "Don't call it a comeback". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- 1 2 "Bandits' Ruiz nearly had game taken away from him". QCOnline.com. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ↑ "HIGH SCHOOLS: Bishop Amat's Ruiz recovering, in `good spirits'". Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ↑ "Astros thrilled with variety of Day 2 Draft picks". Houston Astros. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ↑ "BASEBALL: Ruiz has 1.85 million reasons to choose Astros". Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ↑ Bowman, Mark (January 14, 2015). "Braves send Gattis to Astros for 3 prospects". MLB.com. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Braves trade Evan Gattis to Astros". ESPN.com. January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)