Nelson Cruz SDP Util R

Born: 07/01/1980 Age: 43

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On MLB 40-man: NO
Acquired: Free Agent (WSN) Jan'23

Sun 5/05	Mon 5/06	Tue 5/07
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Positions
Util
2025 Projected Positions
Util

All Leagues
Average $0.00 Median $0.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $0.00 Median $0.00

All Leagues
Average $1.60 Median $1.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.70 Median $1.00

Roster%
0%
Change
7Day 0%
30Day 0%

2024 OPL Round 1
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SB	CS	P/G	Pts
2005	MIL	8	7	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.19	9.50
2006	TEX	41	138	130	29	3	0	6	7	0	1	0	2.94	120.40
2007	TEX	96	333	307	72	15	2	9	21	2	2	4	3.1	297.30
2008	TEX	31	133	115	38	9	1	7	17	1	3	1	8.14	252.30
2009	TEX	128	515	462	120	21	1	33	49	2	20	4	5.99	766.60
2010	TEX	108	445	399	127	31	3	22	38	1	17	4	7.08	764.10
2011	TEX	124	513	475	125	28	1	29	33	2	9	5	5.59	692.60
2012	TEX	159	642	585	152	45	0	24	48	5	8	4	4.94	785.30
2013	TEX	109	456	413	110	18	0	27	35	4	5	1	5.8	632.70
2014	BAL	159	678	613	166	32	2	40	55	5	4	5	6.1	970.40
2015	SEA	152	655	590	178	22	1	44	59	5	3	2	7.12	1082.00
2016	SEA	155	667	589	169	27	1	43	62	9	2	0	6.85	1062.40
2017	SEA	155	645	556	160	28	0	39	70	12	1	1	6.66	1032.90
2018	SEA	144	591	519	133	18	1	37	55	14	1	0	5.84	840.40
2019	MIN	120	521	454	141	26	0	41	56	7	0	1	8.19	982.60
2020	MIN	53	214	185	56	6	0	16	25	4	0	0	7.23	383.40
2021	MIN	85	346	296	87	13	1	19	35	5	3	0	6.34	538.90
2021	TBR	55	238	217	49	8	0	13	16	2	0	0	4.67	256.80
2022	WSN	124	507	448	105	16	0	10	49	4	4	0	3.6	447.00
2023	SDP	49	152	143	35	5	1	5	6	2	1	0	2.98	146.10

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SB	CS	P/G	Pts
2006	MIL (AAA)	103	423	371	112	22	1	20	42	6	17	6	6.54	673.20
2007	TEX (AAA)	44	188	162	57	9	1	15	21	2	1	2	8.98	395.30
2008	TEX (R)	1	6	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10.5	10.50
2008	TEX (AAA)	103	448	383	131	18	3	37	56	5	24	8	9.46	973.90
2009	TEX (AAA)	3	11	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-1.7	-5.10
2010	TEX (AA)	3	13	11	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	6.4	19.20
2010	TEX (AAA)	5	22	19	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.46	12.30
2011	TEX (AA)	3	12	11	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.03	6.10
2011	TEX (AAA)	3	13	11	5	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	17.07	51.20
2019	MIN (A+)	2	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	4.20
2023	SDP (AAA)	4	17	16	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	6.83	27.30

Date	Team	Opponent	PA	AB	H	BB	2B	RBI	Pts
Jul 3, 2023	SDP	LAA	2	2	0	0	0	0	-2.00
Jul 2, 2023	SDP	@CIN	3	3	0	0	0	0	-3.00
Jul 1, 2023	SDP	@CIN	5	5	2	0	0	0	6.20
Jun 30, 2023	SDP	@CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	-1.00
Jun 27, 2023	SDP	@PIT	4	4	2	0	0	1	7.20
Jun 25, 2023	SDP	WSN	4	4	2	0	0	0	7.20
Jun 23, 2023	SDP	WSN	5	5	1	0	0	2	0.60
Jun 22, 2023	SDP	@SFG	4	3	1	1	1	2	8.50
Jun 21, 2023	SDP	@SFG	2	2	0	0	0	0	-2.00
Jun 18, 2023	SDP	TBR	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.00
Totals			31	29	8	2	1	5	24.70

Date	Level	Team	Opponent	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	R	RBI	HBP
Jun 11, 2023	AAA	ELP	OKC	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jun 10, 2023	AAA	ELP	OKC	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jun 8, 2023	AAA	ELP	OKC	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	1
Jun 7, 2023	AAA	ELP	OKC	5	5	2	0	1	1	2	0
Totals				17	16	5	1	1	2	3	1

