JUAN CRUZ RUMORS & GOSSIP
Taking a Look at the Pirates’ Crowded Bullpen
Yesterday the Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they had signed right handed reliever Juan Cruz to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training. Cruz was considered one of the better set-up men in the game just a few years ago, and is coming off a pretty good year pitching out of Tampa Bay’s bullpen, one year removed from a shoulder injury.
Following the move, I raised...
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10 days ago
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Pirates, Cruz agree to deal
The Pirates signed right-hander Juan Cruz to a minor league contract and offered him an invitation to spring training. Cruz, 33, pitched for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011. He went 5-0 with a 3.88 ERA and 1.32 WHIP, pitching 482/3 innings in 56 relief appearances.
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Pirates sign Juan Cruz
The Bucs inked reliever Juan Cruz to a minor league deal (with an invite to Spring Training) on Wednesday.
Cruz is a 33-year old righty with 11 big-league seasons under his belt. His career ERA is 4.13, and last year with Tampa Bay he went 5-0 with a 3.88 ERA. He tends to put up good strikeout numbers (9.1 K/9 for his career) while walking a few too many (4.8 BB/9).
This actually...
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Pirates sign RHP Juan Cruz to minor league deal
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed right-handed reliever Juan Cruz to a minor league contract and will invite him to spring training.
The 33-year-old Cruz went 5-0 with a 3.88 ERA in 56 relief appearances with Tampa Bay last season. He's previously pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks and the Kansas City Royals.
Cruz is 37-35...
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11 days ago
Pirates sign ex-Rays reliever Juan Cruz (AP)
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed right-handed reliever Juan Cruz to a minor league contract and will invite him to spring training. The 33-year-old Cruz went 5-0 with a 3.88 ERA in 56 relief appearances with Tampa Bay last season. He's previously pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks and the Kansas City Royals.
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11 days ago
Pittsburgh Pirates Sign RHP Juan Cruz
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed right-handed reliever Juan Cruz to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training, according to a team press release.
With a career 4.13 ERA in 619.1 innings, the 33-year-old has been decent in the majors during his career. His 9.1 K/9 ratio is impressive
Last season, Cruz recorded a 3.88 ERA and 8.5 K/9 ratio in 48.2 innings.
From Tim Williams...
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Bucs ink veteran reliever Cruz to Minors deal
Right-hander Juan Cruz, a valuable member of Tampa Bay's bullpen last season, has been signed to a Minor League contract by the Pirates, a deal that includes an invitation to Spring Training.
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11 days ago
Tampa Bay Rays sign Juan Cruz to Minor League deal
The Tampa Bay Rays added pitcher to compete for a spot in their bullpen by signing right-handed reliever Juan Cruz to a Minor League deal, Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times reports.
Cruz, 32, appeared in five games for the Kansas City Royals in 2010. He has a career record of 32-35 with a 4.15 ERA in 348 appearances – mostly in relief.
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February 03, 2011
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February 03, 2011
Trading block, meet Juan Cruz and Mitch Maier takes grounders?
In yesterday’s Royals notebook, Bob Dutton touched on the Juan Cruz trade talk.
The Royals are trying to unload veteran reliever Juan Cruz, according to club sources and those with other teams. The word is they are willing to eat most if not all of his $3.75 million contract through the end of this season.
It may not seem like much and Cruz may not get dealt, but I am encouraged...
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April 16, 2010
FtFP: Mike Moustakas, Juan Cruz, and more
There are a number of things to share with you in this edition of From the Fish Pond including news on Moose, Juan Cruz, some Royals transactions (I’m a bit behind), some former Royals updates, and some other miscellaneous stuff.
I meant to get this published last night, but that was before my Market Fresh Update took twice as long to pull together than I though it would.
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March 19, 2010
THE PIRATES HOT 25
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