It’s a bit eyebrow raising, but the battle for the Atlanta Braves‘ third base job may be over even before it begins.
Yesterday, this tweet suggested to me that Rio Ruiz wasn’t intending to give up without a fight:
Rio Ruiz continued his 3-year body transformation, #Braves 3B hopeful is again stronger, leaner. More importantly, says he worked with hitting coach Justin Turner and others use in L.A., and that he's fixed some things in his swing.
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) February 16, 2018
I had never seen Ruiz ‘chunky’, but he’s been ‘thicker’ than you might normally expect for a ball player.