Date	Transaction Type	Team	Salary
March 9, 2011 8:56 AM	add	Hatchet, By Gary Paulsen	$37
October 6, 2011 11:24 PM	increase	Hatchet, By Gary Paulsen	$39
October 5, 2012 8:53 AM	increase	Hatchet, By Gary Paulsen	$41
August 5, 2013 4:05 PM	cut	Hatchet, By Gary Paulsen	$21
September 17, 2013 11:51 AM	add	In Ottavino Veritas	$21
October 11, 2013 2:47 PM	increase	In Ottavino Veritas	$23
November 16, 2013 1:57 AM	increase	In Ottavino Veritas	$24
December 16, 2013 12:12 AM	move	Advanced Open Water Skubal Divers (from In Ottavino Veritas)	$24
January 16, 2014 10:25 AM	cut	Advanced Open Water Skubal Divers	$12
March 2, 2014 4:12 PM	add	Jesters	$15
October 8, 2014 11:04 PM	increase	Jesters	$17
October 5, 2015 8:02 AM	increase	Jesters	$19
October 7, 2016 12:13 PM	increase	Jesters	$21
October 7, 2017 1:41 AM	increase	Jesters	$23
October 12, 2018 12:41 PM	increase	Jesters	$25
January 31, 2019 6:55 PM	cut	Jesters	$13
March 13, 2019 9:51 PM	add	Give me Zac, Brad.	$24
October 4, 2019 4:53 PM	increase	Give me Zac, Brad.	$26
September 30, 2020 6:14 PM	increase	Give me Zac, Brad.	$28
March 4, 2021 7:07 AM	cut	Give me Zac, Brad.	$0
March 13, 2021 7:28 PM	add	Give me Zac, Brad.	$26
October 9, 2021 4:06 AM	increase	Give me Zac, Brad.	$28
August 7, 2022 11:35 AM	cut	Give me Zac, Brad.	$14

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
April 20, 2023 3:43 PM	ᵃᵇˢᵒˡᵘᵗᵉ ᵇᵘⁿᵗˢ	Nelson Cruz SDP Util R $2	Sleepy G 🛶	$2 loan
August 8, 2022 12:42 PM	YoungBoyNeverRips	A.J. Puk MIA A RP L $1 15IL Joe Mantiply ARI RP L $1 Jarren Duran BOS OF L $1	jack off all trades	Matt Bush TEX AAA RP R $1 Mark Melancon ARI AAA RP R $1 OUT Nelson Cruz WSN Util R $3 Anthony Bass TOR RP R $1 Dennis Santana TEX RP R $1 Tanner Scott MIA RP L $1 Rowan Wick TOR AAA RP R $1 $7 loan
August 6, 2022 7:50 PM	WAR Horse	Nelson Cruz WSN Util R $6 Alex Bregman HOU 3B R $45 Kyle Tucker HOU OF L $30 Jordan Montgomery STL SP L $12 Will Benson CLE OF L $1	🍻Chugg Life🍻	David Robertson PHI RP R $2 Charlie Blackmon COL OF L $5 Yu Darvish SDP SP R $26 Mookie Betts LAD 2B/SS/OF R $57 Blake Snell SDP SP L $28 15IL $24 loan
August 5, 2022 11:25 AM	Honey Nut Chourios	Nelson Cruz WSN Util R $9 Mike Trout LAA OF R $75 10IL Jorge Soler MIA OF R $14 Matt Wisler TOR AAA RP R $3 Cristian Javier HOU AA SP R $5 15IL Patrick Sandoval LAA SP L $3	Confortoably Numb	Nick Castellanos PHI OF R $16 Carlos Correa MIN SS R $37 Alex Bregman HOU 3B R $44 A.J. Puk MIA A RP L $1 15IL Jackson Chourio MIL OF R $2
July 8, 2022 11:55 AM	YoungBoyNeverRips	Nelson Cruz WSN Util R $3 Zach Jackson OAK AAA RP R $1 $3 loan	jack off all trades
July 3, 2022 9:26 AM	Big Papi memories	Nelson Cruz WSN Util R $8 Manuel Margot TBR OF R $8 Kyle Tucker HOU OF L $17 Thairo Estrada SFG 2B/SS R $1	Light That Baby Up	Trey Mancini MIA ST 1B R $11 Jeff Mcneil NYM 2B/OF L $5 Shane Bieber CLE SP R $26 60IL Tommy Edman STL 2B/SS/OF S $6 10IL $15 loan
June 8, 2022 9:43 AM	Sticky Onions	Caleb Kilian CHC SP/RP R $2 60IL	Big Dumper & The Funky Bunch	Nelson Cruz WSN Util R $11 $9 loan
May 20, 2022 11:01 AM	Stroman Troopers	Nelson Cruz WSN Util R $10 Jorge Polanco MIN 2B/3B S $8 Sean Manaea SDP SP/RP L $10	Larry Bernandez	Jose Altuve HOU 2B R $24 Kevin Gausman TOR SP R $16 Chad Green NYY RP R $4 15IL $16 loan
May 15, 2022 9:58 PM	Grimace Milkshake	Clayton Kershaw LAD SP L $28 60IL	Zero Point Two	Nelson Cruz WSN Util R $11 Camilo Doval SFG RP R $7
May 11, 2022 10:08 AM	Tatooine Banthas	Nelson Cruz WSN Util R $12 Eduardo Escobar NYM 2B/3B S $11 José Ramírez CLE 3B S $54 Akil Baddoo DET AAA OF L $8 $70 loan	Sumo Slugger	Luis Urias MIL 2B/3B R $6 Luis Patino TBR SP/RP R $6 15IL Triston Casas BOS 1B L $2 60IL Aaron Ashby MIL AAA SP/RP L $3

Nelson Cruz SDP Util R

Born: 07/01/1980 Age: 43

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On MLB 40-man: NO
Acquired: Free Agent (WSN) Jan'23

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