Headlines

  • Dexter Fowler To Undergo Season-Ending Knee Surgery
  • Tommy John Surgery Recommended For James Paxton
  • MLB Inspecting “Suspicious Baseballs” From Trevor Bauer’s Latest Start
  • Trevor Rosenthal Undergoes Thoracic Outlet Surgery
  • Blue Jays Sign GM Ross Atkins To Five-Year Extension
  • Yankees Acquire Rougned Odor
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Indians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2020-21 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent Tracker
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2021-22 MLB Free Agent List
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2021
    • 2021 MLB Arbitration Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • Last 100 Comments
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Mutual Interest Between Twins, Nelson Cruz

By Connor Byrne | October 1, 2020 at 11:40am CDT

Oct. 1: Asked about Cruz’s comments today, Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey tells Park: “The feeling is mutual. We don’t feel any differently than Nellie does. We see a fit for him here, and we’re hopeful that can work out.”

It’s worth noting that GM Thad Levine said back in January that the two sides discussed a new deal. Such business is typically completed in Spring Training, though, and the league’s shutdown and ensuing transactions freeze surely impacted negotiations. Cruz’s camp will undoubtedly be very interested to see whether the 2020 advent of the universal DH becomes a permanent rule change, as that would open up a whole new list of potential suitors. If nothing else, that could create negotiating leverage even if Cruz is intent on a third season in Minnesota.

Sept. 30: Twins superstar designated hitter Nelson Cruz may have played his final game with the team Wednesday in a season-ending defeat against the Astros. If the pending free agent has it his way, though, he’ll remain with the Twins.

“Hopefully, I’ll be back next year,” Cruz said after the Astros swept the Twins in a best-of-three series, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com tweets.

Despite yet another all-too-early playoff exit, it’s hard to believe the Twins won’t do everything within reason to retain Cruz. They signed the former Rangers, Orioles and Mariners slugger to a one-year, $14.3MM guarantee with a 2020 option back in January ’19, and he has continued to be a source of nightmares for opposing pitchers since then. After Cruz turned in another dominant season in his only guaranteed year of the deal, the Twins made the easy decision to pick up a $12MM club option last winter.

Cruz, despite having turned 40 in July, repaid the Twins with what may have been the best regular season of his career. He wound up with a career-high 164 wRC+ (tied with Mike Trout for the majors’ seventh-best mark among qualified hitters) and a .303/.397/.595 line with 16 home runs across 214 plate appearances. Cruz hasn’t finished any season with a worse wRC+ than 133 since 2013, so it’s hard to imagine that his production will suddenly fall off a cliff in the near future. And age will limit Cruz’s earning power as heads toward another trip to free agency, which should increase the Twins’ chances of re-signing him to a reasonably priced short-term pact.

Share 0 Retweet 7 Send via email0

Minnesota Twins Nelson Cruz

Dipoto: Mariners Hope To Add “Three Or Four” Relievers In Offseason
Main
Ken Giles Undergoes Tommy John Surgery
90 comments
newest oldest

Comments

  1. Rangers29

    6 months ago

    “I am so excited to watch the Astros-Twins series today, I see an Astros upset coming, but I want to see (what I think will be) the Kenta Maeda and Jose Urquidy matchup. That series, the Marlins-Cubs, the Indians-Yankees, and the Reds-Braves are all going to have my eyes glued on them.”

    That’s a quote of mine from the “Twins Set Wild Card Series Roster; Buxton Active, Donaldson Out” article the other day. Give me my money lol.

    3 Like
    Reply
    • thedimitriinla

      6 months ago

      “Nothing like quoting oneself.” —Me

      No, really, glad you’re excited about the games today. It’s really cool that Manfred and others were able to make this season happen.

      Like
      Reply
      • seth3120

        6 months ago

        First of all pointing out your previous post is sad. Not to mention it’s a best of three series which is a total roll of the dice

        Like
        Reply
  2. HalosHeavenJJ

    6 months ago

    Nothing suspicious about a guy aged 35-40 hitting more home runs than anyone else in baseball the last 5 seasons.

    6 Like
    Reply
    • DarkSide830

      6 months ago

      especially one that has had a positive PED test before…these tests are too random for my liking.

      6 Like
      Reply
      • Halo11Fan

        6 months ago

        Did he have a positive test? I think he was linked to Biogenesis.

        He’s a cheater. He has shown to have morally challenged. If he could get away with it, there is every reason to believe he’d do it again. There are teams that won’t sign a known cheater.

