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Ruiz, considered an above-average defender, has played 125 big league games in center field, 53 in left field and 22 in right field.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
Jayne Kamin-Oncea / Getty Images Now 34, Heaney began his big league career back in 2014 with the Miami Marlins, who had selected him in the first round of the 2012 MLB Draft from Oklahoma State University.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Sunday’s Contreras acquisition marked the 10th trade made by the Red Sox since the season ended, yet the club is one of only two teams that hasn’t signed a single big league free agent, the other being the Colorado Rockies.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Boston has multiple big league-ready pitching prospects who could be moved in a deal like this.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
Jayne Kamin-Oncea / Getty Images Now 34, Heaney began his big league career back in 2014 with the Miami Marlins, who had selected him in the first round of the 2012 MLB Draft from Oklahoma State University.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Sunday’s Contreras acquisition marked the 10th trade made by the Red Sox since the season ended, yet the club is one of only two teams that hasn’t signed a single big league free agent, the other being the Colorado Rockies.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Boston has multiple big league-ready pitching prospects who could be moved in a deal like this.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Big league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20league. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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