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Nelson Cruz MIN Util R

Born: 07/01/1980 Age: 40

FanGraphs Player Page

Signed By

Mid-level Exception for $19

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (SEA) Jan'19

Wed 5/12 Thu 5/13 Fri 5/14
3Batting 3 @CHW 1-2 T2• @CHW 2:10 PM OAK 8:10 PM

Positions
Util
2022 Projected Positions
Util

All Leagues
Average $20.08 Median $20.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $20.69 Median $20.00

All Leagues
Average $16.20 Median $18.50
FanGraphs Points
Average $16.10 Median $14.50

Roster%
98.83%
Change
7Day 0%
30Day 0.88%

MLB Stats

Batting

YearTeamGPA AB H 2B 3B HR BB HBP SB CS P/G Pts
2005MIL87511002000 1.19 9.50
2006TEX41138130293067010 2.94 120.40
2007TEX9633330772152921224 3.1 297.30
2008TEX311331153891717131 8.14 252.30
2009TEX12851546212021133492204 5.99 766.60
2010TEX10844539912731322381174 7.08 764.10
2011TEX1245134751252812933295 5.59 692.60
2012TEX1596425851524502448584 4.94 785.30
2013TEX1094564131101802735451 5.8 632.70
2014BAL1596786131663224055545 6.1 970.40
2015SEA1526555901782214459532 7.12 1082.00
2016SEA1556675891692714362920 6.85 1062.40
2017SEA15564555616028039701211 6.66 1032.90
2018SEA14459151913318137551410 5.84 840.40
2019MIN1205214541412604156701 8.19 982.60
2020MIN5321418556601625400 7.23 383.40
2021MIN32128114342189200 6.13 196.10

MILB Stats

Batting

YearTeamGPA AB H 2B 3B HR BB HBP SB CS P/G Pts
2006MIL (AAA)10442337111222120426176 6.47 673.20
2007TEX (AAA)4418816257911521212 8.98 395.30
2008TEX (AAA)10344838313118337565248 9.46 973.90
2008TEX (R)16411002000 10.5 10.50
2009TEX (AAA)3111000001010 -1.7 -5.10
2010TEX (AA)3131141001010 6.4 19.20
2010TEX (AAA)5221941002000 2.46 12.30
2011TEX (AAA)3131150032000 17.07 51.20
2011TEX (AA)3121121001000 2.03 6.10
2019MIN (A+)27720000000 2.1 4.20

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentPAABHBB2B 3BHRRRBIHBPSFSBCS Pts
2021-05-11 MIN @CHW 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20
2021-05-08 MIN @DET 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.20
2021-05-07 MIN @DET 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5.00
2021-05-06 MIN TEX 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.00
2021-05-05 MIN TEX 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20
2021-05-04 MIN TEX 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4.00
2021-05-03 MIN TEX 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.60
2021-05-02 MIN KCR 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.60
2021-05-01 MIN KCR 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 11.00
2021-04-30 MIN KCR 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.00
Totals 46 40 9 5 0 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 34.80

Last 10 MILB Games

DateLevelTeamOpponentPAABHBB2B 3BHRRRBIHBPSFSBCS
2019-06-02 A+ FTM @LAK 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019-06-01 A+ FTM @LAK 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2022 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
March 25, 2012 12:55 PM add Make Giancarlo Mike Again $18
October 5, 2012 8:57 AM increase Make Giancarlo Mike Again $20
January 31, 2013 11:22 PM cut Make Giancarlo Mike Again $10
March 19, 2013 10:42 PM add The 🐂 $8
August 14, 2013 12:46 PM cut The 🐂 $4
September 10, 2013 8:49 PM add Make Giancarlo Mike Again $8
October 11, 2013 2:47 PM increase Make Giancarlo Mike Again $10
January 6, 2014 11:45 AM cut Make Giancarlo Mike Again $5
March 10, 2014 9:56 PM add Dragons🐉 $16
August 7, 2014 7:35 AM move Capital City Capitals (from Dragons🐉) $16
October 8, 2014 11:23 PM increase Capital City Capitals $18
December 10, 2014 8:10 PM move Dragons🐉 (from Capital City Capitals ) $18
October 5, 2015 8:07 AM increase Dragons🐉 $20
October 7, 2016 12:15 PM increase Dragons🐉 $22
November 15, 2016 8:13 AM increase Dragons🐉 $24
January 27, 2017 10:45 AM move The 🐂 (from Dragons🐉) $24
January 29, 2017 6:20 PM move Pine Tar Incidents (from The 🐂) $24
October 7, 2017 1:46 AM increase Pine Tar Incidents $26
October 12, 2018 12:43 PM increase Pine Tar Incidents $28
October 4, 2019 4:42 PM increase Pine Tar Incidents $30
September 30, 2020 5:51 PM increase Pine Tar Incidents $32
January 22, 2021 9:32 PM cut Pine Tar Incidents $0
March 23, 2021 9:15 PM add Mid-level Exception $19

