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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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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12 days ago
Pirates sign Juan Cruz to minor league deal
The Pirates announced today that veteran reliever Juan Cruz has signed a minor league deal that includes an invitation to spring training.
Cruz, 33, pitched for the Rays last season and posted a 3.88 ERA in 48 2/3 innings. Throughout his 11 season career, he has a 9.1 K/9 ratio and has served as a pretty good setup man.
Many people say he could end up being this year’s version...
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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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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, 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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11 days ago
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
Pirates Sign Juan Cruz
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed right handed reliever Juan Cruz to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training, per a team press release. Cruz has a strong track record in the majors, with a career 4.13 ERA in 619.1 innings, along with a 9.1 K/9 and a 4.8 BB/9 ratio. Last year he pitched 48.2 innings with the Tampa Bay Rays, putting up a 3.88 ERA, an 8.5 K/9 and a 5...
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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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12 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
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
Tampa Bay Rays set roster: Juan Cruz, Jake McGee, Ceasar Ramos make team
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March 30, 2011
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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12 days ago
The One Where We Discuss The Return Of Cruz, A New Outfielder, And Coming Down The Stretch
Off-Day (click image for a random Wikipedia page)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe.
THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA…
Juan Cruz was activated from the DL with Mike Ekstrom being optioned back to Durham.
The Rays would have to go 38-17 down the stretch to reach 94 wins. 94 is probably the minimum number...
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August 02, 2011
Bullpen Shakeup: Juan Cruz released, Luis Mendoza DFA
If you’re looking at the Royals lineup tonight as they take on Minnesota, you’ll notice two names missing. Earlier today, both Bob Dutton and Mike Swanson have announced that RHP Juan Cruz has been released and RHP Luis Mendoza has been designated for assignment.
Mendoza appeared in four games for the Royals in 2010, compiling a 22.50 ERA and surrendering four homeruns. His...
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April 23, 2010
Pirates invite reliever Cruz to spring training
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed right-handed reliever Juan Cruz to a minor league contract and will invite him to spring training.
Via ESPN
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12 days ago
Kansas City Royals: Five Things to Look Forward to in 2009
1. The Mexicutioner-For the first time in a long time, the Royals have a dominant closer. In Joakim Soria, the Royals have found themselves a diamond in the rough, who is on his way towards becoming one of the most dominant closers in baseball. Armed with a wide variety of pitches and great control, Soria has made his living deceiving hitters. If the Royals can get the ball to Soria...
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March 30, 2009
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March 30, 2009
Pirates sign reliever to minor league deal
Juan Cruz, 33, went 5-0 with a 3.88 ERA in 56 relief outings last season for the Tampa Bay Rays. The right-hander also has pitched in the majors for the Chicago Cubs, Altana Braves, Oakland A's, Arizona Diamondbacks and Kansas City Royals.
Via Pittsburghlive.com
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12 days ago
Could Juan Cruz be an option for the Cubs?
With the trade market for a veteran set up man looking very thin right now, the Cubs maybe forced to sign a reliever instead of trade for one. And that reliever could be recently released and former Cubs Juan Cruz. As ESPN’s Buster Olney speculated today that the Cubs could “kick the tires” on Cruz.
It [...]
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April 25, 2010
MLB To Amend Type A Free Agent Rules
According to Ken Rosenthal, Major League Baseball, the players union, the Diamondbacks, and Juan Cruz's agents are discussing a way to do a sign-and-trade, despite that conflicting with the collective bargaining agreement. Once a free agent is signed, they cannot be traded until June 15 without the players consent. This could happen for the remaining free agents as well, but we are...
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February 16, 2009
Players A to Z, Juan Cruz
Juan Cruz pitches in relief for the Kansas City Royals. In 2009, he lost his ability to strike out batters at a high rate, coming in at 6.8 per 9 innings compared to 9.1 per 9 innings for his career. That raised his hits per nine, and with a high career walks per [...]
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January 16, 2010
Tampa Bay Rays continue the mantra that all closers look better at closing time
The Tampa Bay Rays this afternoon announced that the organization signed RHP Juan Cruz to a minor league contract. As free agency winds down, the Rays seem to be acting like a single man at the bar 30 minutes before closing time, trying to pick up whoever is left in the bar when the house lights come on.
Cruz has played 10 seasons in the majors with the Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves...
Via Rays Central
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February 03, 2011
Rosenthal
Ken Rosenthal has a few interesting notes today.First of all, the Yanks are not interested in Juan Cruz and I don't blame them. He`s a tempting target but I`m unwilling to decimate the 2009 draft anymore. Supposedly, its a very deep draft and if the Yanks can go over-slot then they can still get ...
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February 09, 2009
Royals Sign Juan Cruz
Righthanded reliever Juan Cruz was signed by the Royals on
Cruz signed a two-year contract with an option for 2011.
The deal was believed to be worth $2.25 million for this year, $3.25 million for 2010 and a club option for $4 million for 2011 with a $500,000
Cruz, 30, ...
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February 28, 2009
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February 28, 2009
Tampa Bay Rays add Juan Cruz to depleted bullpen competition
The Rays continued their bargain bin shopping Thursday by signing relief pitcher Juan Cruz to a minor league contract with the requisite invitation to spring training as they continue to bring in veteran arms to staff a depleted bullpen.
Cruz has been mentioned in the past as a closer candidate, in Chicago and Arizona. The Rays would be the sixth team in his ten year career.
Cruz...
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February 04, 2011
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