The Phillies announced this morning that theyve designated right-hander for a signment. The move makes room for right-hander to be recalled to the big league roster. Ruiz, 30, was a valuable piece of the Philadelphia bullpen as recently as last year but has struggled badly so far in the 2025 campaign. In 14 1/3 innings of work acro s 16 appearances, the right-hander has pitched to an ugly 8.16 ERA with a 5.39 FIP to this point in the season. Some of that can be chalked up to a low strand rate and high BABIP that indicate poor luck with batted balls and sequencing, but Ruizs career-worst 17.6% strikeout rate and elevated 8.8% walk rate have served to exacerbate an overall profile Lionel Messi Jersey that already lent itself to elevated home run rates. The Phillies will have one week to either trade Ruiz or place him on outright waivers. If the righty goes unclaimed, he has the nece sary service time to reject an outright a signment and elect free agency. A veteran of parts of nine big league seasons, Ruiz has enough past succe s on his resume that its not hard to imagine him attracting interest either on the waiver wire or in free agency. In addition to last years 3.71 ERA in 51 innings with the Phillies, he also pitched to a 3.00 ERA in 69 innings for the White Sox from 2020-21, with a 3.98 FIP and a 23.9% strikeout rate. If one of the leagues other clubs can help Ruiz get back into something approaching that form, it would be a major boost to virtually any relief corps around the league. Replacing Ruiz on the roster is Johnson, who the Phillies acquired in the trade last summer. The 26-year-old made his big league debut with the Phillies last year in a spot start that went quite poorly, as he surrendered nine runs in 2 1/3 frames. The righty has a 4.02 ERA in 56 innings of work for the Phillies at the Triple-A level over the past two years, although hes primarily been used out of the bullpen this season to lackluster results (4.91 ERA). Thats the role Johnson figures to fill with the big league club this time around, providing multi-inning relief as nece sary for the club while hes on the roster. Belgium Jersey