One of the veterans most prolific in MLB during the past seasons without a doubt It has been Dominican Nelson Cruz, acting in his role of designated hitter has especially been able to achieve good figures in his time with the Minnesota Twins, where has led the offense with the most home runs in the past two years.
While Minnesota is the most favored team to re-sign the 40-year veteran, it appears that Cruz’s return to the Twins is in question as, according to information from Velle E. Neal III, the Dominican has already made two offers from the Twins. : One at the start of a free agency that was withdrawn after a few weeks after no response was received, and another during the holidays.
Neal mentions that Nelson Cruz and his agent have not accepted the contract offers from Minnesota, as they still hope that the designated hitter will be implemented in the National League, and after the second offer, there have been negotiations between the two sides. chilled.
But despite all this, the Twins remain the main team interested in Nelson Cruz, and no other franchise takes as much interest in the Dominican as the Twins themselves.
In two years in Minnesota, Cruz has played 157 games with 57 home runs, .307 average, 141 RBI’s, 1,020 OPS and 6.2 WAR.