Rakuten Eagles have apparently signed Randy Ruiz
by Gen on May.20, 2010 @ 4:46 pm, under NPB
5/28/2010 8:20pm JST
The Eagles held a press conference for Ruiz earlier today. He was also assigned the number 42.
5/23/2010 4:29pm JST
Ruiz arrived in Sendai on the 22nd. Ruiz is still in the process of getting his visa and will only be in Japan for about 10 days. He will join the team when he returns to Japan the next time he returns.
5/20/2010 9:21pm JST
According to a report by Nikkan Sports, Ruiz will likely join the team sometime between the end of this month and early next month. It's all dependent on when he's able to obtain his visa.
4:46pm JST
The Rakuten Eagles have apparently signed 32-year-old infielder Randy Ruiz to a one year deal worth 45M yen. No word on what his uniform number will be, or when he'll be joining the team.
Career Stats
| Level | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | DP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| MLB | 68 | 217 | 41 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .272 | .332 | .488 | 820 |
| MiLB | 1088 | 4103 | 685 | 1249 | 308 | 23 | 192 | 807 | 44 | 28 | 405 | 1114 | 104 | 30 | 1 | 38 | 99 | .304 | .378 | .531 | 909 |
May 20th, 2010 on 5:29 pm
I was looking for the contract numbers after I saw this tweet: http://twitter.com/RGriffinStar/status/14329479376
Gen comes through once again…
45M yen (~$485,000 USD) isn’t anything to sneeze at, but I don’t know about “set for life.”
While on the topic of MLB releases, here’s a heads-up on something I’m sure you’ll be covering soon (via MLBTR): http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/05/astros-to-release-kaz-matsui.html
–Ken