{"id":20175,"date":"2023-04-07T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=20175"},"modified":"2023-04-07T10:00:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:00:24","slug":"goodbye-jose-ruiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/goodbye-jose-ruiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Jose Ruiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20176\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/joseruiz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/joseruiz.jpg 490w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/joseruiz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/joseruiz-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/>Just a week into the 2023 season, the White Sox have pulled the plug on the Jose Ruiz experiment, designating the right-hander for assignment prior to today&#8217;s game.\u00a0 Ruiz, who pitched well for Venezuela this spring in the World Baseball Classic, has had a bad start to the year, giving up nine earned runs in less than four innings pitched, leading to an ERA of 22.09.<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz, who will turn 29 in October, was selected by the White Sox off waivers from the Padres in 2017.\u00a0 He spent parts of the next six seasons on the South Side, never becoming a consistent force out of the bullpen.\u00a0 After a career-best showing in 2021, he regressed last season and has been awful to start 2023.\u00a0 Jesse Scholtens, a 29-year old right hander who spent the last seven years in the Padres system, has been called up to replace him on the roster.<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz\u2019s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Career Pitching<\/b><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; 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