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In it call, former Giants Slugger, is sued by Reds for career-end injury

In it call, former Giants Slugger, is sued by Reds for career-end injury

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There were some interesting news that had broken out on May 22nd with the former player of San Francisco Giants.

According to the Associated Press, calls the Cincinnati-Reds for negligence when it came to maintaining secure field conditions, and in particular quoted the presence of the non-slander metal tarpaulins that caused its career-end injury in 2023.

At that time, call played for the Milwaukee Brewers after signing a contract with them in the season.

On June 2, 2023, he ran to catch a ball from his first basic position in the third inning of the game between the brewers and the Reds when he collided with the plane roller.

He suffered a knee and was later diagnosed with a non -weakened fracture of his patella.

Ruf was relocated to the 60-day injury list and missed the rest of the season and never played a baseball of the Major League again.

“That didn't have to happen,” Ruf said in a statement to the Associated Press. “I wish it hadn't happened. The players shouldn't have to worry about hidden dangers in a field of the Major League.”

His complaint states that he has suffered “permanent and considerable deformities on his knee” and damages that the end of the tarpaulin roller had no protective upholstery to protect against the sharp metal.

The lawsuit was submitted to the Hamilton County (Ohio) Court of Common Pleas.

At the time of writing, there was no details about what call outside of criminal and compensatory damage.

Ruf played parts of four seasons with the Giants and first came to San Francisco in 2020 after spending 2017-19 for the Samsung Lions of the Baseball organization for the Samsung Lions of the Korean baseball organization.

His best season in the Major League baseball came with the Giants in 2021, when he in his 117 games with career opportunities in homes (16) and OPS+ (143).

He pursued this with a good performance in 2022, but was returned in a package before the closure ended in a package that JD Davis, Carson Seymour, Nick Zwack and Thomas Szapucki.

Ruf's second stint in San Francisco took place in 2023 when he signed a Minor League deal in the middle of the campaign. After nine games, however, he decided to become a free agent instead of accepting a direct order in Triple-A Sacramento after he was not claimed after the order specified for the order.

A total of nine years spent nine years in the majors, where he lowered 67 career homers, 69 doubles and 205 RBI .239/.329/.427.

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