The Giants’ president of baseball operations has ties with the Dodgers and their manager last worked for the Phillies, so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that their latest acquisition played for both organizations.
Despite the seemingly obvious connections, however, outfielder Darin Ruf likely doesn’t know either Farhan Zaidi or Gabe Kapler well.
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According to The Athletic, Ruf agreed to terms on a minor league deal with the Giants on Thursday and will likely receive an invitation to major league spring training. Ruf has hit 35 career home runs in parts of five seasons with Philadelphia, but spent the last three years in the Korean Baseball Organization where he slugged a combined 86 home runs and posted an on-base percentage of at least .