Esteury Ruiz To Miss Third Straight Game
Oakland Athletics outfielder Esteury Ruiz is out of the starting lineup for Saturday's game against the Chicago White Sox. This marks the third game in a row that Ruiz has sat out. It doesn't appear that Ruiz is dealing with an injury, so his absence is likely performance related. The 24-year-old does have 49 steals through 102 games this season, which is great to see. However, he's slashing .243/.298/.319 with some poor defensive metrics as well. Ruiz has sat out against the last five right-handed starters that the A's have faced. That being said, his fantasy value could be quickly dropping with the A's using Ruiz as mainly a platoon player now. Lawrence Butler will cover center field and bat seventh versus right-hander Touki Toussaint on Saturday.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com
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