        Twins don’t seem to care. There are others.

        1 Like
        Reply
        • HalosHeavenJJ

          6 months ago

          He was linked to Biogenisis but I don’t think he failed a test.

          He could go to Boston. They love 40 year old roid cheats. Name streets after them.

          2 Like
          Reply
        • jjd002

          6 months ago

          “There are teams that won’t sign a known cheater.”

          That’s incorrect. Every team had juicers and they all knew about it. If Mike Trout was a free agent and failed a test every single team would want him.

          2 Like
          Reply
        • JDGoat

          6 months ago

          That’s an awfully high horse you’re sitting on.

          Like
          Reply
        • Halo11Fan

          6 months ago

          Teams have had juicers, but not every team has signed a known juicer.

          Huge difference.

          And if Mike Trout took PEDS, I wouldn’t want him. That’s me. I Don’t draft them on my fantasy team either, and I acknowledge I’m in the minority.

          Like
          Reply
        • M Haworth

          6 months ago

          Blah blah blah. The guy has raked for years AFTER his suspension and AFTER his swing change. I honestly could care less if players used PEDs or not to be honest.

          1 Like
          Reply
        • Halo11Fan

          6 months ago

          JD Goat, are you talking to me?

          Have we really come to the point in society where calling a cheater a cheater is sitting on a high horse?

          He has stole outs from pitchers, playoff shares from players and stole wins from fans.

          He’s a thief. So saying that is sitting on a high horse? Wow.

          Like
          Reply
        • Halo11Fan

          6 months ago

          M Haworth..

          “I honestly could care less if players used PEDs or not to be honest.”

          That’s OK, that doesn’t have to bother you, but it does bother some people and it’s understandable it bothers some people.

          Like
          Reply
        • 94yankees

          6 months ago

          agreed

          Like
          Reply
        • Ducky Buckin Fent

          6 months ago

          Let’s face it, @halo11fan.

          The biggest reason everyone has a spittle spraying hissy fit in regards to PEDs is due to baseball writers pushing that narrative. PEDs have been in baseball for a long time, man.
          Turn of the century players liked a little cocaine when they played. Let’s not forget the legendary “greenies” which were standard locker room fare for decades, man.

          Now we have this group of writers most of whom were probably chosen last on the playground deciding to be morality cops.

          The absolute best players of my generation have been shut out of the HOF by the same fecking guys who elected Bud Selig – who absolutely knew what was transpiring.
          You can’t have it both ways.

          I realize this is an unpopular take. But I challenge you froth mouthed maniacs screaming from your faulty based pedestals to engage in some basic research and dare to form your *own* opinion.

          I played football and baseball in the 80’s, man. Gear was widespread. I’m not saying I did anything. I’m also not saying I didn’t.
          I can tell you this, however. Absolutely no one was looking at it as “cheating”. It was an effort – for better or worse – to merely be the best player you could possibly be.

          (packs up soapbox)

          2 Like
          Reply
        • 4WSsince04

          6 months ago

          Halo – California would rather pay for illegals health care than their own citizens….and have safe zones for criminal illegal aliens….Boston’s offensive is less IMO

          Can’t wait to leave this f…ed up state, but would not want live in Boston either (too cold, bad traffic, and almost as expensive as stupid California)

          1 Like
          Reply
        • The Human Rain Delay

          6 months ago

          Oh just shut up (man) Halo !

          Yes Halo Im talking to you

          1 Like
          Reply
        • The Human Rain Delay

          6 months ago

          Nice post Ducky!

          Im guessing you did do it based off calling it gear

          Like
          Reply
        • Ducky Buckin Fent

          6 months ago

          Oh.
          Yeah, @raindelay

          Ummmm….

          (blinkblink)

          Like
          Reply
        • cecildawg

          6 months ago

          bucky dent, greenies just make a person nervous. Not an enhancer.
          Cross tops, beenies, whites, greenies are all nerve stimulators. Not performance. They keep you awake. They make a person twitchy. Hardly
          a remedy for relaxation which is sought in baseball. To compare roids to
          crosstops or greenies is beyond lame. Juss say’n.

          Like
          Reply
        • cecildawg

          6 months ago

          4wssince? what a cry baby. Man up or shut up. And this pandamit is for everyone.

