Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Upon his return, he was better, albeit not quite the hitter he or Texas wanted to see. Texas had essentially given up on him, giving LR and RF at-bats to Brandon Boggs, David Murphy, and Marlon Byrd. Several functions may not work. 0%. “He’s one of the greatest hitters of all time,” Cruz said of Killebrew, the first Hall of Famer to be sculpted in a Twins cap on his Cooperstown plaque. Don’t like that one comparison? Gleeman & The Geek, Ep 496: Free Agent Frenzy, 5 Pivotal Questions Heading into the Twins Offseason. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. 3) The Twins win the World Series and Cruz has a dominating performance while winning series MVP. In the off-season before his age-34 campaign, the Seattle Mariners signed Cruz to a four-year $57 million contract. Nelson Cruz never met Harmon Killebrew but the Twins' current home run leader has learned a lot during his time in Minnesota about the franchise's power-hitting icon ... the first Hall of Famer …

Join our linker program. First things first, Cruz’s career slash line in Seattle was .284/.362/.546, which is incredibly productive. ( Log Out /  Paul Konerko will fall off the ballot this year, so there is no way Nelson Cruz is a hall of famer. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. Team: Minnesota Twins (majors) Born: July 1, 1980 in Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic do High School: Monte Cristi (Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic) Debut: September 17, 2005 (Age 25-078d, 16,404th in MLB history) He settled for a one-year deal with the Orioles at $8 million, a $2.5 million pay cut from the prior year. It shouldn’t. 88.89%. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Cruz sits sixth in franchise history in career home runs. Astros-Twins ALDS Preview: Which Lineup Has the Edge? It is ridiculous. thanks to Ryan Thibodaux and his HOF Tracker team. However, as is the case with Cruz, getting caught and suspended should rule you out forever. Unfortunately for the next team to sign Cruz, only twelve hitters ever have 50 homers at ages 38 and 39. I think he’s talking about the lack of longevity on the front end, since his first homer didn’t come until age 26.

Does he have Hall of Fame potential? I can’t answer that. He’s not yet a regular in the majors. Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. But one of the things that landed in the latter category was the lack of respect being placed on Nelson Cruz‘s name. Still, he hit 20 home runs in the minors for a third straight year. Winning a World Series in MN wouldn't hurt either. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images). In my opinion, speculation about using PEDs without a suspension should not be enough to keep you out of the HOF. Should he make the Hall of Fame when he retires? Paul Konerko will fall off the ballot this year, so there is no way Nelson Cruz is a hall of famer. 5.56%. "Cruz was also a late bloomer in terms of MLB players and that will hurt his career numbers because of his lack of longevity." September 17, 2005 Tanner Brubaker Powered by Minute Media © 2020 All Rights Reserved. Late that summer, he got his first taste of big league action, making one start for the Brewers and coming to the plate just seven times over eight games. Patrick Reusse has quite a few things on his mind, including his reaction to MLB's first COVID-19 outbreak and the Twins' season-opening series in Chicago. Let’s begin. Prince Fielder posted 0.2 WAR after age 29. Fred McGriff is at 493 career HRs. For Cruz to get in, I think two of three will need to happen: 1) The PED barrier will need to be broken. The strike cost him the shot at 500 and he either barely made it or just missed it. Over the age of 33. Joe Mauer is the only Twin for a long time that will be inducted. The Hall of Fame Index: Nelson Cruz vs. Juan Gonzalez and Kirk Gibson ... That can clearly be seen when we look at the career of current designated hitter Nelson Cruz. By both Rfield and DRA, Cruz was a net positive in the field through his age-30 season of 2011. That’s some pretty exclusive company. Things aren’t looking too good. He’s only had 11 seasons so far where he’s been over 100 games. In 2015, Cruz posted a 158 wRC+, a number that gave him the 10th best offensive season in club history, ranking behind seasons from Griffey (2), Martinez (5), and Rodriguez (3), three of the best hitters of all-time. Or maybe that’s not unfortunate. 0 votes. As I write this, Cruz is at 148. At the onset of his big-league career, it seemed almost impossible for him to hit over 400 home runs, but he crossed that mark last season, Cruz was part of the largest mass suspension in baseball history, There are 26 Hall of Fame players at this position, MLB.com named him as the DH on the All-Decade Team, rdehring, jkcarew and MMMordabito like this. Cody Christie You currently have javascript disabled. My hunch is he’ll get 8-10 percent his first year and then fall off the ballot in a couple years. That’s some pretty exclusive company. If Harold Baines can get in, I suppose a lot of guys can.

The .276/.324/.454 triple slash was nice enough – enough to secure a trip back to the minors in 2008. Mike Piazza, arguably the greatest hitting catcher in the history of baseball, is not a Hall of Famer because there are merely hints and rumors that he used performance enhancers. Give Cruz that kind of a start and we’d be having an entirely different discussion. But somehow, we can’t celebrate his career in Seattle because he only played four seasons in Seattle and not five? He continued to struggle mightily, slashing only .188/.245/.306 when he was sent back to AAA in June. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. He needs 500 HRs and 1525 RBis to be considered a marginal or.fringe HOFer.

In fact, he didn’t play a professional game until 2001. Not a Hall of Famer, but he HAD Hall of Fame potential at one point. The strike cost him the shot at 500 and he either barely made it or just missed it. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses, Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please. Kody Funderburk It was an awful start for Cruz, slashing .190/.261/.238 through May 12. Was he being used as a defensive replacement? ( Log Out /  Patrick offers praise to the Twins and their front office. 0 votes.

This web site is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area. All rights reserved. Charlie Barnes Cruz played in four. The promotions continued in 2004, moving from High-A all the way to AAA Sacramento of the PCL. ( Log Out /  His next game in Texas was July 28. Aside from an August injury that caused him to miss 16 games, Cruz played most every day in 2009.

Nelson Cruz has had a career that’s so bleeping weird. In this section Probable Pitchers Prospect Rankings Injury updates Transactions Starting Lineups Hall of Fame Longform Awards MLB Draft All-Star Game. I tend to be a Bigger Hall guy, and I hate it when people say that someone only belongs in the “Hall of Very Good.” But in those terms, unfortunately, I’d have to say he’s a better fit for the “Hall of Pretty Good.” Even if he played another three years and got to 500 homers, he’d then move into the “played most of his games as a DH” and have that as a strike against him. I tend to be a Bigger Hall guy, and I hate it when people say that someone only belongs in the “Hall of Very Good.” But in those terms, unfortunately, I’d have to say he’s a better fit for the “Hall of Pretty Good.” Even if he played another three years and got to 500 homers, he’d then move into the “played most of his games as a DH” and have that as a strike against him. Nelson Cruz debuted at 25 for the Brewers in … 2020 MLB (non-Twins) Postseason Discussion Thread. I don’t understand exactly what he was doing with the Mets since he never played a game for them.

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