Recent Trades for Nelson Cruz in FanGraphs Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
May 11, 2021 2:45 PM Bizarre Glove Triangle Nelson Cruz MIN Util R $24
Giancarlo Stanton NYY OF R $41 
Freddie Freeman ATL 1B L $44 
Trevor Bauer LAD SP R $26 
Trevor Story COL SS R $35 
 Bat Hombres 🏏 Frankie Montas OAK SP R $9 
C.J. Cron COL 1B R $15 10IL 
Luis Severino NYY RP R $14 60IL 
Alex Kirilloff MIN 1B/OF L $8 10IL 
MacKenzie Gore SDP (AAA) SP L $5
Wander Samuel Franco TBR (AAA) SS S $17
Adley Rutschman BAL (AA) Util S $9
May 7, 2021 12:20 PM Freed from the Gallos Nelson Cruz MIN Util R $28
 Graves Disease sponsored by Fanduel Sixto Sanchez MIA SP R $15 DTD 
Jeter Downs BOS (AAA) SS R $1
April 30, 2021 2:45 PM bitchin' camargo Nelson Cruz MIN Util R $21
Robbie Grossman DET OF S $1 
 Mount Rose Muskies Chris Sale BOS SP L $23 60IL
April 29, 2021 4:15 PM Urquidy-quidy Bang Bang Nelson Cruz MIN Util R $24
 Daydream Belieber Nolan Jones CLE (AAA) 3B L $3
Garrett Whitlock BOS SP/RP R $1 
April 24, 2021 4:45 PM Big Papi memories Nelson Cruz MIN Util R $17
 Diesel Donnie 💪 Sixto Sanchez MIA SP R $10 DTD 
April 22, 2021 9:28 PM Painsworth Nelson Cruz MIN Util R $23
J.D. Martinez BOS OF R $27 
Jose Altuve HOU 2B R $26 
Matthew Boyd DET SP L $4 
 Anal Pollocks Kyle Tucker HOU OF L $20 
Sandy Alcantara MIA SP R $7 
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B/OF R $5 
Alec Bohm PHI 1B/3B R $6 
April 11, 2021 12:51 PM Corba Keibert Zack Greinke HOU SP R $20 
 Alton Giants Nelson Cruz MIN Util R $30
March 31, 2021 4:31 PM Handsome Hounds 🐶 Nelson Cruz MIN Util R $18
 Master wOBA Jean Segura PHI 2B/SS/3B R $15 
March 30, 2021 2:14 PM Fool in the Rain Nelson Cruz MIN Util R $16
Carlos Correa HOU SS R $30 
 Coastal Empire Lance Lynn CHW SP R $10 
Rhys Hoskins PHI 1B R $16 
March 28, 2021 2:28 PM Pumpkin Escobar Justin Upton LAA OF R $1 
Zach Plesac CLE SP R $9 
James Karinchak CLE RP R $8 
Josh Jung TEX (A) 3B R $4
 SoCal Sluggers Nelson Cruz MIN Util R $25
Drew Pomeranz SDP SP/RP L $3
Noelvi Marte SEA (A) SS R $3