          Like
          Reply
        • The Human Rain Delay

          6 months ago

          To further Mr Dent, Im totally on the same page with you on Selig (The first ballot Hof’er)

          Its a complete travesty we are hanging Bonds and Co for his actions or lack thereof and Im a Dodgers fan. Bud was the face of Steroids NOT Canseco, not Bonds and if anyone should fry its him-

          Now on the matter of the sauce….Its 150 million % cheating if your playing against players who are not.. For those of you that have never tryed them (and good for you) you’ll never really understand how much of an impact they make, you just cant with words, I know you try to formulate stances but if you’ve never been on them its hard to fully understand the whole argument – Ive known people who have done them (over and over) just for the confidence and mentals not even sports or muscles –

          It truly is a shame they have such bad side affects. I know this will sound bad but if gear was clean and everybody was juiced the level of play we would see in all sports would truly blow our minds night in and night out

          I dont endorse steroids at all in fact in most cases condone them 100% but as someone who has done a couple cycles I really think we have a bit of a clearer idea than most on how they should be classified past present, future than those who havent-

          1 Like
          Reply
        • Ducky Buckin Fent

          6 months ago

          Beg to disagree, @cevildawg.

          They definitely enhance concentration & stamina.

          I do like that we’re having an actual dialogue about this. I re-read my post…I might’ve been a bit over the top.
          But, the blatant hypocrisy in electing Selig while Bonds, Arod, Clemens, et al sit & watch really rankles for me.

          Like
          Reply
        • Ducky Buckin Fent

          6 months ago

          Hat tip, @rain delay, for the honesty & insight.

          Ya know…I’m actually pro PEDs, man. I’d like to see these guys work with physicians, & take the manufacturing process out of China (heavy metals).

          I’m pretty sure I don’t need to convince you of the reality that the NFL is riddled with the use of T. Look…you don’t get flagged in the NFL if your sample doesn’t exceed a T count of 25(!).

          C’mon.
          The only doctor I know is Dr McGillicuddy & even *he* knows what’s going on there.

          Like
          Reply
      • mfm420

        6 months ago

        his tests aren’t exactly random as a result of his suspension.

        even though it was because of the biogenesis deal (so he didn’t test dirty), still falls under current rules, which at last check means he gets extra tests per season (and i think a few off season ones as well).

        he’s looking at 1 year suspension at this point (a career ender at his age), so either he’s clean or he’s somehow managed to find something for the past 8 years to test clean.

        Like
        Reply
      • pwndroia

        6 months ago

        The testing is much better now though. More guys get busted.

        Like
        Reply
    • Rangers29

      6 months ago

      The dude goes out and hits day in and day out, he mentors younger players in the off-season, and takes Roids. Recipe for success.

      I like Cruz, and I hope he doesn’t, but it does stand out.

      5 Like
      Reply
    • Prospectnvstr

      6 months ago

      Since no one can complain about trashcan banging in the empty Minnesota stadium people are going to complain about Cruz’s alleged steroid usage. Complaining people will always find something to complain about.

      1 Like
      Reply
      • HalosHeavenJJ

        6 months ago

        Obvious roid cheat is obvious. That’s all I’m saying. Been saying it about Cruz for years.

        2 Like
        Reply
        • cecildawg

          6 months ago

          halosheven- So you are the guy who has been saying that stuff for years?

          Like
          Reply
      • Halo11Fan

        6 months ago

        It’s not alleged. He didn’t even deny it or try to fight it.

        1 Like
        Reply
      • Oooof

        6 months ago

        It was HGH, not steroids.

        Like
        Reply
    • thedimitriinla

      6 months ago

      Very much share this sentiment. Very suspicious.

      Like
      Reply
    • slslinde

      6 months ago

      Your jealous you can’t at 20

      1 Like
      Reply
    • cecildawg

      6 months ago

      Halos Heaven.. Maybe the one time, or forty times, then quiting the drugs makes them better for a long time? To bad Cruz has that blimish. He does though. Which makes him a cheater, like the astos, and we do not forget. Hell the forgiving part is easy. Millions of dollars. No hall for him. Though he does have all the problems of having a lot of money. There is a shame he shares with all the roiders and all the astos. For life. I’m sure there is an old saying. Which escapes me now as i think i might be having a flashback?

      Like
      Reply
  3. skrockij89

    6 months ago

    Come back to Seattle!

    1 Like
    Reply
    • 4WSsince04

      6 months ago

      Seattle…..only franchise to never be in a World Series…….must not have cheated enough……lol

      Like
      Reply
  4. ChangedName

    6 months ago

    What a great walking advertisement for PEDs, basically a fringe talent who suddenly becomes one of the best power hitters of his generation in his mid-30s. He wasn’t even an average hitter until he was almost 30.

