The top slugger on the 2016 Phillies isn’t Maikel Franco. It’s not Odubel Herrera. Not even Freddy Galvis or Cameron Rupp.
The team’s top slugger after one month is its oldest member, the 37-year-old backstop from Panama who will one day see his plaque unveiled in the Phillies Wall of Fame.
Carlos Ruiz is having a nice season.
Here are the numbers – .297 AVG, .381 OBP, .595 SLG, two doubles, three home runs and six runs batted in, all in merely 42 plate appearances.