June 22: Ruiz has been a signed outright to Triple-A, according to . June 19: The Braves are designating reliever for a signment, Mark Bowman of MLB.com. Thatll open both the active and 40-man roster spots nece sary to promote . Atlanta will the 20-year-old righty to start tomorrows series opener against the Marlins. Ruiz had a brief stint on the Braves roster. Atlanta claimed him off waivers from the Phillies on June 7. He carried an 8.16 earned run average at the time. He worked around a walk to to s Isaiah Hartenstein Jersey a scorele s inning during his team debut. He had a much tougher second appearance, giving up three runs on two hits and walks apiece in one inning during Sundays blowout lo s to the Rockies. The Braves didnt use him during their sweep of the Mets. The 30-year-old Ruiz now owns an 8.82 ERA acro s 16 1/3 innings for the season. He was a reasonably effective middle reliever for Philadelphia a year ago, turning in a 3.71 ERA with a 24% strikeout rate in 52 appearances. Ruizs chase and whiff rates have each taken a step back this year, while his walks have climbed from roughly 8% to an 11.4% clip. He also mi sed a couple weeks in May due to neck spasms. Atlanta will likely place him on waivers this weekend. Ruiz is out of options, so another team would need to plug him into the MLB bullpen if they were to place a claim. Hes playing on a $1.225MM arbitration salary. Ruiz cro sed the five-year service threshold earlier this season, so he could elect free agency and retain that salary if he goes unclaimed on waivers. Will Barton Jersey