    Over a $100 million earned, totally worth it.

    1 Like
    Reply
    • throwinched10

      6 months ago

      PEDs don’t help with hand-eye coordination.

      3 Like
      Reply
      • Rangers29

        6 months ago

        I want you to go onto Youtube whenever you get a chance, and go to Momentum (Trevor Bauer’s) channel. On there he does a series called Bauer Bytes. Each Wednesday it is uploaded, and they are 30 minutes of whatever three guests he has, and himself just talking about baseball. One of the episodes has Kenny Lofton on it, and he explained why he thinks that PED’s are worst than the Astros cheating scandal. Even if you don’t like Bauer, I’d go watch that video. It’s interesting what he thinks of it.

        1 Like
        Reply
        • throwinched10

          6 months ago

          I am not saying PEDs are good. I am saying that they don’t help with hand eye-coordination.

          Like
          Reply
        • Rangers29

          6 months ago

          I know you’re not saying they’re good in a integrity standpoint, I just recommended the video because Lofton actually goes into how it can help your hand eye coordination plus much more.

          1 Like
          Reply
        • HalosHeavenJJ

          6 months ago

          Steroids 100% help with eye sight, though. And that’s a huge component in baseball.

          2 Like
          Reply
        • Halo11Fan

          6 months ago

          They don’t help with hand eye coordination, but they help with bat speed and strength.

          Swing a hammer and hit a spot. Now swing a sledge hammer. You’ll have more accuracy with the hammer.

          Like
          Reply
        • sn0048

          6 months ago

          Focus and thus, hand-eye coordination suffer when a player is fatigued. One of the benefits of PEDs is, they help the body stave off or avoid fatigue and allow players to recover more quickly during the course of a season.

          Like
          Reply
      • sn0048

        6 months ago

        ::Fart Sound::
        ———————————–
        “PEDs don’t help with hand-eye coordination.”

        Like
        Reply
      • Reflect

        6 months ago

        They most definitely do, it’s been scientifically proven long ago.

        Like
        Reply
    • jjd002

      6 months ago

      There is no way steroids help that much.

      Like
      Reply
      • Mo4ever

        6 months ago

        Ask McGwire, Sosa and Bonds. Palmeiro, Thome, Bagwell and A-Rod. Canseco. Pujols?

        Like
        Reply
        • Oooof

          6 months ago

          Cruz has not been tied to steroids.

          Like
          Reply
        • Mo4ever

          6 months ago

          PEDs. They are all under the umbrella PEDs. As with Ortiz, no way Cruz has his age 40 season without PEDs.

          Like
          Reply
        • AndyMeyer

          6 months ago

          Thome didn’t take PED’s. Stop
          You don’t have a 21 year career as a professional hitter with over 600 home runs and take PED’s.

          Like
          Reply
        • AndyMeyer

          6 months ago

          Well, A Rod did have a 22 year career and was a juicer. Haha. My bad!
          But there is no evidence against Thome as a juicer. I guess because it’s the “guilt by association” because he was in that era. But the guy continued to produce way past the steroid era. Class act and a deserving HOFer

          Like
          Reply
        • cecildawg

          6 months ago

          Ooof? Duh.

          Like
          Reply
  5. throwinched10

    6 months ago

    Twins have Larnach, Kirilloff, and Rooker who may be able to start or appear for the Twins in 2021. I dont see Cruz being brought back, especially with Sano’s defensive shortcomings .

    Like
    Reply
    • shaner41

      6 months ago

      Good points about Cruz not being brought back. However, Sano has offensive shortcomings as well, so they do need more bats!

      Like
      Reply
  6. Reflect

    6 months ago

    “Steroids are a hell of a drug”
    – Rick James, probably

    2 Like
    Reply
    • Rangers29

      6 months ago

      The Lance Armstrong 30 for 30 would’ve been a lot more interesting if he said that.

      Like
      Reply
    • 4WSsince04

      6 months ago

      Loved steroids (prednisone) when I had pneumonia…..worked great….can I please have more…..lol

      Like
      Reply
  7. bucketbrew35

    6 months ago

    If he can hold on for 3 more years he has an outside shot at 500 bombs.

    Like
    Reply
  8. Briffle

    6 months ago

    This is one of those weird cases where the foreign born player is actually a lot younger than what his birth certificate said.

