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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
???? They weren't exactly competing. Got a great LH controlled arm with huge upside for a guy who's been iffy health wise and will be gone in 2 months, plus some pen pieces. Wood is paid for and can give them some of those pen innings
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I think they see a guy in Ruiz who is a baby with a very polished approach. RK ball means very little in the grand scheme of things, especially when a player is effectively repeating the level coming off the DSL. But still, those numbers kinda jump off the page. It's pretty heavily BABIP fueled but 6 triples and 10 doubles is that kind of 'young' power that you see turn into HRs as they hit 20-21 and the speed certainly appears to play.
He looks to profile as a Jason Kipnis type (the Kipnis of his mid-20s with the 30 steals and mid-teens HR power). That's obviously a hell of a haul for a guy they bought on a make-good contract and a couple of relief arms. Especially when they got the highest ceiling relief arm in the deal as well and if they can rehab Wood's value in the 'pen at all, they can move him at next year's deadline as a lefty reliever (a valuable asset in its own right).
It's a good deal for both sides, really. There's some inherent risk there for the Padres but it's a risk worth taking for them. They probably could've found a guy that's closer to the big leagues than Ruiz but he'd have had a lower ceiling and that's clearly not what they were looking for.