{"id":9664,"date":"2026-05-15T03:06:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9664"},"modified":"2026-05-15T03:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:06:58","slug":"aiden-ruiz-could-see-his-mlb-draft-dream-soon-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9664","title":{"rendered":"Aiden Ruiz could see his MLB draft &#8216;dream&#8217; soon come true"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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the Vanderbilt commit won gold with Team USA in the World Championship and was named All-World shortstop in 2025, has played with the Yankees Area Code team, and trained with his \u201cmentor,\u201d Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe always talk about fielding,\u201d Ruiz said of getting to know Lindor. \u201cIt\u2019s always cool to meet your heroes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also close pals with former teammate and University of Virginia ace Jayden Stroman, son of former Yankees and Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman, who had a stint at Stony Brook before transferring to play public school ball at Patchogue-Medford in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat bond over the years, pushing each other to be better and learning the game together,\u201d Ruiz said. \u201cIt definitely strengthened our friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He and Stroman have been on the same teams and in the opposite dugouts since they were both 12, and they\u2019re eager to mix it up again in the NCAA one day \u2014 should Ruiz have to wait a bit to hear his name called for the bigs, that is.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Aiden Ruiz is a star shortstop at the Stony Brook School. <span class=\"credit\">Heather Khalifa for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt would be sick. That\u2019s definitely something we\u2019ve talked about before.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heading for home\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Ruiz is next in a family lineage that treated baseball as second only to God in their Woodhaven, Queens, home. It\u2019s there where he would field hard-hit balls meant for his older brother, Daniel, as a toddler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a bat and glove in my hand for as long as I could remember,\u201d Ruiz said, adding that his whole family rooted for both the Yankees and Mets in the interest of watching good baseball.<\/p>\n<p>His dad, Sam, played in the minors for the White Sox in the 1980s; Daniel played in college at Ohio Northern a decade ago; his sister, Alyssa, was a competitive high school softball player; and his mom was a longtime softball coach in the World\u2019s Borough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz proudly wears No. 45, as Daniel and Alyssa did.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Aiden Ruiz ranked highly as a 2026 MLB Draft prospect. <span class=\"credit\">Heather Khalifa for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most of all, Ruiz\u2019s late grandfather, Sandalio, truly put the love for the game into Sam and Aiden since he left Puerto Rico for a new life in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, decades ago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad was there for every single game since the sandlot,\u201d said Sam, who also played second base and outfield in the Mets and Marlins systems but never reached the majors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sandalio, who was also at each of Aiden\u2019s games, predicted a brighter future for his grandson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father would look at me and playfully say, \u2018You know he\u2019s better than you, right?\u2019 \u201d Sam laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz said losing his beloved grandfather and \u201cthe glue to our family\u201d in middle school was the most difficult stretch he ever fought through. Sam added that he deeply regrets that Sandalio isn\u2019t here to see his grandson\u2019s promising days ahead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Aiden Ruiz fields a ball during baseball practice at the Stony Brook School. <span class=\"credit\">Heather Khalifa for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fortunately, dealing with the loss isn\u2019t something Aiden had to do alone, as Sam was always there and gladly carried on the family tradition even years later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe would drive up here every day this whole year to work out with me before practice,\u201d Aiden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust being on the diamond with my dad, it was special. \u2026 We spent hours a day, every single day, on the field together,\u201d he added of their years together.<\/p>\n<p>The family is bursting with anticipation for the full-circle moment, hoping to receive good news in July rather than waiting for Ruiz\u2019s next opportunity, which would come after his sophomore year with the Commodores.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hardly anybody is more excited than Ruiz\u2019s grandma, Hilda, Sandalio\u2019s longtime wife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe always said she\u2019s holding on to watch me get drafted,\u201d said Ruiz. \u201cShe\u2019s my motivation to keep working hard and play the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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