Season review: Darin Ruf

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe next player on the San Francisco Giants season reviews is corner outfielder and designated hitter Darin Ruf.

Season stats

40 games, 100 plate appearances, .276/.370/.517, .887 OPS, 5 home runs, 18 RBI, 13 walks to 23 strikeouts

143 OPS+, 141 wRC+, 0.5 rWAR, 0.7 fWAR

Status throughout the season

Ruf made the Opening Day roster, and stayed on the active roster all season long.

Season review

The Giants signed Ruf to a Minor League deal, hoping that his dynamic three-year run in the KBO would lead to MLB success that had escaped him earlier in his career. While in the KBO, Ruf had shown stark improvements in the two most important elements…