Ralph Ávila, who helped create the Los Angeles Dodgers' baseball academy in the Dominican Republic in the 1980s, died Monday in Miami at age 92.
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Darin Ruf was close to a non-entity at the plate for the Mets last season after being acquired via trade, but Billy Eppler is not writing Ruf off as spring training nears.