As several reporters noted after the Washington Nationals announced on Sunday morning that they would be calling up top prospect Keibert Ruiz to make his debut with the club in the nation’s capital today, breaking the news like they did put some of the other 26 players on the big league roster on notice that someone would likely be sent down to make room for the switch-hitting catcher to join the club.
Riley Adams, acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays in return for reliever Brad Hand in one of the deals GM Mike Rizzo made during the Nationals’ fire sale at the trade deadline, and the club’s homegrown catcher, Tres Barrera, have been handling the catching duties with Alex Avila injured, René Rivera DFA’d, and Yan Gomes traded to Oakland in another deadline deal, but is one of them going to be moved out to make room for Ruiz?