With poor outfielding skills and not much luck with the bat, Ruf will more than likely begin the season in Triple-AKim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Expectation Level: 7/8 of 10 2012 Season Stats: 12 GP, 33 AB, 11 H, 2 2B, three HR, 10 RBI, 12 THEREFORE,.333 BA 2012 Minors Stats: 139 GP, 489 AB, 155 H, 32 2B, 38 HR, 104 RBI, 102 SO,.317 BA 2013 Spring Training Stats: 12 GP, 35 AB, 7 H, 3 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 8 SO,.200 BA At in and 26 years of age Double-A Reading, Ruf was not the typical probability. In fact, it was not until he crushed 20 home runs in the month of July alone, leading to the eventual passage through of Ryan Howard's Reading HR record, that Ruf appeared on the Phillies' radar. He received the group and a call-up took notice. He then played cold temperatures league ball in Venezuela and saved ten doubles and 10 home runs in 120 at-bats. Now in the major league spring camp, the team found themselves so enamored with Ruf's raw potential that they attempted to change him right into a left fielder so that he might make the team. That didn't look at so well (.85 FPCT, 1.38 range issue) and now it appears nearly certain Ruf will being the season with Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Converting Ruf to a fielder had a 50/50 shot of working therefore the fact that he's not yet been able to figure out the career is not disappointing. What's discouraging however is that in the approximate same test of at-bats in his major league debut time and the 2013 spring, that Ruf has failed to show the energy and pop he was expected to make. Ruf has fought with both the glove and bat this spring. He has gotten the probabilities to play everyday, but his bat hasn't remained warm. He has had a couple of notable games including on March 7 against Minnesota wherever he went 2-for-4, hit two doubles and saved three RBI, but over all, Ruf's spring has been disappointing and definitely not the main one he had hoped for being that he is competing for a major league job.
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