    Cruz needed to get signed and make some money for his sick mother, but he was too young to get signed, so he got a fake birth certificate. Instead of being 20 when he was signed by Oakland, he was actually 12.

    Cruz’s real age is 32, not 40, and is just started to leave the prime of his career.

    1 Like
    Reply
    • Badfinger

      6 months ago

      Then he looks horrible for 32. Or maybe he had surgery to age his face. Yeah, that’s it. The internet is fun.

      1 Like
      Reply
      • Briffle

        6 months ago

        When you’re 12 and you look 20, won’t you look 40 when you look 32?

        Like
        Reply
        • Halo11Fan

          6 months ago

          I think what you wrote was a joke, so I took it as being very funny.

          I was impressed. I laughed, but in a good way.

          Like
          Reply
        • Briffle

          6 months ago

          For everyone else it was a joke, for you, I was being serious.

          Like
          Reply
    • cecildawg

      6 months ago

      Briffle? Outstanding.

      Like
      Reply
  9. hd-electraglide

    6 months ago

    Off topic just a bit, but just heard from my Season Ticket Sales Rep that there will be 11,500 (25% capacity) fans allowed to attend each game for the NLDS, NLCS, and WS. Tickets go on sale October 6th to the general public.

    Like
    Reply
    • Halo11Fan

      6 months ago

      From the CDC.
      CDC: new COVID survival rates. If you are younger than 50… The death rate is .02%..

      The flu estimated death rate is .01- .02%

      This is why I say this has become political. It become a political talking point.

      By the way, if you are over 70 and you catch this, all things being equal, the odds of dying are 1 out of 20. So if your are in your 70s, don’t go. I’m in my 60s, which is about 1 in 200, and I wouldn’t go.

      Like
      Reply
      • TheLawAbides

        6 months ago

        I’ve been saying since lockdowns started here (Philippines) it’s ridiculous. Around 3,000 deaths so far from covid yet 25,000+ every year from tuberculosis, only now I need to wear mask+full face shield. I really wanted to go watch an Olympic baseball game

        Like
        Reply
        • Oooof

          6 months ago

          Maybe you should be glad they took it seriously while it was still at only 3,000? If we’d done that in the States, we’d be in a vastly better situation.

          Also, more than one thing can be bad. Tuberculosis is bad. Covid is bad.

          Like
          Reply
        • cecildawg

          6 months ago

          TLA – So it was you who was sayin’.

          Like
          Reply
      • Oooof

        6 months ago

        Death isn’t the only bad outcome, and players travelling and congregating in big groups isn’t strictly a risk to the players. They’re increasing exposure possibilities for other people. Add in fans and it’s more unnecessary risk.

        Downplaying the seriousness of a pandemic that’s killed this many people and won’t have a viable, widely distributed vaccine any time soon is more conniving and political than anything you’re decrying.

        1 Like
        Reply
      • Commonsenseslapsyou

        6 months ago

        Another genius that assumes if you don’t die, it doesnt affect you long term

        And also minimizes hundreds of thousands of unnecessary death. These people weren’t on deaths door. Most had freakin diabetes. Like… millions of other Americans?

        Stop minimizing death so you can feel good about not caring. It’s a bad look Halo

        Like
        Reply
    • Rangers29

      6 months ago

      It’s embarrassing that they are going to play the WS in the Shed on national television. Hopefully the teams playing there complain about it playing big, and maybe we could change some things to help the ball travel better in there.

      Like
      Reply
      • hd-electraglide

        6 months ago

        The exterior is not very “appealing” to the eye. Looks like a cross between the Goodyear Blimp hangar, and a Home Depot Tuff Shed.

        Like
        Reply
        • Rangers29

          6 months ago

          Yep, though I do want to go to a game next season, to see the inside of course. I like the arches out in left field, but besides that the stadium just doesn’t seem to have any character. Maybe my opinion will change by seeing it in person. There were also reports a few years ago that said that it would’ve cost just as much to put a roof on Globe Life Park (don’t know how true that is), but at this point, I’d rather that.

          1 Like
          Reply
        • hd-electraglide

          6 months ago

          It is pretty nice inside. We got to go in early March to season ticket holder open house to see the inside, and our seats.

          Globe Life Park was nice, but outside in July-August for day games……MISERABLE!!

          1 Like
          Reply
        • mfm420

          6 months ago

          likely wasn’t as expensive, but at that point, you’d be spending a ton for a stadium over 20 years old (and not like you’d be able to just take the roof to the new place) so it might have been most cost effective to build a new one with a roof instead.

