Keibert Gets Extension:
Mike Rizzo described catcher Keibert Ruiz as the “main cog” in the trade at 2021’s deadline which sent both Max Scherzer and Trea Turner to LA for a 4-player package which also included starter Josiah Gray, prospect Gerardo Carrillo, and minor league outfielder Donovan Casey.
“Not only did we get a very talented, impactful player [in Ruiz],” Rizzo explained, “we got that at a position that we really needed it. It’s one of the key positions in all of baseball, and like when we acquired Wilson Ramos in a trade, you could see what that particular position had, and the impact that position can do for a baseball team, and I think that [Ruiz] was a focal point of what we were trying to do at the trade deadline, and we identified him, and he was the main cog that we were trying to get.