Chance Ruffin, the 48th overall selection in the 2010 MLB draft, will be the second player from last year’s class to make his major league debut after the Tigers call him up Monday.
Detroit announced the move after Sunday’s game. Lester Oliveros will be sent down to make room for Ruffin in the pen.
Ruffin, a University of Texas product, was just promoted to Triple-A Toledo at the end of last month. He had a 2.00 ERA and seven saves in eight appearances there, and he was 3-3 with 17 saves, a 2.09 ERA and a 55/20 K/BB ratio in 43 innings for the season.
Chance is following the same path to the majors as his father, Bruce Ruffin, who was taken in the second round out of the University of Texas in 1985 and reached the majors just a year later. Bruce went on to amass a 4.19 ERA and 63 saves in 12 big-league seasons.
Chance Ruffin joins the White Sox’s Chris Sale as the only 2010 draft products currently in the majors.