          Like
          Reply
        • hd-electraglide

          6 months ago

          There are some pretty quirky angles down the lines and at the wall in the power alleys. Since the AL West and NL West teams have played there, might be a slight advantage against any Central or East teams. That is of course if the Al West and or the NL West team is in WS.

          Like
          Reply
        • Rangers29

          6 months ago

          I think the main thing I don’t like about the new park is the camera angle from center field. It is directly over the head of the pitcher, and IMO I think that it looks better at a closer angle (like it was in GLP).

          Like
          Reply
  10. cheetobandito

    6 months ago

    I see another one year plus an option year. Why not? He’s been one of the best hitters in the league.

    Like
    Reply
    • mlbnyyfan

      6 months ago

      Is Cruz a Hall of Famer?

      Like
      Reply
      • hyraxwithaflamethrower

        6 months ago

        No, his career OPS is below .900, he doesn’t have 500 HR, doesn’t even have 2K hits, let alone the usual 3K that’s considered a HOF milestone, WAR around 40, and is a below average fielder, taking away some of his bat’s value. Hall of Very Good, but not Hall of Fame.

        Like
        Reply
  11. mgrap84

    6 months ago

    Baseballs Tom Brady

    Like
    Reply
    • Technically correct

      6 months ago

      Minus a few really important wins.

      Like
      Reply
    • pwndroia

      6 months ago

      No way. Cruz isn’t best of best.

      Like
      Reply
  12. Rsox

    6 months ago

    At his age Cruz is year to year so a one-year contract is certainly feasible for the Twins.

    Like
    Reply
  13. Oooof

    6 months ago

    Pretty amazing what Cruz has accomplished for a guy who was in pro ball for a full decade, traded three times, and the throw-in with Carlos Lee all before even becoming a regular. People are welcome to dismiss him because of his PED links and suspension, but even if he had tested positive (which he didn’t), it’s not like most guys who’ve definitely taken PEDs accomplish nearly what he has. You can dislike him, but it’s a striking career.

    Like
    Reply
  14. James Solomon

    6 months ago

    Mets trade Alonso and Cruz becomes the perfect replacement to DH with Canó

    1 Like
    Reply
  15. wild bill tetley

    6 months ago

    The moment Donaldson was signed was the moment the Twins had to close the Nelson Cruz chapter after this season. Donaldson has too many years, too much money tied to him and too many calf issues to be a fulltime 3B. Donaldson needs to DH and he cannot do that with Cruz around. That is unfortunate because Cruz continues to perform at the plate.

    1 Like
    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.
Log in Register

ad: 300x250_1_MLB

    Top Stories

    Dexter Fowler To Undergo Season-Ending Knee Surgery

    Tommy John Surgery Recommended For James Paxton

    MLB Inspecting “Suspicious Baseballs” From Trevor Bauer’s Latest Start

    Trevor Rosenthal Undergoes Thoracic Outlet Surgery

    Blue Jays Sign GM Ross Atkins To Five-Year Extension

    Yankees Acquire Rougned Odor

    Brewers Trade Orlando Arcia To Braves

    MLB Moves All-Star Game Out Of Atlanta; Colorado To Host

    Mets, Francisco Lindor Agree On Ten-Year Extension

    Latest On Nationals’ Covid-19 Testing

    Recent

    West Notes: Rendon, Gonsolin, Moronta, Wade

    COVID Notes: 4/11/21

    Injury Notes: Kim, Alfaro, Andujar, Schmidt, Reds

    Blue Jays To Activate Robbie Ray From Injured List

    Christian Yelich, Travis Shaw Day-To-Day After Leaving Brewers’ Game

    Phillies Place Archie Bradley On 10-Day Injured List

    Adrian Morejon Leaves Start With Elbow/Forearm Strain

    Giants Acquire Thairo Estrada

    Dexter Fowler To Undergo Season-Ending Knee Surgery

    Cardinals Place Tyler O’Neill On 10-Day Injured List

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • Kris Bryant Rumors
    • Francisco Lindor Rumors
    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Go Ad-Free
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • 2020-21 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent Tracker
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2021-22 MLB Free Agent List
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2021
    • 2021 MLB Arbitration Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Indians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    ad: 160x600_MLB

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • Feeds by Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    hide arrowsFOX Sports Engage Network scroll to top
    Close

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version