The 24-year-old catcher becomes the first of the Nationals’ next wave of young players to commit to the team’s long-term rebuild.
Ruiz, 24, is entering his second full season with the Nationals after coming to the team at the 2021 trade deadline in the deal that sent Max Scherzer and Trea Turner to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The switch-hitting Venezuelan hit .251 with seven home runs and 36 RBI in 112 games last year. He also threw out 20 base runners before his season ended in early September after he suffered a testicular contusion.
The contract will cover Ruiz’s next two pre-arbitration years, all three arbitration years and the first three years of free agency. The Nationals have signed only two players to significant deals before they reached free agency: Ryan Zimmerman and Stephen Strasburg .The list of foundational Nationals whom the team has either declined to or been unable to sign before they hit free agency is long, ranging from shortstop Ian Desmond and pitcher Jordan Zimmermann — key pieces of the club’s first division winner — to MVP outfielder Bryce Harper and, more recently, all-stars Turner and Juan Soto, who were subsequently traded.
With the Nationals in the early stages of their rebuild, General Manager Mike Rizzo has stressed the importance of constructing the roster with an emphasis up the middle. Ruiz fits this mold, along with young pitchers Cade Cavalli, Josiah Gray and MacKenzie Gore — all 25 or younger — whom he will help guide. Luis García and CJ Abrams, both 22, look to be the middle infield of the future at second base and shortstop.
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