Nelson Cruz FA Util R

Born: 07/01/1980 Age: 44

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

Sun 4/27	Mon 4/28	Tue 4/29
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Positions
Util
2026 Earned 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%

2025 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 26, 2011 9:26 PM	add	Release the Kraken!	$24
October 6, 2011 11:24 PM	increase	Release the Kraken!	$26
March 11, 2012 7:07 AM	cut	Release the Kraken!	$13
March 12, 2012 7:08 AM	add	Schumacher Swamp Donkeys	$26
October 5, 2012 8:56 AM	increase	Schumacher Swamp Donkeys	$28
January 26, 2013 1:40 PM	cut	Schumacher Swamp Donkeys	$14
February 24, 2013 7:34 PM	add	Schumacher Swamp Donkeys	$16
August 5, 2013 5:02 PM	cut	Schumacher Swamp Donkeys	$8
August 6, 2013 5:03 PM	add	WAR Horse	$16
October 11, 2013 2:46 PM	increase	WAR Horse	$18
October 8, 2014 10:57 PM	increase	WAR Horse	$20
October 5, 2015 8:01 AM	increase	WAR Horse	$22
October 7, 2016 12:13 PM	increase	WAR Horse	$24
January 31, 2017 11:35 AM	cut	WAR Horse	$12
March 26, 2017 8:15 PM	add	Release the Kraken!	$29
October 7, 2017 1:49 AM	increase	Release the Kraken!	$31
November 15, 2017 12:07 AM	increase	Release the Kraken!	$32
December 7, 2017 4:02 PM	move	Schumacher Swamp Donkeys (from Release the Kraken!)	$32
December 29, 2017 10:34 AM	move	Ripken Rhubarbs 🥊 (from Schumacher Swamp Donkeys)	$32
October 12, 2018 12:48 PM	increase	Ripken Rhubarbs 🥊	$34
January 31, 2019 9:25 PM	cut	Ripken Rhubarbs 🥊	$17
March 10, 2019 7:06 PM	add	Callaway's Call Logs	$8
October 4, 2019 4:52 PM	increase	Callaway's Call Logs	$10
November 15, 2019 12:15 AM	increase	Callaway's Call Logs	$13
August 11, 2020 1:55 PM	move	A Sonny Gray in Glasnow (from Callaway's Call Logs)	$13
September 30, 2020 7:29 PM	increase	A Sonny Gray in Glasnow	$15
October 9, 2021 3:49 AM	increase	A Sonny Gray in Glasnow	$17
February 15, 2022 6:38 PM	cut	A Sonny Gray in Glasnow	$0
March 13, 2022 7:48 PM	add	A Sonny Gray in Glasnow	$14
April 25, 2022 8:27 AM	cut	A Sonny Gray in Glasnow	$7
April 28, 2022 2:41 PM	add	Punxsutawney Whippoorwills	$7
May 6, 2022 9:21 AM	cut	Punxsutawney Whippoorwills	$4
June 7, 2022 8:11 PM	add	Public Enemy #1	$9
August 1, 2022 3:39 PM	cut	Public Enemy #1	$5
September 4, 2022 10:14 AM	add	Public Enemy #1	$5
September 4, 2022 12:13 PM	cut	Public Enemy #1	$3

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 OAK RP L $1 15IL Joe Mantiply ARI AAA 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 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 60IL Will Benson CIN AAA OF L $1	Burress Bees	David Robertson CHC RP R $2 Charlie Blackmon COL OF L $5 Yu Darvish SDP SP R $26 15IL 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 Jorge Soler MIA OF R $14 Matt Wisler TOR AAA RP R $3 Cristian Javier HOU SP R $5 60IL Patrick Sandoval LAA SP L $3 60IL	Houck Trea	Nick Castellanos PHI OF R $16 Carlos Correa HOU SS R $37 Alex Bregman HOU 3B R $44 A.J. Puk OAK 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 10IL Kyle Tucker HOU OF L $17 Thairo Estrada SFG 2B R $1 60IL	Light That Baby Up	Trey Mancini ARI AAA Util R $11 Jeff Mcneil NYM 2B/OF L $5 Shane Bieber CLE RP R $26 15IL Tommy Edman STL 2B/SS/OF S $6 $15 loan
June 8, 2022 9:43 AM	Animas City Cutthroats	Caleb Kilian CHC AAA SP/RP R $2 MILB 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 L $10 15IL	Larry Bernandez	Jose Altuve HOU 2B/OF R $24 Kevin Gausman TOR SP R $16 Chad Green NYY RP R $4 $16 loan
May 15, 2022 9:58 PM	Grimace Milkshake	Clayton Kershaw CIN SP L $28 60IL	Kyles & Spencers	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 Util S $11 José Ramírez CLE 3B S $54 Akil Baddoo DET AAA OF L $8 7IL $70 loan	GMI Bulldogs	Luis Urias MIL 2B/3B R $6 Luis Patino TBR RP R $6 OUT Triston Casas BOS 1B L $2 Aaron Ashby MIL SP/RP L $3 15IL

Nelson Cruz FA Util R

Born: 07/01/1980 Age: 44

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

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