{"id":1649,"date":"2016-11-06T23:26:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T04:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2016-11-06T23:26:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T04:26:03","slug":"seattle-mariners-acquire-carlos-ruiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2016\/11\/06\/seattle-mariners-acquire-carlos-ruiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Mariners Acquire Carlos Ruiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?results=ruizca01,ruiz--005car&amp;search=Carlos+Ruiz&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Ruiz<\/a><\/strong> will have a new home in 2017. The <strong>Seattle Mariners<\/strong> have acquired the veteran catcher from the <strong>Los Angeles Dodgers<\/strong> on Sunday night, as first reported by Jon Heyman of Today\u2019s Knuckleball.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sources: Carlos ruiz being traded to mariners<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/795449431868862464\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Seattle Mariners Acquire Carlos Ruiz<\/h2>\n<p>Ruiz hit .264\/.365\/.348 in 2016, including a .278 clip in 14 regular season games with the Dodgers. In the 2016 postseason he hit .182 with a homer and four RBIs before the Dodgers fell to the <strong>Chicago Cubs<\/strong> in the NLCS. He was acquired by the Dodgers in the controversial trade that sent <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/ellisaj01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A.J. Ellis<\/a><\/strong> to the <strong>Philadelphia Phillies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old backstop played 10 years with the Phillies before being traded to the Dodgers. He appeared in two World Series (2008, 2009) and helped the club reach the postseason in five straight seasons from 2007-2011.<\/p>\n<p>His best season came in 2012 in which he was named a National League All-Star and posted career highs in batting average (.325), homers (16), RBIs (68), doubles (32) and slugging percentage (.540).<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz\u2019s contract was set to expire after the 2016 season with a 2017 club option, worth $4.5 million. The fact that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/grandya01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yasmani Grandal<\/a><\/strong> is arbitration eligible this offseason and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barneau01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Barnes<\/a><\/strong> is waiting in Triple-A, it ultimately didn\u2019t make sense for the Dodgers to keep a catcher like Ruiz (considering factors like price tag and age).<\/p>\n<p>For the Mariners, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/z\/zuninmi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Zunino<\/a><\/strong> (.207\/.318\/.470) is continuing to struggle against major league pitching and the club declined <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/i\/iannech01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Iannetta<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s 2017 option. Adding Ruiz will add depth behind the plate and a veteran presence for the other catchers and the pitching staff.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 0; max-width: 550px;\"><a id=\"ld-3504-7889\" href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\/6169841350483521\/9112744049813528\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"auto\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Should the one game play-in Wild Card be expanded to a three game series?<\/a><span id=\"ld-3504-7889-equiv\"> in <a href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\/6169841350483521\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LastWordOnSports&#8217;s Hangs<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LockerDome<\/a><\/span><script>(function(d,s,id,elid) {window.ldInit = window.ldInit || []; ldInit.push(elid);if (d.getElementById(id)) return;var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];js=d.createElement(s); js.id=id;js.async=true;js.src=\"\/\/cdn2.lockerdome.com\/_js\/embed.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document, \"script\", \"lockerdome-wjs\", \"ld-3504-7889\"));<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/615955514\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.498316% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/615955514?et=TWGt__eRSlhjojQYhPLEAA&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=Y0yrQpeNBoBSk3LvgruJIuhMd_NxW79D5rq9FploPkE=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Ruiz will have a new home in 2017. The Seattle Mariners have acquired the veteran catcher from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday night, as first reported by Jon Heyman of Today\u2019s Knuckleball. 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