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Ruf not in lineup for today's game against Strasburg and Nationals

POSTED: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 8:09 AM

David Murphy, Daily News Staff Writer

Darin Ruf went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and misplayed a ball in the field yesterday against the Domincan Republic. On the spring, he is 3-for-23 with six strikeouts, two walks and one extra base hit.

Roy Halladay is facing Stephen Strasburg game in a rare spring training tilt between the Phillies and the Nationals.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:24 AM, 03/06/2013

Ruf is AL-bound, for a club that needs a young first baseman, which we do not.

— therealeman

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:49 AM, 03/06/2013

In 2004/05 Howard was stuck behind Jim Thome. This situation seems a little similar except that Ruf is not playing well this spring. Howard was killing the ball back then (and is doing well this spring).

— jthordsen

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:35 AM, 03/06/2013

Its the Phillies fault that they did not value Ruf's talent and move him to left field 2 years ago . They knew he would never play 1B with Howard tied up . Maybe with 2 yrs playing LF in the minors he would be servicable as a LF

— Dom8

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:47 AM, 03/06/2013

Ruf was never hightly rated by any objective player rankings -- his supposed potential "stardom" was invented by philly writers and fans based on some surprising good stats last year in the minors --much like Cloyd...at the end of the day anyone can be a flash in the pan at the minor league level, but that certainly didn't justify a g.m. not acquiring a professional major leaguer to play left field for the second straight year...the malpractice of the imbecile g.m. is once again on plain display to any objective observer

— warbiscuit

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:47 AM, 03/06/2013

He will regain his stroke as well as adjust to LF if he spends a couple of months in AAA. He is a teriffic hitter and may have succombed to the pressure of making the defensive adjustment at the big league level.
Time will tell and I doubt it will take 2 yrs .

— NewMick314

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:48 AM, 03/06/2013

He's pressing. Just like Brown did. Welcome to life in the fishbowl. He'll work on everything in AAA and be back soon enough. Putting way too much pressure on himself.

— Grazman

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:17 AM, 03/06/2013

The Ruf-for-LF guys are decreasing in number. Hardly unexpected, he's not an OF guy. Yet, at least. But he can hit. No big deal, he's going to LV soon and he'll have every opportunity to see if he can play LF.

— PhillySubsMac